Our People

Christina Yardley

Partner & CEO

Christina‘s expertise covers a full range of private client services including Wills, Probate, Trusts, Care Fees Planning, Power of Attorney, Court of Protection, Tax Planning and Conveyancing.

Ann-Marie Bowman

Partner & Chairwoman

Ann-Marie Bowman is Partner and Chairwoman of Nottingham based law firm Rotheras. Ann-Marie remains highly committed to her fee-earning work in Family law, dealing with all aspects of children matters.

Jeremy Allen

Partner

Jeremy Allen is a Wills, Probate and Trusts specialist at Nottingham based law firm Rotheras Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market offices in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Greg Almond

Head of Personal Injury

Greg qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and has specialised in Personal Injury for more than 14 years. He acts for clients who have suffered life changing injuries. Greg also specialises in cosmetic and clinical negligence claims.

Anton Balkitis

Partner & Head of Transport

Anton Balkitis leads the Transport Law team and is a nationally recognised Transport and Motoring Law specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Richard Bates

Partner

Richard Bates leads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team at Rotheras. Richard is a litigation specialist and can provide a wide range of services to both commercial and private clients.

Paul Cobb

Partner & Head of Family

Paul Cobb is Head of the Family department and is a family and matrimonial solicitor, specialising in collaborative law, at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Rebecca Emeleus

Family Partner & Head of Talent & Resourcing

Rebecca Emeleus is Talent & Resourcing Partner at Rotheras Solicitors. Rebecca has over 25 years’ of litigation experience and is based within the family team in our Lace Market office.

Antony Fyson

Partner

Antony Fyson is a Partner at Rotheras Solicitors and offers clients a wealth of expertise in commercial property, property development and conveyancing matters.

Richard Hammond

Partner

Richard Hammond is a Dispute Resolution specialist and mediator at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors. Richard is also a notary public, processing client documents for international use.

Karen Hayward

Partner

Karen Hayward is a partner and Chartered Legal Executive at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors, with over 20 years’ experience in Wills, Probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection applications.  Karen is based at our Beeston office.

Nelissa Hicks

Senior Associate

Nelissa has over 17 years’ experience as a Wills, Probate, Tax and Trusts solicitor and is based at our Mapperley office. An experienced Partner with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. Skilled in Inheritance Tax Planning and the Administration of Trusts and Estates.

Joanne Millward

Partner

Joanne Millward is a Family Law solicitor with over 30 years’ experience dealing in all areas of Family Law.

Tom Redgate

Partner & Head of Commercial Property

Tom Redgate is a Commercial Property specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras and is located at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Jayne Smith

Partner & Head of Wills and Probate

Jayne Smith leads the Wills and Probate department at Nottingham based Rotheras Solicitors and is currently based in our Beeston office.

Kirsten Wood

Senior Associate

Kirsten Wood is a Partner with over 18 years’ experience based in Rotheras’ Wills and Probate department and specialises in will drafting, tax, trusts, estate administration and lasting powers of attorney.

Michelle Young

Partner & Head of Residential Property

Michelle Young is a residential property specialist and heads up the residential property team at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Natalie Abbott

Senior Associate Solicitor

Natalie is an Employment Law specialist with over 10 years’ experience representing both businesses and individuals across a range of employment services including settlement agreements, discrimination, dismissals and redundancy.

Ann Farnill

Senior Associate

Ann Farnill is a Senior Associate in Rotheras’ Wills, Probate and Trusts department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Johanna Goddard

Senior Associate

Jo Goddard has over 20 years experience specialising in all aspects of residential conveyancing and regularly acts for clients on sales, purchases, remortgages and transfers of equity and is part of one of the largest conveyancing teams across the East Midlands.

Melissa Merry

Consultant

Melissa Merry is a Consultant in our Wills and Probate department, with over 30 years of exeperience in private client work. Melissa is based at our Nottingham City Centre offices.

Emily Weston

Senior Associate Solicitor

Emily Weston is as a Senior Associate Solicitor in the Residential Conveyancing team and is based primarily at our Beeston office.

Sarah Poole

HR Advisor

Sarah Poole is Rotheras’ HR Advisor and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Terhi Sygrove

Recoveries Manager

Terhi Sygrove is a debt recovery specialist and head of the debt recovery department at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Jo Walchester

Head of Marketing

Jo Walchester heads up Rotheras Marketing department. She joined the firm in July 2015 and is based at our Lace Market office.

Marie Walls

Head of Business Development

Marie is a solicitor and Head of Business Development at Rotheras.

Before moving into a business development role, Marie specialised in catastrophic injury cases for 18 years.

Tony Woodward

Head of Operations

Tony Woodward is Head of Operations at Rotheras Solicitors. He works closely with the management team and executive board to oversee the operational activity within the firm.

Grant Benskin

Associate Solicitor Advocate

Grant Benskin is an Associate Solicitor Advocate in Rotheras’ Dispute Resolution team and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

James Briggs

Associate Solicitor

James Briggs is an associate and private client solicitor at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Sally Hartland

Associate Solicitor

Sally Hartland is a Family, Matrimonial and Child Law specialist based at our offices in The Lace Market. Sally specialises and regularly represents both parents and grandparents in care proceedings.

Olivia Maginn

Barrister

Olivia Maginn is a transport and motoring law specialist at Nottingham based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Hannah Manewell

Associate Solicitor Advocate

Hannah Manewell is a Personal Injury Solicitor at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors and has spent the entirety of her 14-year career working in Personal Injury, covering a broad range of injury cases.

Joanna Merriman

Associate Solicitor

Joanna Merriman in Associate Solicitor in our Conveyancing department. Joanna is based at our Head Office in the Lace Market.

Fiona Moore

Associate Solicitor

Fiona Moore is an associate solicitor specialising in commercial property and residential property at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors and is located at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Lucy Pettitt

Associate

Lucy Pettitt has amassed over 12 years of experience in all aspects of Conveyancing.

Paige Regardsoe

Associate Solicitor

Paige Regardsoe is an Associate Solicitor in our Dispute Resolution department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Eleanor Robinson

Associate Solicitor

Eleanor Robinson is a Wills, Probate and Trusts specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors and is based at our West Bridgford office.

Billy Shaw

Associate

Billy advises businesses on a range of commercial and corporate issues and is happy to assist you with buying or selling businesses, corporate mergers and shareholder agreements.

Paul Smith

Associate Solicitor

Paul Smith is a Personal Injury Solicitor at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors; he has 19 years’ experience working as a Personal Injury solicitor, covering a broad range of injury cases.

Sarah Soo

Associate Solicitor

Sarah Soo is a Wills and Probate specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors and has specialised in private client work since she began her career. Sarah is currently based in our Beeston office.

Luke Tattersall-Smith

Associate Solicitor

Luke specialises in all aspects of commercial property including leasing, sales and purchases, and both commercial and residential development work including commercial finance and much more and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Ruth Tyas

Associate Solicitor

Ruth specialises in all aspects of family law and since 2010 she has been an accredited specialist in private law children matters and in domestic abuse where urgent protective remedies are required.

Emma Adcock

Solicitor

Emma Adcock is a family and matrimonial specialist based at The Lace Market and West Bridgford offices.

Kerry Brown

Chartered Legal Executive

Kerry Brown is a residential property specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Aleksandra Cebula

Solicitor

Aleksandra Cebula is a Solicitor in Rotheras’ Wills, Probate and Trusts department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Sally Cooper

Conveyancing Department Assistant

Sally is our first point of contact for any new conveyancing enquiries that come in to the department and provides a bespoke quoting service for prospective clients, estate agents and other referrers of work.

Joanne Derbyshire

Solicitor

Joanne Derbyshire is a Solicitor in Rotheras’ conveyancing department and is based at our Beeston office.

Hayley Drewry

Solicitor

Hayley Drewry is a Solicitor in Rotheras’ Residential Conveyancing department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Rebecca Howard

Litigation Executive

Rebecca is a Litigation Executive in the Personal Injury department at Rotheras and is based at our Lace Market Office

Jasmine Jackson

Solicitor

Jasmine Jackson is a Solicitor in Rotheras’ Family and Child Care department and is based at our Lace Market Office.

Gabriella Kent

Solicitor

Gabriella Kent is a Solicitor in Rotheras’ Family and Child Care department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Rebecca Lister

Solicitor

Rebecca Lister is a Solicitor within our Family Department and specialises in children and child care proceedings, regularly representing parents during care proceedings.

Kerry Redfern

Chartered Legal Executive

Kerry Redfern is a residential property specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rotheras Solicitors.

Alison Richardson

Legal Executive

Alison Richardson is a member of the wills, trust & probate team based at our Mapperley office.

Laura Smith

Licensed Conveyancer

Laura Smith is a Licensed Conveyancer in the residential property department at Rotheras Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market Office.

Kirsty Stening

Solicitor

Kirsty Stening is a solicitor in Rotheras’ Commercial Property team and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Hardeep Chumber

Trainee Solicitor

Hardeep Chumber is a Trainee Solicitor in Rotheras’ Transport department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Lauren Kilbride

Trainee Solicitor

Lauren Kilbride is a Trainee Solicitor within Rotheras’ Corporate & Commercial department and is based at the firm’s Lace Market office.

Meili Langford

Trainee Solicitor

Meili Langford is a Trainee Solicitor in Rotheras’ Wills, Probate and Trusts department and is based at our Beeston office.

Millie Moreton

Trainee Solicitor

Millie Moreton is a Trainee Solicitor in Rotheras’ Wills and Probate department and is based at our Mapperley office.

Sophie Price

Trainee Solicitor

Sophie Price is a Trainee Solicitor currently in the Dispute Resolution department and is based in our Lace Market office.

Emily Sherwood

Trainee Solicitor

Emily Sherwood is a Trainee Solicitor in Rotheras’ Family department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Sarah Singh

Trainee Solicitor

Sarah Singh is a trainee solicitor within Rotheras Family and Matrimonial Department and is based at the firm’s Nottingham Lace Market office.

Chris Bradshaw

Senior Paralegal

Chris specialises in children matters and provides support to Ann-Marie Bowman.

Skyler Broadhead

Senior Paralegal

Skyler Broadhead is a Senior Paralegal in Rotheras Solicitors Child Care department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Sharon Fleckney

Senior Paralegal

Sharon Fleckney is a Senior Paralegal in Rotheras Wills and Probate department and is based at the firm’s Lace Market Office.

Anna Guy

Senior Paralegal

Anna Guy has over 10 years’ experience of working in law firms, and 7 years’ experience of dealing with Wills and Probate matters.

Grace Millward

Senior Paralegal

Grace Millward is a Senior Paralegal in Rotheras Residential Conveyancing department and is based at the Beeston office.

Hollie Moore

Senior Paralegal

Hollie Moore is a Senior Paralegal in the Conveyancing department.

Shelby Richardson

Senior Paralegal

Shelby Richardson is a Senior Paralegal in Rotheras’ Conveyancing department and is based at our West Bridgford branch.

Ellie Robinson

Senior Paralegal

Ellie Robinson is a Senior Paralegal in the residential conveyancing department at Rotheras and is based at our West Bridgford office.

Beccy Rodham

Senior Paralegal

Beccy Rodham is a Senior Paralegal in Rotheras Family Law department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Sandeesh Samra

Senior Paralegal

Sandeesh Samra is a Senior Paralegal in our Corporate and Commercial team and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Susan White

Senior Paralegal

Susan White is a Senior Paralegal in Rotheras Debt Recovery and Family Law department.

Eva Best

Paralegal

Eva Best is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Personal Injury department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Lily Chen

Paralegal

Lily Chen is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Wills and Probate team and is based at our Beeston branch.

Abagail Clarke

Paralegal

Abagail Clarke is a paralegal in Rotheras’ Dispute Resolution department and is based at our Lace Market office.

George Cokkinos

Paralegal

George Cokkinos is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Employment Law and Dispute Resolution departments and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Lucy Dixon

Paralegal

Lucy Dixon is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Conveyancing department and is based at our Beeston branch.

Vicki Ettles

Paralegal

Vicki Ettles is a Paralegal in the residential conveyancing department at Rotheras and is based at our Lace Market office.

Talita Fantauzzi

Paralegal

Talita Fantauzzi is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Commercial Property department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Amie Hardy

Paralegal

Amie Hardy is a paralegal in Rotheras’ Commercial Property department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Brett James

Paralegal

Brett James is a Wills and Probate Paralegal at Rotheras Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market office.

Michelle Kingston

Paralegal

Michelle Kingston is a Paralegal in Rotheras Wills and Probate department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Sophie Lydon

Paralegal

Sophie Lydon is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Conveyancing department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Safina Metcalfe

Paralegal

Safina Metcalfe is a Paralegal based within our Residential Conveyancing department. Safina is based at our Head Office in the Lace Market.

Georgina Power

Paralegal

Georgina Power is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Transport team and is based at our Lace Market office in Nottingham city centre.

Janet Prentice

Paralegal

Janet Prentice is a Paralegal in Rotheras’ Wills, Probate and Trusts department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Sue Radford

Paralegal

Sue Radford is a Paralegal in Rotheras Wills and Probate department and is based at the firm’s Beeston Office.

Lindsey Thorpe

Paralegal

Lindsey is a Paralegal based in our transport and motorist offence department.