John is Managing Partner of BHP Law and as such has been responsible for overseeing the growth and development of the firm since the early 1990's. He…

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Amanda has worked in the North Eastern Circuit since qualifying as a solicitor. She trained and worked with two law firms in Darlington before moving…

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Helen qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and at that time joined Walton Hardy & Clough in Darlington as a member of their Wills, Trusts & Probate team.…

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Senior partner Peter Blackett has practised for over 40 years in Durham & North Yorkshire and has been involved in many significant commercial and agricultural…

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Following university Phil was employed by Dawn Advice as a legal advisor. Dawn is a charitable organisation based near Cramlington that provided detailed…

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Karen Stephanie Pratt is an equity partner and is head of the Court of Protection Department and joint head of our Wills, Trusts and Probate team alongside…

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Sapna worked as a mental health paralegal for Thaliwal Bridge solicitors, in Leicester. She obtained a LSC funded training contract, then worked for…

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Stephen Williams is the head of the Court of Protection health and welfare department and specialises in community care, health and welfare and mental…

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After an initial career in merchant banking, Dermot subsequently took articles at a corporate boutique in Manchester (Turner Parkinson), after which followed…

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Ian joined BHP as a Senior Associate in our Commercial and Agricultural Property team in November 2020. …

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Having started his legal career in the Professions and Insurance team at Watson Burton in 2002, Guy qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and continued to…

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Holly graduated from Keele University in 2005 with an LLB in Law with English and completed her LLM Master of Laws at Durham University in 2006. Holly…

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Rosie began her legal career at Darling & Stephensons Solicitors in 2004, assisting with residential conveyancing cases and then running her own caseload…

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Jemma is our Residential Conveyancing team leader based at our Darlington office with over 14 years experience. She joined BHP Law in 2010 and during…

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Michelle qualified as a solicitor in 2006, specializing in criminal law. In 2013, Michelle also trained in private client services and private family…

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Emily trained with Co-op Legal Services in London and Manchester where she worked in the family and probate departments and qualified into family law…

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Lauren obtained her law degree from the University of Cumbria, graduating in 2012 and started her LPC at Northumbria University, graduating the following…

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Simone joined BHP Law in June 2016 during the course of her MLaw Exempting degree at Northumbria University. In the first semester of her final year,…

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Law is Melanie’s second career, but over the last 18 years she has gained valuable experience working within the areas of construction, finance and…

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Holly began her legal career as a paralegal in BHP Law’s Family team. She completed her first training seat in the Personal Injury team managing road…

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Zoey was admitted as a solicitor in 2021 after securing her masters degree in Law from Northumbria University. In 2017, Zoey worked at TLW Solicitors…

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Liz trained in a general legal practice in Gateshead before qualifying as a solicitor when she moved to a law firm in Hartlepool doing a mixture of commercial…

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Anthony has worked at Browell Smith & Co and trained and worked at Thompsons Solicitors between 2003 and 2016. He joined BHP Law’s Employment team…

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Gary has some 35 years advising on many high value share sales/acquisitions transactions for various businesses across the North East and internationally…

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Ken started his legal career at Latimer Hinks where he qualified as a legal executive specialising in litigation. He went on to qualify as a solicitor…

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Peter is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Legal Executive and has over 35 years experience in dealing with Probate matters. Peter joined BHP Law…

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Karolyn has worked for over 18 years in BHP Law’s business and commercial law team where she has assisted on advising on high value share sales/acquisitions…

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Nicola joined BHP Law as a conveyancing secretary in 2015. Following two years working as a conveyancing secretary at another local firm, Nicola returned…

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Sara completed her Law degree in July 2016 at Teesside University and began working in a local firm doing residential conveyancing. She completed her…

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Lorna joined BHP as a secretary in our residential conveyancing team in 2019 bringing a wealth of experience working in residential and commercial conveyancing…

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Josh started his legal career at a UK top-20 firm based in Newcastle working in the Property Litigation department and specialising in leasehold disputes…

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Ruby began working at BHP Law in 2017 as an admin assistant in residential conveyancing. She quickly became fascinated by the legal profession and knew…

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Leanne made the change from the procurement sector to law, having completed her part-time Open University law degree with upper second class honours in…

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Lisa began her legal career with BHP Law in November 2003 when she joined the personal injury department in a secretarial/support role to assist three…

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Jack joined BHP in September 2020 as an apprentice solicitor in our family team, alongside studying at Northumbria University one day per week. …

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Ellie joined us in September 2020 as an apprentice solicitor in our Court of Protection team, alongside studying at Northumbria University one day per…

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