Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP — England
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The firm: Founded over 60 years ago, Anthony Gold is a multi-specialist leading firm based in London but with a national reputation. It has one of the largest specialist social housing teams and takes on complex litigation involving the rights of social housing tenants and leaseholders. The team was heavily involved in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire and represents a client due to give key evidence to the public inquiry. The firm also works for clients in private housing cases, including owners of new-build homes with substandard workmanship. One partner co-drafted the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act, which became law last year, to make sure rented houses and flats are safe, healthy, and free from things that could cause serious harm. The team also brought a successful group action on behalf of residents of a south London estate where the flats had fire safety defects and many disrepair issues. The practice’s personal injury team has particular expertise in catastrophic brain and spinal cord injury, amputation claims, psychiatric injury and other high-value or complex cases, while its clinical negligence team is known for claims involving cerebral palsy and brain, spinal cord, orthopaedic and psychiatric injuries. The team were crowned Catastrophic Injury Team of the Year’ at the 12th annual Personal Injury Awards in November 2019. The awards recognise those firms who have provided excellence in the services they offer to those who have suffered life changing injuries. Anthony Gold also has strong private client services, including one of the most highly regarded mediation and collaborative family law services. - Types of work undertaken Company and commercial: an understanding of commercial objectives and trading methods is an integral part of the team’s service. It deals in the acquisition and disposal of companies and unincorporated businesses and general commercial contracts and has a growing specialism in complex intellectual property issues. Civil dispute resolution: the team has expertise in recovery of losses arising from fraud and negligence as well as actions around the ownership and recovery of property. Commercial dispute resolution: the team deals with English and international contractual disputes. It also has a thriving professional negligence practice. Contentious probate: the team of six lawyers has three active members of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Lawyers. The firm has expertise in disputes involving the validity of wills and breaches of trust. The team has a considerable reputation in dealing with complex multi-party Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 cases. Court of Protection: the team is regularly instructed where there are intra-family disputes involving the finances of persons lacking capacity. It also has experience in complex welfare and deprivation of liberty cases. The team is on the approved panel list for many London boroughs. It also manages funds at a proportionate rate. The team has expertise in establishing complex care plans and state funding issues. Employment: the team advises on best employment practices and deals with disputes. It has considerable experience in advising high-net-worth employees on dismissal and discrimination as well as negotiating service and compromise agreements. Family: this dedicated and well-recognised team, led by Loraine Davenport, offers expertise in all areas of family law with emphasis on children and finance, and has wide experience in international relocation. Well known for pioneering alternatives to litigation, the team operates one of the most highly-regarded mediation and collaborative law services in London. The firm has expertise in on cohabitation agreements, civil partnerships and relationship breakdown. Personal injury: the team is recognised as one of the UK leaders. The firm is known for its extremely thorough approach to investigations and its outstanding results. The team has particular expertise in catastrophic brain and spinal cord injury claims, with David Marshall and Jenny Kennedy top ranked in the field. The team also handles a range of general personal injury claims. All solicitors are members of APIL. Clinical negligence: one of the largest teams in London with three members of the AvMA specialist clinical negligence panel and five members of the Law Society panel. One of the partners is a doctor and three are former nurses. The team has particular expertise in claims involving cerebral palsy and brain, spinal cord, orthopaedic and psychiatric injuries. Housing: with a number of leading specialists, the team deals with all housing matters with a particular emphasis on housing conditions. Team members write and speak extensively on housing law. Public law: the team is renowned for challenging the decisions of local authority housing departments, as well as all other aspects of local authority and other public body decision making, particularly decisions relating to social welfare. Property dispute resolution: particular specialism in advising residential landlords and letting agents on tenancy and regulatory matters. Expertise in acting for commercial litigation landlords and tenants. Leasehold services: Partner Ian Mitchell heads the team. Highly experienced in leasehold reform work and involved in a number of 1967 Act, 1987 Act and 1993 Act type enfranchisement cases at the Property Tribunal. Particular emphasis on collective enfranchisement and block management. Property: the team was one of the first to secure membership to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme, and has a strong practice in property transactional work, including commercial leases, property development, financial and investment work, and conveyancing. Wills, trusts, tax and probate: the team specialises in tax planning and deals with the administration of estates and trusts. ### Staffing Figures - 183 Number of Staff - 54 Number of UK fee-earners - 42 Number of Partners
Office locations
London
London
Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP The Cottons Centre 5th Floor South-west Hay's Lane London SE1 2QG
London
London
Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP The Beehive Coffee Tavern 496 Streatham High Road London SW16 3QB
London
London
Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP 169 Walworth Road London SE17 1RW
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Adam Dyl
Partner · Personal Injury
Adele Harrison
Solicitor · Wills, Trusts & Estates
Alexander Stutt
Solicitor · Clinical Negligence
Alexandra Knipe
Joint head of Court of Protection Department and Partner in the firm. Alexandra specialises in supporting clients who have sustained injuries through accidents, clinical negligence or mismanagement at birth. She is well known for her international client following, having dealt with Deputyship and trust matters in various jurisdictions, including the PRC and Hong-Kong. Alexandra supports many European clients, with on-going client links in Poland, France, Italy and Switzerland. · Court of Protection
Ali Malsher
Partner on the Injury and Medical Claims team. A former nurse who specialises in surgical, cardiac and emergency medicine cases, including sepsis. Uses medical background to unravel inconsistencies in medical notes and is able to translate to her clients in layman’s terms. She is the author of Medical Records for Lawyers and frequently lectures on medical and legal topics. Long standing Law Society Clinical Negligence panel member. · Clinical Negligence
Amanda Hopkins
Partner · Personal Injury
Amy Wedgwood
Senior Associate Solicitor · Clinical Negligence
Andrew Brookes
Partner handles all types of property law particularly residential housing; also relevant judicial review. · Real Estate
Andrew Weir
Partner, Head of Conveyancing · Conveyancing
Aneil Balgobin
Partner, Head of Employment · Employment
Anna Sibbald
Partner · Wills, Trusts & Estates
Asad Amin
Associate Solicitor · Personal Injury
Ben Simons
Senior Associate · Personal Injury
Beth Holden
Partner, is a strong and adept litigator specialising in contentious probate work and professional negligence, with a niche in property fraud. · Commercial Litigation
Carmine Procaccini
Solicitor · Litigation
Caroline Bowden
“Recognised as being ‘a lead both in the practice and policy of mediation’, as well as being ‘a committed, dedicated and highly skilled mediator’ (from the first Family Mediation Legal 500). Caroline’s approach is known as robust and practical whilst also warm and friendly. Her experience covers complicated financial settlements, children arrangements and the full range of issues affecting married and unmarried couples. Caroline has sat on The Law Society’s Family Law Committee since 2017 and is a Director of the Family Mediation Council (FMC), as The Law Society’s representative. She was the FMC representative on a group combining members of the Family Procedure Rule Committee and Ministry of Justice officials in 2022, examining new rule changes to encourage early dispute resolution. She was previously appointed to the Government’s 2014 Mediation Task Force. Caroline is a member of the Family Solutions Group and a contributor to their November 2020 report: “What About Me”. She is a previous winner of the Family Law ADR Practitioner of the Year and writes articles and commentaries.” · Family
Christopher Hatton
Solicitor · Contentious Probate
Clifford Tibber
Partner in dispute resolution team dealing with commercial disputes for corporate and private clients. Wide experience including contractual and property related disputes including recovery of investments in fraudulent property transactions. accredited mediator. Higher Court Advocacy Rights (Civil) · Litigation
David Emmerson
Partner in the family team focusing on the children and financial aspects of divorce and relationship breakdown. · Family
David Marshall
Managing partner of Anthony Gold since 1997. Principal area of practice is claimant personal injury and medical negligence with particular expertise in brain injury cases and clinical negligence; also undertakes commercial and employment work. · Personal Injury
David Wedgwood
Partner specialising in commercial litigation, including contentious trusts and probate, inheritance act claims, professional negligence, private client litigation, financial and welfare and property and affairs deputyships, contentious property and affairs deputyships, contentious Court of Protection proceedings and civil and commercial fraud. · Commercial Litigation
Donovan Lindsay
Partner · Court of Protection
Eleanor Kyle
Solicitor · Housing
Eleanor Solomon
Solicitor specialising in all aspects of housing work including disrepair, Fitness, homelessness and possession cases. Specialises in group Claimant actions for disrepair and nuisance, especially for large building projects being poorly managed. Also specialising in judicial review, particularly in relation to housing cases, TOLATA and newbuild cases. Has developed a specialism in litigation relating to fire safety. · Housing
Emma Tante
Emma is a Solicitor and Partner at the firm predominately specialises in providing Court of Protection litigation support to leading personal injury and clinical negligence litigators including drafting of expert evidence for High Court Proceedings. Emma manages complex and high value compensation awards for individuals who have suffered complex injuries and who are based both in the UK and internationally. Emma deals both with Deputyship management and Personal Injury Trusts and has experience in dealing with both contentious and non-contentious Court of Protection work. · Court of Protection
Fiona Snowdon
Partner at Family team · Family
Giles Peaker
Partner specialising in housing, public law and residential and commercial leasehold disputes. · Housing
Grainne Feeney
Partner in the Court of Protection team based in the London Bridge office. With over 20 years’ experience, she is a specialist in non-contentious Court of Protection matters, including deputyships for people who become mentally incapacitated through illness or personal injury. · Court of Protection
Hema Vekaria
Solicitor · Personal Injury
Ian Mitchell
Ian leads Anthony Gold’s thriving leasehold services team. With over 10 years’ experience acting for leaseholders and freeholders in freehold acquisitions and lease extensions, few combine the same level of skill and tenacity on contentious and non-contentious enfranchisement work. Ian is a formidable Leasehold Reform Act specialist in: lease extensions and freehold acquisitions under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and Leasehold Reform Act 1967; service charges issues; block management issues; right to manage claims; missing landlord cases; leasehold houses. · Real Estate
Ian Peters
Partner · Personal Injury
Inbar Rabinovitz
Associate Solicitor · Employment
Jackie Spinks
Head of the Injury and Medical claims team, Jackie is a catastrophic injury expert specialising in high value personal injury claims, particularly those involving serious traumatic brain injury and fatal accident claims. Jackie also delivers personal injury lectures and webinars to an expert witness audience for Bond Solon and has spoken at their annual "Expert Witness Conference". Renowned for her expertise in child brain injury, she is regularly recommended by barristers and medical experts in this field. · Personal Injury
James Piers
Partner on the Injury and Medical Claims Team · Clinical Negligence
Jenny Evans
A specialist housing solicitor committed to social justice. Jenny is a tenacious fighter who uses the law to find practical solutions for her clients’ problems. Jenny specialises in all aspects of housing and property litigation, including advising and representing tenants on possession claims, disrepair, poor housing conditions, defective new build homes and TOLATA claims. Jenny has particular expertise in complex disrepair and nuisance, including acting in group actions. · Housing
Jenny Kennedy
Jenny Kennedy is a Partner on Anthony Gold’s Injury and Medical Claims team. A complex brain, spinal and amputation expert, Jenny is well known for representing foreign national clients injured in the UK as well as British nationals injured abroad. She settled the first reported case involving indexation of periodical payments to a foreign jurisdiction and secured a verdict of unlawful killing before a UK Coroner for the family of a mother killed whilst on holiday In South America. Described as "one of the most respected PI claimant lawyers in the country" her expertise includes dealing with all the associated elements of catastrophic injury litigation and managing the needs of clients with issues associated with significant head injury. She has a medical background, having qualified as a psychiatric nurse, and her clinical negligence expertise includes a wide range of claims of complexities with a special interest in psychiatric and orthopaedic injury cases. · Personal Injury
Jock Mackenzie
Partner on the Injury and Medical claims team. Dr Jock Mackenzie has a broad clinical negligence practice and, due to his background as a hospital physician, he has a particular interest and expertise in cases involving complex medicine and rare medical conditions; brain injury (both adult and child, including birth injuries and cerebral palsy); neurological, neurosurgical and spinal injuries; emergency and intensive care; and general internal medicine. His current brain injury work includes a case involving an anaesthetic incident in a private hospital, a missed radiological diagnosis of a treatable vascular brain abnormality, a significant brain injury following the delay in diagnosis and treatment of post-operative sepsis and a twin cerebral palsy case. His spinal work includes spinal infarct from a cardiac arrest due to a delay in diagnosis of a pulmonary embolus and significant spinal injury from use of an experimental spinal implant. His other work involves delays in diagnosis of post-operative sepsis, delay in diagnosis of cancer and Group B Streptococcus meningitis. Recent successfully concluded cases include a near 7-figure sum due to the death of a family member from the very rare condition macrophage activation syndrome and a 7-figure lump sum and periodical payment settlement for a woman in a minimally conscious state resulting from brain damage due to an air embolus from a central line. Jock has considerable experience in acting for clients who are resident abroad, including in the U.S., the Middle East (in particular Kuwait), India and Europe, especially clients who come to England specifically for specialist private medical treatment. He also has significant experience of treatment in the private sector, especially cases involving foreign nationals being treated in UK private hospitals, surgical cases and cases involving fatal injuries caused by medical care. Two of Jock’s more recent concluded successful private medicine cases include two seven figure sum settlements: one for an adult with PVS (persistent vegetative state) from the Middle East due to negligent anaesthetic care and the other for an Eastern European businessman who suffered with septic shock due to a negligent delay in diagnosis of post-operative peritonitis. He was also successful in 2019 in the High Court in a novel private medicine case involving Impulse Control Disorder due to Ropinirole for Parkinson’s Disease (Kennedy v Frankel). · Clinical Negligence
Joy Drummond
Partner · Employment
Katherine Browne
Associate Solicitor · Personal Injury
Kim Beatson
Head of department; financial specialist with a particular interest in cohabitation issues, pre-nuptial and pre-civil partnership agreements; highly experienced mediator and collaborative lawyer; accredited by Resolution in high-value cases and cohabitation and also by the Law Society. · Family
Kimberley McGhie
Solicitor · Contentious Trusts & Probate
Lauren McKie
Leasehold Executive · Real Estate
Loraine Davenport
Director at Hawkins Family Law. · Family / Matrimonial
Madeeha Chowdhury
Solicitor · Housing
Nickiesha Carter
CILEX · Real Estate
Nicola Gunn
Partner, Court of Protection, Education and Family departments. Specialises in Court of Protection practice, managing the finances and welfare of vulnerable adults and children, as well as supporting children and young people who have special educational needs . Nicola also specialises in Family practice with an emphasis on finance and complex children cases. Nicola is a qualified collaborative lawyer and mediator. · Court of Protection
Nikki Basin
Solicitor specialising in a wide range of housing and property litigation disputes. Advising landlord, tenants, property guardian firms and agents on a broad range of property related disputes and housing matters including but not limited to residential possession claims, disrepair, new build claims, rent repayment orders, reviewing agreements, and regulatory matters including local authority enforcement action under the Housing Act 2004 and Housing and Planning Act 2016. · Housing
Peter Mantell
Partner specialising in commercial property and residential property, wills and probate. · Real Estate
Rayssa Whitlock
Solicitor · Court of Protection
Robin Stewart
Senior Associate specialist in property litigation, with particular focus on residential landlord and tenant and regulatory law relating to rented property and estate agency. Specialist in HMOs, and represents landlord and property professionals in tribunal and criminal proceedings. Acts for landlords, tenants, agents and property investors, as well as providing training on housing law to property agents, legal professionals, local government officers and tenant advice services. · Real Estate
Ruth Omoregie
Associate Solicitor · Family
Samantha Lewis
Solicitor · Housing & Property
Samuel David
Sam is a Partner at Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP, specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence matters. Throughout his career he has worked closely with Partner Jenny Kennedy on a wide variety of cases. Sam's clients come to him with a wide range of injuries, from catastrophic personal injury to road traffic accident cases as well as birth injuries through to cauda equina syndrome matters. He has wide experience of dealing with foreign national claims helping people who have been injured whilst working or holidaying in the UK, as well as British nationals injured abroad. Making a difference at the start of a personal injury claim is very important to Sam and comprehensive rehabilitation for his clients is always at the forefront of his mind. He is known for his ability to provide compassionate, pragmatic, and realistic legal advice to his clients and/or their families. He aggressively pursues the best financial settlement possible. Sam is also a regular contributor to Kemp and Kemp. · Personal Injury
Sana Bibi
Sana Bibi is a partner in the personal injury team of Anthony Gold. She has a particular interest in representing those who have suffered an accident at work. Sana specialises in traumatic brain injury and complex orthopaedic injuries including amputations. Having practised personal injury law for many years, she is an expert on managing the needs of clients and their families who are psychologically impacted by major trauma. · Personal Injury
Sarah Atkinson
Solicitor · Personal Injury
Sarah Cummins
Senior Associate specialist in property litigation. Sarah has extensive experience of cases involving Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) including property licensing, management and council tax. She has represented landlords in tribunal appeals relating to licence conditions, improvement notices, prohibition orders and rent repayment orders. She often assists landlords navigate the complex rules that apply to HMOs and provides practical advice when problems arise with tenants or the Council. · Real Estate
Sarah Hughes
Partner in the family team practicing in all areas of family law, with a focus on complex financial cases with an international element and children disputes, including internal and external relocation cases.. · Family
Sasha Miles-Bunch
Associate Solicitor · Court of Protection
Stephen Whitaker
Conveyancing partner with a broad mix of commercial and residential clients including acting for a number of locally based property companies and prominent individuals. · Conveyancing
Timothy Waitt
Timothy primarily advises about defects to property. Most of his work involves advising home owners who have bought badly built brand new homes. His clients frequently seek advice having tried to deal with developers and insurers (NHBC, Premier etc) directly but without success. Partner specialist in repairs and statutory nuisance litigation, acting for tenants, leaseholders and occupiers and landlords, freeholders and property owners. Timothy is a solicitor advocate with higher rights of audience and regularly advocates for his clients in court without the need to instruct a barrister. · Real Estate