Chris Randall - Managing Partner

Chris is the firm's Managing Partner and is responsible for the overall running of the firm and its commitment to growth and delivering exceptional client care. An experienced litigation lawyer, Chris specialises in Commercial Law and Property Litigation and is an APIL accredited Senior Litigator.

crandall@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Peter Bristow

Peter is a highly experienced property lawyer, whose areas of expertise include complex freehold and leasehold property transactions. Based at the Lingfield office, Peter advises private clients on a wide range of property related issues. Peter also heads the firm's intervention team, which on behalf of the Solicitors Regulation Authority carries out interventions into other firms of solicitors.

pbristow@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Barry Davis

Barry qualified in 1984 after studying Law at the University of London. He joined the firm in 1985, working on Criminal Law, Family Law and general litigation. Barry now heads up the firm’s Personal Injury Team and specialises in Personal Injury and Civil and Commercial Litigation. He is currently based at the Gildredge Road office after four years in Tunbridge Wells.

bdavis@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

David Gordon

David has a broad experience of business affairs and is able to deploy expertise in company commercial work, employment law and commercial property. He has acted on numerous transactions including the sale of a number of breweries, MBOs and large development projects. David is based at the firm’s Brighton office.

dgordon@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Peggy Hall

Peggy, who is based at the firm’s Eastbourne office, is head of the firm’s Probate, Trusts and Wills Team and specialises in probate and private client work including wills, administration and domestic conveyancing. She has particular expertise in dealing with the needs of older retired clients.

phall@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Peter Jelly

Peter is based at Eastbourne and is a member of the firm's Probate, Trusts and Wills Team. Peter specialises in probate, wills and will disputes, inheritance claims, trusts, Court of Protection and private client work.

pjelly@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Linda Lamb

Linda is based at the firm’s Brighton office and specialises in family law. Linda is a member of the Law Society's Family Law Panel and Children Panel, as well as the Law Society Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel and the Eastbourne Domestic Violence Forum. She is an accredited specialist with Resolution, a Family Mediator with the Family Mediators Association and is qualified to see the children within mediation. Linda is also a qualified collaborative lawyer.

llamb@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Charles Le May

Charles is based at the firm’s Lewes office and is a member of the Family Law Team which includes a number of specialist family lawyers, including a family mediator. Charles is an accomplished family lawyer whose areas of expertise include Family Law, Divorce and Ancillary Relief.

clemay@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

John Lingwood

John is a member of the firm’s Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Team and has a wealth of experience in dealing with both high value and clinical negligence claims. Based at the Brighton Office, John is a member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel and is an accredited Litigator of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. As well as pursuing claims for damages John also acts as a Court of Protection appointed Receiver for brain injured patients.

jlingwood@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Melanie Minter

Melanie has practised in Clinical Negligence law since 1990 and is head of the firm's Clinical Negligence Team and its Catastrophic Injury Unit. The team achieved Band 1 status in Chambers in 2008, achieving praise for the quality of advice given to clients, whilst Melanie gains recognition for 'getting right to the heart of the matter'. Melanie has conducted all types of clinical negligence claims from low value to multimillion pound claims. Melanie is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel and the AvMA Referral Panel and is also a qualified nurse.

mminter@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Kimberley Minto

Kimberley is an experienced commercial lawyer who is based at the firm’s Eastbourne office. Kimberley’s areas of expertise include commercial property acquisitions for development, commercial and residential leases and all related legal issues.

kminto@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Dean Orgill

As head of the Dispute Resolution team, Dean undertakes contract based litigation representing sectors such as building, manufacturing, and brewing. He is also experienced in professional negligence work having acted against other solicitors, accountants and surveyors. Dean is based at the firm’s Brighton office and is head of the firm’s licensing team.

dorgill@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Glen Stone

Based at the firm’s Eastbourne office, Glen is a specialist in company and commercial law with more than 30 years’ experience. Glen’s areas of expertise include dealing with company takeovers, mergers, share buyouts and high value local government contracts and disposals.

gstone@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Chris Strutt

Chris is head of the Residential Property Team and his expertise includes multiple sales of local government housing and “right to buy” sales. Based in Eastbourne, Chris has been working in conveyancing since 1982 but has a wealth of experience in many other areas of law such as family, wills and probate, litigation and family mediation.

cstrutt@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Lesley Webster

A member of the firm’s Residential Property Team, Lesley is a highly experienced property lawyer, who advises clients on a range of residential property transactions. Based at the firm’s Brighton office, Lesley is known for her excellent approach to client care.

lwebster@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Robert Williams

Robert is the head of the Family Department and is based at the firm’s Lewes office. A specialist family law solicitor, Robert is a member of Resolution. Robert has been accredited by Resolution First for Family Law as a Specialist Family Lawyer, with particular expertise in Advanced Financial Provision and Emergency Procedures in Ancillary Relief. Robert is also a trained Collaborative Lawyer.

rwilliams@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Simon Baillie Hamilton

Simon is based at the firm’s Lewes office and specialises in Agricultural matters including farm and estate sales, purchases and lettings. He also advises on all aspects of commercial property transactions and deals with small business sales. Simon has a dual professional qualification being a rural Chartered Surveyor as well as a solicitor. He is a professional member of the National Farmers Union and a member of the Agricultural Law Association. Simon has recently been recognised by Chambers UK as a leader in the field of Agricultural Law.

sbhamilton@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Paul Barratt

Paul is based at the firm's Tunbridge Wells office. His areas of expertise include residential and commercial property deals, in particular acting in the sale of land for property development, commercial leases and other commercial property work.

pbarratt@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Helen Bell

Helen advises both commercial and private clients in relation to disputes arising out of contract and negligence and particularly specialises in property litigation. Helen’s experience in property disputes include disputes on title, adverse possession, rights of way and boundary disputes, obtaining possession from tenants, licensees or squatters and all types of landlord and tenant issues. Helen is a member of the Academy of Experts and an accredited mediator.

hbell@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

John Clarke

John is a member of the firm’s Probate, Trusts and Wills Team and is based at the Seaford office. An experienced probate, trusts and wills solicitor, John is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

jclarke@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Alex Chester

Alex is based at the firm’s Brighton office where he heads up the firm’s Corporate team. Alex’s specialist areas include business sales and acquisitions, MBO’s; MBI’s, joint ventures, franchise agreements, distribution and agency agreements, shareholder agreements, partnership law, business trading terms, company formation and restructuring. Alex also advises on E-commerce contracts,

achester@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Ian Coombs

Ian is based in Eastbourne and has long experience of partnership and commercial work, licensing matters, commercial conveyancing, landlord and tenant litigation and the collective and individual enfranchisement of residential flats.

icoombs@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Edward Coxall

Edward is an experienced company and commercial solicitor, with a City of London and regional law firm background. He trained, qualified and practised at a top 15 UK law firm, advising blue-chip UK and international clients, and has over 12 years’ experience working exclusively in business law matters.

ecoxall@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Roger Glan Davies

Roger is based at the firm’s Eastbourne office and specialises in family law. He is an Advanced Member of the Law Society Family Panel and has over 35 years' experience, having practised as a barrister for 10 years in London before converting to be a solicitor.

rgdavies@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Tim Griffiths

Tim is a member of the Probate, Trusts and Wills Team and is also head of the firm’s Hailsham office. Tim advises clients on a wide range of private client issues including wills, trusts, EPAs, probate and residential conveyancing.

tgriffiths@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Karim Mohamed

Karim advises on commercial litigation/dispute resolution but is nationally recognised as a specialist in negligence claims against professionals, being listed in the Legal Experts directory (2006) as 'highly recommended' in this area of practice. He has acted in a number of high profile and complex litigation cases up to the Court of Appeal. Based at Tunbridge Wells, Karim is also an Accredited Mediator.

kmohamed@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Jonathan Porter

Jonathan is based in Eastbourne and is part of the firm’s Probate, Trusts and Wills Team. Jonathan’s areas of expertise include contentious probate and wills disputes.

jporter@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Helen Roberts

Helen is a member of the firm’s Probate, Trusts and Wills Team and works from the Brighton office where she advises clients in all areas of private client work including estate administration, will drafting and inheritance tax planning. Helen has been advising high-net worth clients for over twenty years and also provides specialised advice to clients of the firm’s Commercial Team. Helen is a member of the Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and Solicitors for the Elderly.

hroberts@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Nick Sanders

Nick is an accomplished Commercial Property lawyer, working out of the Lewes office, and is the head of the firm’s Commercial Department. Nick acts for both corporate and private clients on various property transactions, both freehold and leasehold, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and re-financing. Nick also handles sales and purchases of unincorporated businesses.

nsanders@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Lucy Tarrant

Lucy is a member of the Dispute Resolution Team and manages the firm's Debt Recovery Department. She acts for commercial clients and private clients in relation to any nature of dispute arising from a breach of contract or negligence. Lucy specialises in acting for the financial services industry, in particular asset based lending, and Insolvency Practitioners. Lucy also has experience in other fields including Intellectual Property, Defamation, un-insured defendant personal injury claims and elder abuse cases.

ltarrant@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk

Nick Warde

Nick is a property Lawyer who has gained considerable experience over a number of years dealing with a wide range of property transactions and property related issues. He also has considerable management experience and has created and led new teams. He joined the firm in 2006 where his client base comprises a wide range of clients including developers, high profile and high net worth individuals. Nick is based at the firm’s Brighton office.

nwarde@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk