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Wisbech And March

Working as locum solicitor dealing with a variety of Dispute Resolution matters, to include contract and commercial disputes, landlord and tenant, Inheritance Act and contested Will claims, land disputes, and a full range of employment work

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Invited to return as locum solicitor upon departure of postholder recruited following previous assignment. Again dealing primarily with employment disputes and advice, but workload extending to resolution of a number of civil claims. Assignment, as before, ending upon recruitment of permanent appointee to this role.

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Covering as locum solicitor as the firm's dedicated employment lawyer, between changes of long-term post holder. Wide range of employment disputes along with instructions for preparation of contracts, Policies etc for the firm's clients. Asked back to provide holiday cover very soon after appointment of permanent lawyer.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Covering as locum solicitor during absence of post-holder by reason of illness. All areas of Dispute Resolution.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

Covering as locum solicitor between change of post holder and undertaking all areas of Dispute Resolution

Loughborough

Coverage of maternity leave post in the firm's Dispute Resolution team. Dealing throughout with a broad range of work, to include employment claims, Inheritance Act and other will claims, Trusts of Land matters, boundary and right of way disputes, commercial contractual claims, and landlord and tenant. Volume of caseload handed over to returning post-holder at end of assignment exceeded work level taken on at outset.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Worked as a law tutor in Cambridge for Oxford Summer School in June / July 2017, and again in June/July 2018. Delivering seminars in areas of introduction to Law and legal practice. This involved creating new and detailed course material, covering a variety of legal topics, tutoring sessions of three hours’ duration given to separate classes of students aged 14 to 17, devising/marking of, and personally mentoring students upon, detailed essays.

Ely

Head of Litigation from 1992 to 2012 at Archer & Archer Ely. Achievements included:• Increased the department from three to five lawyers during tenure, covering all main practice areas.• Subsequently oversaw strategic growth of Ward Gethin Archer from three to eight offices between 2012 and 2017. • I was a member of the Ward Gethin Archer Finance Committee and at Archer and Archer the designated Rule 15 (client care) partner.• Responsible within Archer and Archer for staff management, performance management, operational staffing requirements, and marketing.• Headed the committee to manage and develop the Ward Gethin Archer website.• Responsible at Archer and Archer for maintaining central records in a number of areas, in particular establishing and maintaining the firm’s Legal Aid franchise and ensuring compliance, and both carrying out and preparing reports in relation to annual staff appraisals.

Conducted all criminal cases at both Archer and Archer and Ward Gethin Archer, following extensive experience in this area at previous firms.Areas of work included theft offences, offences against the person, motoring offences, sexual offences and public order offences. Serious crime experience included rape and other serious sexual offences, Section 18 and other serious assault and causing death by dangerous driving. Practised in Cambridge Crown Court, Norwich Crown Court, Ely Magistrates’ Court (until closure in 2011), Cambridge Magistrates’ Court, Kings Lynn Magistrates’ Court and Norwich Magistrates’ Court. Also represented clients in appeals to the Court of Appeal.Acted as an advocate in all cases in Magistrates Courts, including numerous substantial trials (up to two days).Duty solicitor in Ely and Cambridge area until 2012. Represented clients in police station interviews in Cambridge, Ely, King’s Lynn, Downham Market, Mildenhall and Newmarket.

Acting for employees and employers in contentious and non-contentious matters in the private and public sector.Contentious areas of work (primarily for employees): unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, discrimination claims, whistleblowing, restrictive covenants, wages and other contractual claims to include substantial volume of Settlement Agreements.Non-contentious areas of work (primarily for employers): advice on redundancy, problem employees, restrictive covenants, drafting contracts of employment, disciplinary procedures, Settlement Agreements.

Responsible for all civil litigation at Archer and Archer in the capacity as Head of Litigation, and substantial conduct of civil claims. Main areas of work: Contractual disputes, debt, possession actions, and professional negligence (solicitors and accountants) and personal injury. Debt: Very familiar with the Small Claims Mediation regime, methods of attempted debt recovery including use of Statutory Demand as against conventional County Court recovery, and use of High Court Enforcement Officer. Often assisted clients in seeking to resist or suspend enforcement, have also dealt over time with numerous applications to set aside Judgment, also familiar with applications by way of Summary Judgement. Highly conversant with the CPR.Company/Commercial disputes: Handling disputes between businesses, generally contractual but also areas such as passing off, injunctions and restrictive covenants. Occasional disputes between shareholders, Service Level Agreement and the drawing up of “tailored” commercial agreements.Boundary disputes: Adverse possession, rights of way, disputes between neighbours, Party Walls Act and requiring continuous consideration of Land Registry procedures/Practice Guides, both for registrations and objection to registrations. Estate disputes: Inheritance Act claims and contested probate.Landlord and Tenant and possession claims.Practiced mainly in Cambridge County Court, and before that extensively within Kettering/Northampton County Court. Regularly acted as an advocate before District Judges including contested applications such as setting aside judgment, small claims trials and hearings for orders for Possession. Also acted in a number of more substantial matters both in High Court and Court of Appeal.

Kettering

Previously Wilson and Wilson.Salaried Partner from 1985.

Cambridge

Dunstable

Leicester

Law Society’S Examination Part 2, Law

Ba (Hons), Law

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