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Smooth running of the firm depends on many people. We did think
of providing a list of all the staff, but at the moment you are
probably having to pay some charges to browse this page, and so
we list only our executive staff in alphabetical order:-
Janet Bell
Janet was admitted as a solicitor in 1982 and became a partner in
the firm in 1985. After a career break to start a family she returned
to work in 1998 on a part-time basis, based in our Shanklin office.
Janet specialises in family law and is a member of the Solicitors
Family Law Association. Janet is a past member of the Independent
Tribunal Service dealing with Child Support Agency appeals and is
a trustee of the Ryde Sick and Poor Fund and an honorary lawyer
for the Isle of Wight Home Start. Janet is married with two children
and is a Christian, actively involved at St James's Church, Ryde.
Colin Clarke
Colin was born in Leicester and graduated from Leeds University
in 1977 with an honours degree in Law. He joined the firm in 1978
and became a partner in 1984. Colin is based in our Ryde office
and is the head of our Commercial Department. Colin is married to
Marian and has two children, Constance and Patrick. He enjoys walking,
reading, travel and theatre. His ambitions are to walk the Pennine
Way and to see Leicester City win the FA Cup.
Lyndsey Denham
Lyndsey Denham was born on the Isle of Wight, is married and continues
to live in Ryde. She joined us in 1985 and joined the Probate Wills
and Trust Department in 1988. Lyndsey covers both the Ryde and Shanklin
offices and is a registered Trust and Estate Practitioner, having
satisfied the requirements for membership of the Society of Trust
and Estate Practitioners in December 1994.
Lorna Ford
Lorna is based in Ryde, but deals with criminal matters in all four
of our offices. Lorna has been "in crime " since 1990 and is the
only non-solicitor accredited to the Law Society Police Station
representative scheme.
Nick Gale
Nick returned to the Island in 1997 to join us and to head up the
Shanklin Office. Nick grew up in Ryde and in the past could be found
working for BP in their London Head Office and Dubai. After retraining
as a solicitor, Nick worked in Yeovil, Somerset, before returning
to the Island. Nick carries out commercial and residential conveyancing
work and takes responsibility for the firm's information technology
needs. Nick is married with three young children and is treasurer
of St Johns Church, Ryde and therefore has very little spare time!
Ron Gould
Ron is a partner in the firm and is based in our Ryde office. He
joined the firm in 1977 and specialises in criminal work . Ron is
a member of Ryde Rotary.
Dawn Grannum
Dawn is a Conveyancing Executive in the Residential Conveyancing
Department at our Shanklin Office. She joined us in May 1999. Dawn
graduated from Plymouth University in 1996 with an honours degree
in law and before joining us worked as a housing officer with South
Wight Housing Association.
Andrew Hatch
Andrew joined us in April 2003 from Wales as head of our
Litigation department. He has 12 years experience in Personal Injury
and Commercial litigation. Spare time is spent bringing up 4 young
children and hoping for a Welsh Rugby Grand Slam.
Richard Jeffery
Richard has been with us since 1965 and deals with civil disputes
of most types. His main areas of work are landlord and tenant, personal
injury compensation claims, housing problems, building disputes,
boundary disputes, partnership disputes, professional negligence
claims, consumer and general contract disputes, nuisance claims
and debts. Richard is based in our Newport office.
Tony Johnson
Tony qualified in 1980 and had his own firm in London for 16 years
before moving to the Island and joining RJR in 2001. He is now a
partner and head of Residential Conveyancing and is based at our
Freshwater office. As a Watford FC season ticket holder he provides
continuing proof of the triumph of hope over experience. He also
enjoys hockey and (warm water only) scuba diving.
Joyce Martin
Joyce is a member of our Family Department and is based in Ryde.
Joyce is a member of the Institute of Legal Executives with 14 years
of experience in Family matters. She has lived on the Island for
over 30 years and is married with two children. In her spare time
Joyce enjoys sailing, cycling and swimming.
Liz Miller
Liz is the newest addition to the firm having joined us in January 2006. She qualified as a Solicitor in 2004 and her interests include gardening, needlework and visiting historic sites - though not all at the same time.
Sara Mitchell
Sara works in the Commercial Department in our Ryde office and advises on all aspects of Commercial Property and Company Law.
Brenda Mouland
Brenda is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and a Licensed
Conveyancer, having been involved in the law for over 30 years.
Brenda specialises in residential conveyancing work and is based
in the Newport Office.
Ian Pratt
Ian obtained a law degree from Birmingham in 1973 (2:1). He is the
firm's Senior Partner and head of the Probate Will and Trusts Department.
Ian is trained as a family mediator (FMA). He headed up the Shanklin
Office from 1982 - 1997 and is now based in the Ryde Office. For
a couple of years Ian was the Legal Adviser on the Isle of Wight
Radio phone in programme. Ian is married with four children and
is a keen photographer.
Claudia Roberts
Claudia joined RJR in April 2001 with a degree in Business and Accountancy
and qualified as a Solicitor in April 2003. Claudia now works in
the Probate and Trust department specialising in trust and tax work.
Besides Law and Tax Claudia's hobbies are gardening and wildlife,
sports and in particular Formula 1 (though NOT Michael Schumacher!)
and travel.
Julia Whitter
Julia Whitter qualified as a Solicitor in September 2002 and now
heads up our Residential Conveyancing Team in Ryde having previously
specialised in Employment Law.
Hannah Lisseter
Hannah joined us in 2004 and is based in our Newport Office where she specializes in Family Law. |
