"Let me introduce you to the team at BHP Law. Between us, we have years of experience in helping individuals and businesses with their legal requirements. We pride ourselves on making the law easy to understand for our clients and always being at the end of the phone when needed. We are happy to meet you at whichever office is convenient to you so you don’t have to travel miles to access the high quality legal services that you may need.
We’re here to help you, so please feel free to contact us directly. If you’re not sure who would deal with your matter, then please give us a call or get in touch here on our website."
John Pratt, Managing Partner
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Partner
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…
Senior Associate
Ian joined BHP as a Senior Associate in our Commercial and Agricultural Property team in November 2020. …
Senior Associate
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…
Associate
Following University Natalie was employed by a firm in Gateshead and in 2014 began her Training Contract. The majority of her training was within commercial…
Partner
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.…
Partner
Senior partner Peter Blackett has practised for over 50 years in Durham & North Yorkshire and has been involved in many significant commercial and agricultural…
Conveyancing Executive
Dorothy has worked for BHP Law since 1987 initially as secretary for Norman Hart (now retired partner) and training as a fee earner in residential conveyancing…
Paralegal
Georgia graduated from Northumbria University in 2019, with the MLaw (Exempting) degree incorporating the LPC and joined Clifford Chance in their Capital…
Trainee Legal Executive
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…
Apprentice Solicitor
Jack joined BHP in September 2020 as an apprentice solicitor in our family team, alongside studying at Northumbria University one day per week. …
Consultant Solicitor
Gary has some 35 years advising on many high value share sales/acquisitions transactions for various businesses across the North East and internationally…
Solicitor
Michelle qualified as a solicitor in 2006, specializing in criminal law. In 2013, Michelle also trained in private client services and private family…
Paralegal
Susan started working at BHP Law in 1996 as a secretary in the conveyancing department. Over the years she has gained valuable knowledge in conveyancing…
Solicitor
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…
Solicitor
Helen joined BHP Law in 2014 working within the Personal Injury team, progressing from paralegal to trainee solicitor and subsequently qualified Solicitor…
Team Leader/Conveyancing Executive
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…
Solicitor
Jane trained at Atkinson Ritson Solicitors in her hometown of Carlisle, moving to Winskell & Winskell solicitors in Newcastle upon qualification to specialise…
Partner
Andrea took her law degree at Northumbria University and went on to study for the solicitors exams at Chester Law School. Andrea joined Harvey &…
Associate
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…
Conveyancing Executive
Nicola joined BHP Law as a conveyancing secretary in 2015. Following two years working as a conveyancing secretary at another local firm, Nicola returned…
Solicitor
Lauren obtained her law degree from the University of Cumbria, graduating in 2012 and started her LPC at Northumbria University, graduating the following…
Solicitor
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,…
Conveyancing Executive
Sara completed her Law degree in July 2016 at Teesside University and began working in a local firm doing residential conveyancing. She completed her…
Trainee Legal Executive
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…
Legal Executive
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…
Partner
Ruth is a former member of the Bar Council before cross qualifying as a solicitor. She joined BHP Law in March 2014 as an associate and was made head…
Partner
Following university Phil was employed by Dawn Advice as a legal advisor. Dawn is a charitable organisation based near Cramlington that provided detailed…
Trainee Legal Executive
Abi studied law at A-Level and went on to successfully complete an apprenticeship in Business Administration. She joined BHP in 2018 as a secretary in…
Associate
After completing the Legal Practice course from Northumbria University, Alex became director at Alexander Byers Millward Ltd, where he contracted with…
Chartered Legal Executive
Gillian joined BHP Law's family team in October 2020 as a Chartered Legal Executive. In 2013, Gillian achieved accredited status with Resolution in complex…
Solicitor
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…
Solicitor
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…
Lettings Manager
Apprentice Solicitor
Ellie joined us in September 2020 as an apprentice solicitor in our Court of Protection team, alongside studying at Northumbria University one day per…
Solicitor
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…
Managing Partner
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…
Partner
Karen Stephanie Pratt is an equity partner and is head of the Court of Protection team. After being admitted as a solicitor in 1986, Karen became…
Solicitor
Meaghan qualified as a solicitor in July 2018 at Hedleys & Co Solicitors. She graduated from University of Sunderland in 2011 and began working in…
Corporate Executive
Karolyn has worked at BHP Law for over 18 years. Within the business and commercial law team she has assisted on advising high value share sales/acquisitions…
Solicitor
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…
Associate
Claire graduated in 1999 from Northumbria University and secured a training contract in Sunderland, qualifying as a solicitor in 2001. Claire specialised…
Partner
Sapna previously worked as a mental health paralegal for Thaliwal Bridge solicitors, in Leicester. She obtained a LSC funded training contract, then worked…
Conveyancing Executive
Lorna joined BHP Law as a secretary in our residential conveyancing team in 2019. She brings a wealth of experience working in residential and commercial…
Legal Executive
Laura has worked in the legal profession for over 20 years. She completed her training at J W Mitchell Dodds & Co and remained at that firm when it merged…
Trainee Legal Executive
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…
Solicitor
After being admitted as a solicitor in 2004, Andrew worked for a firm in Gateshead specialising in criminal law where he gained the Criminal Litigation…
Partner
Stephen Williams is the head of the Court of Protection health & welfare department and specialises in community care, health and welfare and mental capacity…
Solicitor
Anthony worked at Browell Smith & Co Solicitors and qualified and worked at Thompsons Solicitors between 2003 and 2016. He joined BHP Law’s Employment…
Solicitor
Liz initially studied BSc (Hons) in Criminology and Forensic Science at Northumbria University followed by an MSc in Forensic Anthropology at the University…
Partner
After an initial career in merchant banking, Dermot subsequently took articles at a corporate boutique in Manchester (Turner Parkinson), after which followed…
Consultant Solicitor
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…
Paralegal
Emma qualified as a paralegal and completed her police station accreditation before joining BHP Law’s Court of Protection team. …
Associate
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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