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Susan was admitted as a Solicitor (Hons) in 1965, and is a John Marshall Prize Winner. Susan achieved the highest marks in the United Kingdom in the Solicitors’ Finals of 1964 in the Revenue and Equity and Succession papers. She is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and as a non-contentious lawyer, undertakes work in the field of commercial property (including transactions of substantial complexity), residential property, landlord and tenant, business acquisitions and disposal, wills, probate, trusts and attorneyship. Susan has some forty years’ experience in acquiring and disposing of residential property across East and West Sussex.
Susan has undertaken the winding up of large and substantial estates, advised on claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 and also dealt with probate matters which have become litigious in conjunction with her litigation department. Susan was a trustee of a private girls’ school and governor of a nursery school, and enjoys advising on matters relating to charities. Susan is also a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and practices Ericksonian hypnosis.
Steven originally trained with Denton Wilde Sapte and was subsequently a commercial litigator with that firm specialising in pensions and trusts litigation. Following his divorce and being awarded “custody” (now called residence) of his children he could no longer travel to the City. He joined the Worthing firm of Lings and set up a general litigation and family department from scratch.
He continues to handle commercial instructions including:
He acts as an advocate in the County Court and in Employment Tribunals and has been instructed in cases that have reached the High Court (see “Reported Cases” below) and the Court of Appeal. He has developed expertise in family law and is writing articles for the leading family law journal (see “Publications” below).
Steven is prepared to consider acting under deferred fee agreements (principally in family law), contingency fee arrangements (employment claims) and conditional fee agreements (principally personal injury work but may be available in other areas). Otherwise, he charges the standard rates set by Brighton County Court for himself and his assistants (except that the rates may be discounted for family work).
Throughout his professional career Chris has been involved in all kinds of commercial property projects. These include the initial development and letting of Chelsea Harbour, a mixed retail, commercial and residential development in West London and the development and subsequent management of a number of major retail projects – including the regional shopping centre at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.
Chris also has vast experience of acting for both landlords and tenants in relation to all types of property and has a particular interest in retail premises. Chris is able to deal with the sales and purchases of all types of property and has been involved with many complex and multi-tenanted premises.
Chris has the expertise and experience to handle commercial property transactions of considerable complexity. He has also undertaken sales and purchases of small businesses. He is an advisor to several property developers and assists them in the early stages of acquisition of land for development both for commercial and residential properties, also the acquisition of properties for flat conversion.
Michelle qualified as a solicitor in 1998 after obtaining her Law Degree at Liverpool University. Michelle spent two years working in London. Michelle has a wide experience of handling divorce and financial matters, disputes involving children and issues surrounding domestic violence. Michelle also has experience in dealing with property disputes arising between unmarried parties.
Michelle is a member of the Solicitors Family Law Association which is an organisation that encourages a conciliatory approach in dealing with all family law related matters.
All aspects of finance dealing with private and commercial conveyancing, probate, family and employment law.
Catherine is a legal financial manager.
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