Our Partners
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John SheathManaging Partner and Head of Healthcare Team
A “professional and attentive advocate,” declare interviewees. He heads the firm’s healthcare team and is recognised as one of the leading names in the field.
Chambers 2008
John leads the Healthcare Team and has 25 years of experience in conducting the defence of claims and advising NHS Health Authorities and Trusts. He represents Trusts and individual practitioners at Inquests and professional disciplinary bodies. John is an accredited Mediator for clinical disputes with the ADR Group and acts as legal chair for Kent Primary Care Performance and Decision Making Groups for medical and non-medical practitioners. John has been referred to in Chambers Directories for the last 6 years as a leading individual in the field of health care and defendant clinical negligence in the South East.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 680401
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- johnsheath@brachers.co.uk
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Sue HartPartner & Head of Property Services
Sue Hart is a key player, praised variously as “practical and personable” and “extremely thorough.”
Chambers 2008
Sue deals with all aspects of commercial property work including major leasehold acquisitions, development schemes and options. Sue also has considerable expertise in all aspects of agricultural property.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 776408
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- suehart@brachers.co.uk
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Alexander WilsonPartner
Alexander specialises in professional negligence actions. He also has specific expertise in boundary disputes. He is a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 680408
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- alexanderwilson@brachers.co.uk
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Kate BaigentPartner & Head of Conveyancing Team
I shall happily recommend you to anyone I know who needs a good and thorough solicitor!
Mr. K. H. Highbury. London.
Kate is head of our residential conveyancing department. She has a strong reputation for her commitment to an excellent service for our private clients.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 776412
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- katebaigent@brachers.co.uk
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Simon PalmerPartner & Head of Private Client
Widely praised for his “robust advice,” he is also described as a “wise and highly practical lawyer.”
Chambers 2008
Simon specialises in private client tax planning, trust advice, contentious trusts and estates, charity law, wills and agricultural law. He was recently involved in the high-profile Trennery v West case in the House of Lords which examined the definition of derived property with over £120m at stake.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 690691
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- simonpalmer@brachers.co.uk
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Henry NydamPartner and Head of Dispute Resolution
Henry has considerable experience in the management and provision of legal services within the practice area to high volume referrers of work such as legal expense insurers. Henry is an experienced litigator particularly in the fields of negligence and contract. He has recently handled a multimillion pound damages claim and advised in relation to a guarantee bond for the provision of services in France.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 680413
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- henrynydam@brachers.co.uk
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Mary RaymontPartner & Head of Family Team
The “accessible” Mary Raymont is recommended for her “good bedside manner” and “thorough grasp of the law.” Sources value her “sensible” approach and “easily digestible style of drafting.”
Chambers 2008
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Mary is a specialist high net worth divorce lawyer and also specialises in non married couples and their financial and family settlements. Mary is also a specialist child lawyer, a member of the Law Society Children Panel, and accredited in the Private Law Children and the Advanced Financial Provision II sections of the Resolution Specialist accreditation scheme. Mary is also a member of the Law Society Advanced Family Law panel and is a trained mediator.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 776422
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- maryraymont@brachers.co.uk
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Joanna WorbyPartner & Head of Employment & HR Services
A client has described Joanna "as a good tactical lawyer with commercial awareness"
Joanna is an experienced litigator and advocate. She conducts contentious claims in both the High Court and County Court specialising in higher value claims. She has extensive experience acting for disabled and injured persons. She also has expertise in bullying and harassment cases acting for either side. Joanna has also conducted many stress at work claims.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 690691
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- joannaworby@brachers.co.uk
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Scott AlexanderPartner
Scott has specialised in clinical negligence since 1991. He conducts the defence of major clinical negligence claims and supervises the employer and public liability claims under the NHSLA RPS scheme. Scott also advises and lectures in health law and risk management on a wide range of health topics.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 680405
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- scottalexander@brachers.co.uk
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Nicholas RenniePartner
Nick is the past president of the Kent Law Society. He is also a member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (TEP). Nick brings a wealth of expertise in advising private clients on complex tax planning issues.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 690691
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- nicholasrennie@brachers.co.uk
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Julia LawPartner
Julia became a partner in 1998 and has particular expertise in health and social care law, particularly around mental health, deprivation of liberty, health and social care issues. She has recently joined the Private Client team where her litigation background and knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 will add strength and depth in dealing with contentious care, probate and inheritance claims. Julia's experience will help to expand our private client services, enabling the team to make increased provision for their wishes to be respected.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 690691
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- julialaw@brachers.co.uk
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Sarah GainesPartner
Always accessible, professional and technically sound; Sarah is not only a committed and able lawyer, she is hardworking and personable. As a client, I could ask no more of her.
Robert Hunter, Avocet Estates Ltd
Sarah is a partner in the property team and deals mainly with commercial property sales, acquisitions and commercial landlord and tenant work. Sarah also deals with property matters for various local National Health Service Trusts and utility providers. She also undertakes some residential property work.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 776446
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- sarahgaines@brachers.co.uk
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Marita JonesPartner & Head of Environmental and Planning
Marita Jones continues to impress clients with her “breadth of knowledge and commercial awareness”
Chambers UK 2008
Marita deals with all aspects of planning and environmental law, local government law, planning appeals, judicial reviews, s.187B actions, local plan enquiries and planning enforcement. Marita's experience of working in local government has proven invaluable to our commercial, institutional, public authority and private clients.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 776403
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- maritajones@brachers.co.uk
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Peter BurfootPartner
Peter Burfoot is admired far and wide for “his tenacious representation of his clients.”
Chambers UK 2008
Peter specialises in property related litigation. He has acted on diverse instructions from a wide range of clients including NHS trusts, property investors, owners and developers, retailers and other commercial occupiers. His caseload also includes professional negligence claims and some contractual disputes. Peter is a member of the Property Litigation Association.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 680410
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- peterburfoot@brachers.co.uk
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Catherine DawPartner Employment & HR
A client has described Catherine as a 'conscientious lawyer with a sensible approach and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law relating to industrial action.
Catherine is the lead partner for the NHS. She provides strategic advice to HR Teams on change management, business reorganisation, TUPE & collective consultation. She specialises in discrimination claims and has conducted a large number of claims in the Employment Tribunal as a solicitor advocate.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 655291
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- catherinedaw@brachers.co.uk
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Michael OathamPartner
Focuses on representing key clients such as Rail Europe and Fuji Seal Europe in heavyweight commercial and construction-related disputes.
Chambers UK 2008
Michael specialises in larger commercial disputes focusing on complex, high value matters and handles a breadth of work ranging from general contract cases to construction and engineering matters, intellectual property and defamation. His clients are diverse, encompassing the insurance sector, local government, international businesses, regional NHS trusts and also smaller enterprises.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 655288
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- michaeloatham@brachers.co.uk
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Jeremy HortonPartner & Head of Personal Injury
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Jeremy has substantial experience in acting successfully for claimants and defendants in all types of personal injury claims, especially larger, more complex claims. Jeremy is an APIL accredited senior litigator.
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Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 680415
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- jeremyhorton@brachers.co.uk
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Ashfaq JilaniPartner
Ashfaq works on property investment and occupation matters, landlord and tenant law. He specialises in commercial lettings, acquisitions and disposals for institutional landlords, as well as for tenants of business premises. He also advises banks on secured lending transactions. Ashfaq speaks fluent Urdu.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 776402
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- ashfaqjilani@brachers.co.uk
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Michael JanneyPartner
The “able and energetic”Michael Janney. Peers applaud his handling of contracts and claims: parties deeply appreciate the importance he places on “listening and understanding”-
Chambers UK, 2006
Michael specialises in contentious construction. He was previously Head of Construction at Kingsley Napley and has worked for both Masons and Cameron McKenna, gaining extensive experience of major contentious construction and engineering matters in the UK and internationally. Michael’s expertise encompasses risk management, litigation, arbitration, mediation, adjudication and the preparation of construction claims in relation to disputes involving final accounts, loss and expense, extensions of time, liquidated damages and defects. He is a formidable adversary in adjudications and claim related work.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 680426
- Fax:
- 01622 681430
- Email:
- michaeljanney@brachers.co.uk
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Philip CunninghamPartner & Head of Corporate & Commercial Services
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Philip trained and worked in the City for several years before moving to Switzerland and becoming vice-president of Swisscom AG with responsibility for international investments in telecoms businesses in Europe, India and the Far East. He has served on the boards of several companies worldwide most notably in Delhi and in Kuala Lumpur (for a listed telecoms company). Recently he has been engaged in projects in the US and Latin America acquiring knowledge and expertise of the biofuels industry. He has wide experience of joint ventures, acquisitions, disposals, equity and debt offerings and general corporate and commercial work.
Contact Details
- Tel:
- 01622 776 449
- Fax:
- 01622 681 430
- Email:
- philipcunningham@brachers.co.uk