Our team
John Leiper - DirectorAlong with his managerial role, John advises clients on personal injury claims along with private client matters including Wills and estates, Living Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney. He trained with Hough Halton & Soal before qualifying as a solicitor. |
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Andrew Kirkpatrick - DirectorA longstanding member of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel and Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Andrew has over 20 years experience in Claimant personal injury litigation. He deals almost exclusively with high value and complex personal injury litigation and is one of a very small group of UK lawyers to have dealt with six settlements in excess of £1million. Andrew specialises in major orthopaedic trauma and brain injury cases and his work has been repeatedly praised by his peers in editions of the Legal 500. |
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Jonathan Ditchburn - DirectorJonathan is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and has achieved the APIL award of Senior Litigator being one of the youngest solicitors to achieve that status. Jonathan supervises the Personal Injury Department including being the initial point of contact for most new personal injury clients. He deals with all aspects of personal injury law with a particular interest in employer’s liability litigation. |
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Alastair GroundsA member of the Law Society Family Panel, Alastair deals with divorce and matrimonial matters. He also advises on Wills and estate matters along with Lasting Powers of Attorney. |
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Ashley ElliotAshley deals with general civil litigation including contract, consumer and boundary disputes, professional negligence, problems with wills and estates and criminal injury compensation claims. He also has experience of claims against HM Customs & Excise for wrongly confiscated goods. |
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Stephen UnwinStephen is a specialist employment lawyer dealing almost exclusively with claims for individuals seeking to assert their employment rights against an employer. He has considerable experience in claims for unfair dismissal and unfair redundancy and a particular interest in discrimination claims including those on grounds of disability or sex. |
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Kim WarwickKim is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) who specialises in personal injury claims and deals with much of the road traffic accident work we undertake. She has substantial experience of dealing with the challenges of claims against uninsured and untraced drivers via the Motor Insurers Bureau and also deals with employer’s liability and public liability claims. |
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Dr Catherine OakleyCatherine is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) who deals solely with personal injury claims. In particular she conducts occupier’s and employer’s liability and industrial disease claims including noise induced deafness, asbestos related illness, vibration white finger, repetitive strain injuries and respiratory illnesses. |
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Jane FillisJane is head of the conveyancing department. She is a Licensed Conveyancer having chosen to specialise in property law following completion of her law degree. Jane deals solely with residential conveyancing and moved to Carlisle after training in London. |
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Kerry McNallyKerry joined Stephen Unwin in the employment department in June 2010 after completing her training contract with Rawlison Butler LLP in West Sussex. Kerry undertakes a full range of employment litigation and advice for private and Union clients with a particular interest in unfair dismissal claims. |
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Emma GreenEmma started work in the private client team in September 2010 after completing her training in Sheffield. She studied Law with German at the University of Dundee and spent a year at the University of Muenster in Germany before returning to Sheffield to do the Legal Practice Course. Emma undertakes a wide variety of private client work and in particular wills, probate and residential conveyancing. |
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