Our solicitors in Bristol
Welcome to Clarke Willmott, Bristol
With views of Bristol Bridge and Castle Park, Bristol is our largest office and we’ve been at home here since 1986. We’re an established part of the community and our central location helps us keep our ear to the ground. Over the years, we’ve made a lot of connections and come to understand the city and the needs of its residents and businesses well.
We have more than 300 staff, including over 40 partners, and our expertise is broad. This means you can choose the legal services you require from our range of commercial and private client specialisms and always know you are in good hands.
How to find our Bristol office
Address: 1 Georges Square, Bath Street, Bristol, BS1 6BA
Telephone: 0117 314 9000 | Fax: 0345 209 2002 | DX: 78247 Bristol 1
How can we help?
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Our Bristol office services
We are known by our real estate clients as the go-to property lawyers in the South West and we have leading teams in commercial property, construction, property litigation, planning, and social housing. Our lawyers host regular industry events, including our annual property conference.
Our commercial teams work with SMEs across a range of markets. We have a specialist team that works with start-ups and high growth businesses and we are one of the founding members of Bristol Fintech.
For individuals and families, we offer a full range of private client legal services, including private capital and family law. We have two Court of Protection deputies and provide advice on elderly care, health and social care, and mental capacity and welfare.
Our dedicated personal injury, serious injury and medical negligence solicitors also have a strong presence in Bristol and we have close relationships with the Limbless Association, Headway, Spinal Injuries Association and Meningitis Research Foundation.
Our work in the community
Our current office charity is Duchenne UK. Duchenne UK is a lean, ambitious and highly focused charity with a clear vision: to fund and accelerate treatments and a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), and to do so in a decade.
Our Bristol partners
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Philippa Hann
Partner/Managing Director
Bristol, Southampton and TauntonPhilippa is a Partner in the Financial Services Litigation team specialising in investment product mis-selling claims and negligent investment advice.
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Martin Askew
Partner
Martin Askew is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Restructuring & Insolvency team specialising in insolvency and off shore trust entities.
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Neil Baker
Partner
Neil Baker is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Planning & Environment team.
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Cheryl Brady
Partner
Cheryl is a Partner in Clarke Willmott's Bristol Commercial Property team specialising in advising and assisting developers.
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Karl Brown
Partner
Karl Brown is a Partner in Clarke Willmott's Bristol commercial property team specialising in the acquisition and disposal of development land.
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Paul Chapman
Partner/COFA
Paul Chapman is a partner is Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Financial Services Litigation team specialising in professional negligence claims.
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Chris Charlton
Partner
Chris Charlton is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Cardiff & Bristol Planning team specialising in all aspects of Planning and Compulsory Purchase.
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Tim Copplestone
Partner
Tim is an employment lawyer within the firm’s sport sector, having previously been an international athlete representing Great Britain in kayaking. He is identified as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500 2021.
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Roy Crozier
Partner/Head of Intellectual Property
Roy Crozier is a Partner and Head of Clarke Willmott solicitors' Intellectual Property team specialising in both contentious and non-contentious IP law.
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Simon Day
Partner
Simon Day is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Real Estate team specialising in commercial landlord/tenant, funding and property insolvency.
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Anthony Fairweather
Partner
Anthony specialises in UK and international Court of Protection finance work and elderly care law and is also a professional deputy.
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Lindsay Felstead
Partner
Lindsay is Head of our Housing Management team and jointly leads our Social Housing sector team. Lindsay was called to the Bar in 2000 and subsequently admitted as a Solicitor in 2005.
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Kerry Fifield
Partner
Kerry’s primary focus is the needs of the client and their family when pursuing a claim, taking into account that each client is an individual with specific requirements who needs to be supported in addition to the legal investigation.
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Jess Flanagan
Partner
Jess specialises in health and welfare proceedings in the Court of Protection and Community Care matters.
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Simon Freeman
Partner
Simon Freeman is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Property Litigation team specialising in recoveries, rent reviews and valuation.
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Daniel Gill
Partner
Daniel specialises in dispute resolution, with particular expertise in property matters, inheritance and trust disputes, and criminal and regulatory matters.
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Samantha Grimwood
Partner
Samantha deals with residential sales and purchases, auctions, residential landlord and tenant matters, re-mortgages, charges and transfers of equity.
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Susan Hall
Partner/Head of Technology
Susan is a Partner in Clarke Willmott's Manchester Intellectual Property team specialising in Intellectual Property and Information and Communications Technology.
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Jane Halton
Partner
Jane provides advice on estate planning needs through wills, trusts & related structures. This encompasses clients with a wide range of profiles; cohabitees, married coupes, grandparents, retirees, divorcees, those that are widowed and those that are incapacitated as a result of accident or illness.
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Neil Ham
Partner
Neil Ham is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol & Cardiff Property Litigation team specialising in service charge, rent review & arbitration.
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Partner/Managing Director
Philippa is a Partner in the Financial Services Litigation team specialising in investment product mis-selling claims and negligent investment advice.
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Ruth Hartnell-Thorne
Partner
Ruth Hartnell-Thorne is a Partner in Clarke Willmott's Bristol insolvency team specialising in personal bankruptcy and corporate insolvency.
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Alex Jakubowski
Partner
Alex Jakubowski is a Partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Commercial Litigation team specialising in commercial disputes.
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William Juckes
Partner
William Juckes is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Commercial Property team specialising in property portfolio management.
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Laurence Lacey
Partner
Laurence Lacey is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Commercial Property team specialising in development, regeneration and renewable energy.
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Sharon Latham
Partner
Sharon Latham is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Employment team specialising in HR/legal/strategic support for businesses.
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Ken MacLennan
Partner
Ken MacLennan is a partner in Clarke Willmott's Bristol Insolvency & Restructuring team and has a wide range of experience in corporate restructuring.
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Graham McIntyre
Partner
Graham “is well respected in the market” with over 25 years’ experience dealing with commercial landlord and tenant and real property disputes.
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Anne Minihane
Partner
Anne Minihane is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol private capital team and a panel deputy for the Court of Protection.
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Richard Moore
Partner
Richard is a partner in the Commercial and Private Client Litigation team specialising in the resolution of commercial disputes.
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Beverley Pike
Partner
Beverley Pike is a solicitor in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Commercial Property team specialising in development work and property portfolio management.
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Rob Ridd
Partner
Rob Ridd is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol corporate and commercial team specialising in company acquisitions and disposals.
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Philip Roberts
Partner
Phil is a Chartered Legal Executive and Partner in Clarke Willmott's Debt Recovery team specialising in defended debt recovery litigation and insolvency actions.
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Laura Robinson (née Hazell)
Partner/Team Manager
Laura is a Partner in Clarke Willmott's Bristol Financial Services Litigation team specialising in pensions and tax mitigation.
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Gareth Schofield
Partner
Gareth Schofield is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Family team specialising in divorce settlements and cohabitation disputes.
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Stephen Searle
Partner/Team Leader
Stephen Searle is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Financial Services Litigation team specialising in professional negligence disputes.
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Oliver Smedley
Partner
Oliver is a Partner and leads our Social Housing Development Team, specialising in development work for Registered Providers.
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Simon Smith
Partner
Simon advises on corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, corporate reorganisations and general corporate governance.
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Elizabeth Smithers
Partner
Liz is a Partner in the Private Client team specialising in Wills, Trusts and Estate planning.
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Zoe Stollard
Partner
Zoe sees her main role as “protecting the client’s interest”. She does this by tying together the various practical and commercial issues of each project / client with clear and concise legal drafting and negotiation.
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Chris Taylor
Partner
Chris Taylor is a Partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Bristol Property Litigation team specialising in acting for national housebuilder clients.
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Simon Thomas
Partner
Simon helps businesses and their owners with their Corporate legal issues, advising on business structuring, funding and M&A transactions.
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Philip Thompson
Partner
Phil has extensive experience in immediate and strategic land development and joint venture arrangements between housebuilders.
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Marguarita Tyne
Partner
Marguarita Tyne is a claimant clinical negligence solicitor who investigates and brings claims on behalf of patients who have been injured during the course of their medical treatment, acting mainly (but not exclusively) for brain injury claimants in high value and often complex litigation.
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Bonita Walters
Partner
Bonita specialises in contested Wills, inheritance and trust disputes and also in disputes involving mental capacity, properties and professional negligence.
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Clare Webb
Partner
Clare has built her practice with a commitment to helping her clients resolve their issues in a constructive and conciliatory way. In doing so, she will always have regard to the longterm hopes and aspirations for the family as a whole, whilst of course protecting her client’s interest.
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Kary Withers
Partner
Kary deals with a wide variety of real estate disputes with a particular specialism in the removal of telecoms masts to enable development.
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Helen Wittram
Partner
Helen is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' commercial property team specialising in all aspects of acquisition, development and disposal of property
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