Partner Profiles


David Thompson - Managing Partner and Divisional Head, Insurance Law

As Managing Partner, David is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic direction of the firm with particular responsibility for financial control and planning. As head of Insurance Division, David has considerable experience acting for insurance companies and liability agencies. David has extensive knowledge in all aspects of insurance law and specialist areas include catastrophic injury claims and complicated multi party employers' liability claims.
DDI: 01904 683011
 
 

Stephen Baylis - Partner, Finance Law

Stephen, finance law partner, holds an Insolvency Practitioner's licence. He specialises in restructuring, insolvency and banking related matters. The agricultural sector is a particular area of expertise. Before joining Langleys, Stephen was a partner at Hammonds.
DDI: 01904 683097
 
 

Helen Brown - Partner, Insurance Law

Helen is the Deputy Head of the Insurance Law Division and heads up Langleys’ Public Sector Unit. Helen has significant experience in dealing with all types of EL/PL with particular emphasis on stress, bullying and harassment, sexual, mental, physical and emotional abuse claims and fraud claims. Helen acts for one of the largest mental health hospitals in the UK defending their liability claims. Helen is an accomplished public speaker and is well known on the national and local ALARM circuit
DDI: 01904 683026
 
 

Fiona Buckton - Partner, Private Client

Fiona, private client partner,is a graduate of the University of York and joined Langleys from Munby and Scott. Fiona deals with all private client matters, particularly property. She also advises on wills and inheritance tax.
DDI: 01904 683238
 
 

John Conlon - Partner, Children Law

John, partner and head of Childrens Law, specialises in both public and private law proceedings relating to children. John is a member of the Law Society Children's Panel.
DDI: 01522 508830
 
 

Mark Day - Partner, Family

Mark is a Partner and head of the Family Unit in York. He has specialised in family law since qualifying in 1995. He has also qualified as a Family Mediator and as a Collaborative Lawyer. His specialism is in resolving the financial aspects of separation and in advising about children. He is an Accredited Specialist with Resolution in cases involving Finances and/or Children. He is also a former Regional Chair of the National Family Lawyers organisation Resolution.
DDI: 01904 683116
 
 

Huw Edwards - Partner, Insurance Law

Huw is the Head of Langleys’ Motor Unit which deals with catastrophic/multi track work as well as the fast track/small claims team within the Division. Huw has an excellent reputation for dealing with catastrophic and serious injury claims.
DDI: 01904 683171
 
 

Andrew Fearn - Partner, Private Client

Andrew, private client partner, heads the firm's Private Law Division. He is a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and has a wealth of experience in advising high net worth clients, farmers and land owners. He also deals with agricultural property issues especially tenancies held under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. Andrew is also a Court of Protection Panel Deputy.
DDI: 01522 508711
 
 

Robin Foyster - Partner, Conveyancing

Robin, partner and head of Conveyancing legal team, has many years' experience in dealing with Conveyancing matters and is responsible for the compliance and complaints within the division.
DDI: 01522 508751
 
 

David Garfitt - Partner, Private Client

David, private client partner and member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, advises in relation to all aspects of private client work particularly inheritance tax planning, trusts and wills for business and agricultural clients. David also deals with probate and the administration of complex estates with related property matters.
DDI: 01904 683121
 
 

Stuart Hanley - Partner, Claimant Personal Injury and Medical Negligence

Stuart, claimant personal injury and medical negligence partner, deals with all types of claims particularly those involving children. He also provides advice on birth defect/cerebral palsy claims. Stuart is an accredited member of both the Law Society's Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Panels, and a member of the AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel.
DDI: 01904 683143
 
 

Kate Hindmarch - Partner, Employment

Kate, employment partner, has broad experience of all areas of employment law having run her own specialist law firm prior to joining Langleys. She is an experienced tribunal advocate and regularly presents seminars on employment issues. Kate is a former Chair of Women in Newark and is Chair of the Working Group for Business Women's Link (Lincolnshire & Rutland). In 2009 Kate was appointed a Fee Paid Employment Tribunal Judge and sits in the Birmingham region.
DDI: 01522 508815
 
 

Peter Horner - Partner, Real Estate

Peter, real estate partner, has over 20 years' experience advising on commercial property transactions. Peter focuses on freehold acquisitions, disposals and property development. Peter is also a Notary Public. Notaires deal with the authentication and legalisation of legal and trading documents for use in other jurisdictions.
DDI: 01522 508730
 
 

Rebecca Howitt - Partner, Insurance

Rebecca is Head of the Division’s Health and Safety Representation Unit. Her work includes successfully defending clients in corporate and gross negligence, manslaughter, representation at police and HSE interviews under caution, representing clients at inquests, advising directors and senior personnel on health and safety policies/risk management issues. Rebecca also has expertise in dealing with a wide range of employers’ liability claims.
DDI: 01904 683010
 
 

Will Jones - Partner, Insurance Law

Will has an excellent reputation for dealing with PL and EL claims which have a particular focus on interpretation of policy wording and indemnity disputes. Will also is the editor of Langleys’ Insurance Division’s newsletter – Insurance Matters.
DDI: 01904 683027
 
 

Andy Kay - Partner, Company Commercial

Andy, corporate partner and head of the Commercial Division, has a wide range of experience of corporate and commercial work, in particular advising on acquisitions and disposals for public and private companies, MBOs and MBIs. Prior to joining Langleys, Andy gained 20 years' company commercial experience in a number of major firms, most latterly as a partner at Addleshaw Goddard.
DDI: 01904 683062
 
 

Roger Mackle - Partner, Insurance Law

Roger manages the Fast Track/Small Claims Motor Team as well as handling an extensive portfolio of mainly motor work ranging from the catastrophic through to the lower level multi track type claims. Roger also has a particular special interest in education and dyslexia claims.
DDI: 01904 683017
 
 

Simon Massey - Partner, Real Estate

Simon, real estate partner, is experienced in all areas of commercial property and acts for institutional investors, property companies and businesses with commercial property interests. Simon joined Langleys from a leading City practice.
DDI: 01904 683058
 
 

Jonathan Mortimer - Partner, Dispute Resolution

Jonathan, dispute resolution partner, has wide experience of contentious matters including representing clients from the Magistrates Court to the House of Lords as well as considerable advocacy experience. Jonathan has a reputation for being prepared to dictate events in the event of proceedings being issued whilst always seeking a commercial solution to disputes.
DDI: 01904 683099
 
 

Chris Price - Partner, Insurance Law

Chris has significant experience in dealing with all types of claims arising from the rail industry. He acts for an increasing number of rail companies. In addition Chris specialises in occupational disease, PL and EL claims.
DDI: 01522 508794
 
 

Mark Roberts - Partner, Company Commercial

Mark, corporate partner, has extensive experience of advising on all areas of corporate transactions. He focuses on high value sales and acquisitions, MBOs and MBIs, merger and group restructuring. Mark also works alongside banks, fund manager and venture capitalists in relation to their funding of corporate transactions.
DDI: 01904 683051
 
 

Sally-Ann Robinson - Partner, Claimant Personal Injury and Medical Negligence

Sally, partner and head of the personal injury and clinical negligence unit, has over 20 years experience and specialises in brain injury and claims involving children. Sally is an accredited member of both the Law Society's Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Panels and a member of AvMA specialist Clinical Negligence Panel.
DDI: 01522 508720
 
 

Kate Saunders - Partner, Family

Kate Saunders qualified in 1983 and has practised in Family Law ever since. She has a particular interest in divorce and the business client and cases involving trusts and inherited assets. In 1991 Kate became a member of the Law Society Children Panel and has regularly been appointed to represent children in Public Law proceedings. In 1999 Kate trained as a mediator and in 2008 she trained as a collaborative lawyer to enhance her ability to offer clients a non traditional approach
DDI: 01522 508816
 
 

Giles Scott - Partner, Private Client

Giles, private client partner, was formerly a fourth generation solicitor in the family firm of Munby & Scott, where he developed expertise in private client and property matters, including the establishment of a charity funded by the National Heritage Memorial Fund. He continues to act for clients engaged in the acquisition of agricultural land, deals with farming agreements and is a solicitor trustee to a number of Yorkshire family estates and business involved with agriculture.
DDI: 01904 683232
 
 

Jeremy Scott - Partner, Regulatory and Corporate Defence

Jeremy, regulatory partner, has over 20 years' experience of defending companies, directors and individuals subject to regulatory investigation and proceedings. Jeremy has successfully represented clients in cases at all levels from the Magistrates' Court to the European Court of Human Rights and is an experienced advocate.
DDI: 01904 683106
 
 

Nick Sheppard - Partner, Employment

Nick, employment partner, has extensive experience of employment law practice, acting for private and public sector organisations and individuals. He has advised in connection with employment aspects large scale outsourcing and business restructures as well as detailed and complex trade union and industrial relations matters. Nick has considerable tribunal and court experience. He regularly undertakes general and bespoke training for clients and sector-based groups.
DDI: 01904 683183
 
 

Graeme Stenson - Partner, Dispute Resolution

Graeme, dispute resolution partner, has over 20 years' experience of dealing with complex commercial litigation cases. Graeme uses his knowledge in dealing with a wide range of cases including high value disputes in professional negligence, shareholder and director disputes, intellectual property matters and judicial review..
DDI: 01522 508853
 
 

Roger Taylor - Partner, Notary Public

Roger provides notorial services to the firm's clients in both offices and across the region. One of the small number of public notaries in England and Wales, Roger has been a Notary, by examination, since 1992. Notaries work with the authentication and legalisation of legal trading documentation for use in other jurisdictions, including scotland. More details are given in the Notarial Services section of the website.
DDI: 01904 683046
 
 

David Tonge - Partner, Finance Law

David, finance law partner, advises on insolvency, banking and finance. David is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers association and Turnaround management Association. He has extensive experience in both contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters.
DDI: 01522 508733
 
 

James Towler - Partner, Company Commercial

James, corporate partner, has 25 years' experience advising clients on corporate matters and specialises in high value deals and strategic company and commercial advice. James advises a range of businesses and banks on acquisitions, disposals, MBOs and MBIs.
DDI: 01904 683052
 
 

Emma Warner - Partner, Real Estate

Emma, real estate partner, acts for a broad range of commercial property clients across diverse industry sectors. Emma has particular expertise in complex leasehold transactions.
DDI: 01904 683059
 
 

David Wood - Partner, Private Client

David, a private client partner, provides inheritance tax and capital gains tax advice for high net worth individuals, business owners and farmers including deeds of variation of estates and specialist advice on gifts and leasebacks of chattels
DDI: 01522 508862
 
 
 
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