Blandy & Blandy LLP — England

Alexa McQueen-Turner

Alexa McQueen-Turner is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate

Angela Bowman

Angela Bowman is a partner in the Dispute Resolution - Will, Probate & Trust Disputes team at Blandy & Blandy. · Dispute Resolution

Caroline Casagranda

Caroline Casagranda is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. She specialises in Wills, probate and estate administration of taxable and non-taxable estates, Lasting Powers of Attorney and tax planning for a wide range of clients. · Wills, Probate & Trusts

Claire Clarke

Claire Clarke is a partner in the Family Law team at Blandy & Blandy. · Family Law

Claire Dyer

Claire Dyer is partner in the Family team at Blandy & Blandy. She is experienced in all aspects of divorce and separation, financial remedy and disputes in relation to children. She advises both married and unmarried individuals, at all stages of their relationship. Claire has worked on complex cases involving trusts, business assets, international elements, third party interveners, injunctions and appeals. She is also experienced with separation and nuptial agreements. Claire has advised in children cases acting for parents, grandparents and families with complex needs. She also practices as a collaborative lawyer and mediator, having completed her training with Resolution, the family lawyers’ association which aims to resolve Family Law matters through a constructive approach. · Family

David Murray

David Murray is a partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Blandy & Blandy. David is a very experienced litigator, accustomed to providing practical and commercial advice to corporate bodies and individuals on disputes of all sizes and complexity. He also advises clients on risk identification, avoidance and management. In addition, heis a qualified mediator via the ADR Group, skilled in appearing as an advocate at innumerable mediations. Throughout his career, David has been actively involved in advising insolvency practitioners, funders, companies and directors on insolvency, turnaround and business reconstruction matters. He provides proactive advice on the wide range of issues that arise in insolvency and turnaround, including contract, property, and employment rights. He has a particular expertise in contentious insolvency matters. · Litigation

Deborah Brett

Debbie Brett is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial team at Blandy & Blandy. She advises clients on all aspects of commercial and regulatory law and is also experienced in handling commercial disputes. Debbie advises commercial clients in relation to regulatory and compliance matters, including online trading, GDPR and data protection and anti-bribery. She frequently deals with regulators on behalf of her clients, such as the Office of Fair Trading, the Information Commissioner and the Advertising Standards Authority. Debbie has particular experience in relation to intellectual property, advertising and marketing, advising on copy, brand protection and defence of current campaigns. Debbie also provides bespoke training on business regulation and compliance. · Corporate / M&A

Denise Stradling

Denise Stradling is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate

Elizabeth Short

Elizabeth Short is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. · Wills

Gemma Kemp

Gemma Kemp is a partner in the Family Law team at Blandy & Blandy. · Family Law

Gemma Stephenson

Gemma Stephenson is a partner in the Commercial Property & Planning team at Blandy & Blandy. · Commercial Property

John Dingle

John Dingle is a partner in the Commercial Property team at Blandy & Blandy. He has over 12 years’ experience of a wide range of transactions, including property development, the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold property, secured lending, and public and private health sector work. · Real Estate

Jonathan Gater

Jonathan Gater is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. He specialises in trust and estate administration, Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters. He acts as Attorney for a number of clients, assisting them with the day-to-day management of their affairs and also regularly acts as Executor or Trustee for clients. Jonathan works closely with the rest of his team, who are specialists in Court of Protection matters. They regularly act for people who are under the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection and are experienced in acting as independent Deputies for incapacitated people, and making deputyship applications for family members who wish to be appointed. · Private Client

Katja Wigham

Katja Wigham is a partner in the Commercial Property team at Blandy & Blandy. Katja specialises in sales and purchases of development land, commercial freehold and leasehold premises, landlord and tenant matters and secured lending. · Real Estate

Louise Nelson

Louise Nelson is a partner in the Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team at Blandy & Blandy. · Wills & Probate

Luke McMath

Luke McMath is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate

Manisha Bhula

Manisha Bhula is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy. · Real Estate

Nick Burrows

Nick Burrows is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial department and head of the Charities & Education team at Blandy & Blandy. Nick advises charities and education providers on a broad range of commercial matters, while also advising professional practices and businesses of all shapes and sizes on areas including formation and incorporation, governance, mergers, collabarations and joint ventures, contracts and agreements, procurement, outsourcing and intellectual property. · Corporate / M&A

Peter Woolley

Peter Woolley is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial team at Blandy & Blandy. · Corporate / M&A

Sue Dowling

Sue Dowling is head of the Employment Law team at Blandy & Blandy and also a nationally recognised expert in Venue Licensing. An advocate by training, Sue deals primarily with complex employment litigation involving unlawful discrimination, with particular emphasis on mental impairment disability discrimination matters. Sue provides strategic employment law/HR advice to CEOs, MD's, finance directors and HR directors, assisting them in their business decisions and with a view to minimising the risk of employment litigation. She frequently assists company clients in handling the restructuring of management tiers/teams and, where necessary, the departure of high-level executives – adopting a business, no-nonsense, pragmatic approach. She is an expert in the tax aspects of exiting arrangements (through Settlement Agreements or otherwise). She also advises clients regarding business immigration matters, including Intra-Company Tier 2 transfers and ‘Business Visitors’ criteria. Sue is a regular advocate (in Tribunals and before Committees). Also a nationally recognised expert in venue licensing, Sue advises major sports, entertainment and leisure venues in relation to alcohol and regulated entertainment licensing. She also provides advice in relation to General Safety and Special Safety Certification of Sports Grounds; Gambling (including Track Betting Licences); PPL; PRS and Wedding Licences. · Employment

Tasha Bevan-Stewart

Tasha Bevan-Stewart is a partner in the Family Law team at Blandy & Blandy. · Family Law

Tim Clark

Tim Clark is a partner in the Employment Law team at Blandy & Blandy. Tim trained as a litigator and then specialised in employment law, developing a particular expertise in dealing with re-organisation, restructuring, redundancy and TUPE issues. He is very experienced in the strategic aspects of large scale workforce projects. Tim also acts for senior executives advising on complex service agreements, commission and bonus arrangements, exit provisions and termination packages. He is an expert in the tax aspects of these arrangements. · Employment