Meet the team: Professional negligence

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Nicola Sutton

Partner

Southampton

Nicola is a commercial property solicitor with over 23 years of practice. She has a broad spectrum of experience in commercial and residential development and commercial landlord and tenant.

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Julia Morris

Partner

Cardiff

Julia has a wide range of commercial property experience, having acted for a number of commercial and residential developer clients and commercial landlords in connection with their estate management work.

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Anita Rasaratnam

Partner

London

is a partner specialising in affordable housing development, with more than 15 years’ experience advising registered providers, developers and local authorities on complex development and regeneration projects.

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Wendy Beckett

Senior Associate

Birmingham

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Victoria Day

Court of Protection Executive

Bristol

Victoria provides support and assistance with matters in relation to Financial Court of Protection.

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Vicky Kells

Partner

Cardiff

Vicky jointly leads our Social Housing sector team and specialises in charging affordable housing portfolios.

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Vanessa Harris

Partner

Bristol

Vanessa is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol Clinical Negligence team specialising in a broad range of complex medical negligence claims

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Tomos Jones

Senior Associate

Cardiff

Tomos is an experienced commercial litigator specialising in high value and complex disputes, particularly those involving reputational risks.

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Tom Potts

Partner

Taunton

Tom advises at all stages of the business cycle, including company incorporations and reorganisations, shareholders’ agreements, acquisitions and disposals and fund-raisings.

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Tom Plow

Associate

Bristol

Tom is experienced in assisting clients to resolve construction disputes through various means and is focussed on achieving the best possible results for clients.

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Tom Chiffers

Partner

Taunton

Tom is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Taunton Private Capital team, specialising in inheritance tax and succession planning for private individuals, farmers and other business owners.

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Tim Williamson

Partner

Southampton

Partner Tim Williamson Tim is a leading regulatory lawyer who works with businesses and individuals to reduce the risk of regulatory intervention.

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Tim Copplestone

Partner

Bristol

Tim is an employment lawyer within the firm’s sport sector and has himself represented Great Britain in kayaking. He is identified as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500, 2025.

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Tara Moseley

Senior Associate

Cardiff

Tara is a Senior Associate in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol Property Litigation team specialising in leasehold matters affecting residential properties.

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Sylvie Ball

Solicitor

Bristol

is a solicitor in Clarke Willmott’s first-tier Proper Litigation team advising on a wide range of commercial property matters including 1954 Act lease renewals (opposed and unopposed), dilapidations, break notices, recovery of rent arrears and other breaches of lease, forfeiture, service charge disputes, and telecommunications.

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Stuart Hoysted

Senior Associate

Taunton

Stuart specialises in complex actions on both an individual and volume basis including taking insolvency action against individuals, partnerships and corporate entities.

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Stephen Rosser

Consultant

Bristol

Stephen joined Clarke Willmott in 1982 and trained with the firm, and before that studied at Glamorgan University and Chester Law School, and has recently (2012) graduated on the Cranfield University’s, Business Leader Programme.

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Stephen Harper

Partner

Bristol

Stephen assists House Builders and Registered Providers of Social Housing to build new communities by carrying out the due diligence and the legal work necessary to acquire land for new development.

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Stephen Green

Partner

Manchester

Stephen is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial team, specialising in commercial, intellectual property and technology law.

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Stephanie Slinn

Partner

Birmingham

is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Birmingham Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency team.

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Stephanie Pugh

Associate

Taunton

Stephanie is an experienced family solicitor advising clients on all aspects of relationship breakdown and family matters. Specialising in divorce, financial settlements, child arrangements, and relationship planning, Stephanie provides practical legal solutions during what is often one of life’s most challenging periods.

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Stephanie Hambridge (née Bishop)

Senior Associate

Bristol

is a Senior Associate in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol Restructuring & Insolvency team with experience in corporate recovery and insolvency

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Sophie Bedwell

Senior Associate

Bristol

is an Associate in Clarke Willmott’s commercial property team in Bristol specialising in Landlord and Tenant work.

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Sonal Crocker

Senior Associate

Bristol

is a Senior Associate in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol Restructuring & Insolvency team with specialist experience in actions against directors.

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Simon Thomas

Partner

Bristol

Simon helps businesses and their owners with their Corporate legal issues, advising on business structuring, funding and M&A transactions.

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Simon Smith

Partner

Bristol

Simon advises on corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, corporate reorganisations and general corporate governance.

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Simon Freeman

Partner

Bristol

is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Property Litigation team specialising in recoveries, rent reviews and valuation.

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Simon Day

Partner

Bristol

is a partner in the Bristol Commercial Property team specialising in commercial landlord/tenant, funding and property insolvency.

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Sian Symmonds

Professional Support Lawyer

Bristol

Sian is the Professional Support Lawyer for the Corporate and Commercial team. She advises fee earners and keeps both the team and clients up to date with new law and regulatory developments.

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Sharon Latham

Partner

Bristol and Cardiff

is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Employment team specialising in HR/legal/strategic support for businesses.

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Selina Cowburn

Solicitor

Cardiff

Selina is a solicitor in the commercial property team based in Cardiff. Selina joined Clarke Willmott as a paralegal in 2021 and later qualified as a solicitor in the commercial property team in December 2023.

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Sasha Jewhurst

Senior Associate

Southampton

is a Senior Associate in Clarke Willmott’s Southampton Commercial Property team.

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Sarah Mogford

Partner

Bristol

Sarah is a Partner within the Commercial Property team, who advises both landlords and tenants across a range of sectors on all matters of commercial property law.

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Sarah Manley

Partner

Taunton

Sarah specialises in commercial landlord and tenant work, investment property management, funding and estate management work for utility undertakers.

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Sarah Magor

Associate Legal Executive

Bristol

Sarah is an Associate Legal Executive who deals with a variety of commercial property transactions including leases, licences, acquisitions and disposals.

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Sarah MacLarty

Senior Associate

Bristol and London

Sarah is an experienced Senior Associate in the Employment team and provides practical and commercial advice to both employers and employees.

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Sarah Arkless

Chartered Legal Executive

Taunton

is a Chartered Legal Executive and joined Clarke Willmott in 2018 and has over 22 years of experience in a private client team. Sarah will help you plan for the future and protect assets for your loved ones.

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Samesh Khamb

Solicitor

Birmingham

Samesh regularly undertakes and co-ordinates full property due diligence on large portfolios of properties for registered social landlord clients and is experienced in recognising potential difficulties arising from title, planning, and other issues, liaising with parties to agree practical and pragmatic solutions to maintain transaction momentum.

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Samantha Neagle

Partner

Bristol

Samantha specialises in the administration of deceased estates with a particular focus on the complex estates of high net worth individuals often involving intellectual property, business and foreign assets.

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Samantha Grimwood

Partner

Bristol

Samantha deals with residential sales and purchases, auctions, residential landlord and tenant matters, re-mortgages, charges and transfers of equity.

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