Michelle deals with residential conveyancing matters and specialises in relocation conveyancing. This involves acting for employees of large companies who are being relocated in and around the UK and sometimes further afield to places such as the USA.
She deals with the conveyancing aspect for those employees in their sales and/or purchases within England and Wales. Michelle has built up a good relationship with one of the leading relocation companies and their solicitors to ensure that these transactions go as smoothly as possible for her clients and prides herself in having made this relationship both a professional and friendly one.
Michelle is always happy to know that the relocation employees have been satisfied with the service provided especially when they then re-instruct her on future Conveyancing matters.
Michelle has worked in law for over 20 years and is usually based at the East Grinstead office, following her own relocation to the Sussex area from her home town in South Wales.
In her spare time Michelle is kept busy by her active son and enjoys family time with him and her husband. Michelle also enjoys attending various musical concerts with her husband and whilst not a sports fan does enjoy a good game of rugby especially when Wales are on form.
Molly obtained her undergraduate degree in History from Canterbury Christ Church University in 2018. In October 2020, she achieved her LLM Law Conversion Postgraduate degree from the University of Brighton and has a keen interest in residential property.
She started at MWB as a Legal Support Assistant and then as a Paralegal in the Property department. She is now working in the Enfranchisement team.
Before working at Mayo Wynne Baxter Molly worked as a receptionist at a veterinary practise where her role was client facing and to provide excellent customer service.
In her spare time she enjoys baking, long walks and socialising with friends.
Nadine works in our Residential Conveyancing Department.
Qualifying as a Solicitor in 1999, she joined Lawson Lewis Blakers in 2000 and became a Partner in 2002.
Nadine is now a partner at MWB since the merger in 2023.
In addition to assisting Clients with buying and selling their homes Nadine’s expertise also includes New Build Properties, ‘Right to Buy’ Schemes, shared ownership properties as well as Lease extensions and variations.
Neisha qualified as a solicitor in October 2009. She started her career in Eastbourne, working for a well-known, well-established firm, where she spent 14 years. During that time Neisha dealt with a wide range of property matters focusing on the rights of flat owners to extend their leases and manage or purchase their building (known as enfranchisement) and commercial property. She is based in the Eastbourne office.
Since joining the firm Neisha specialises in residential landlord and tenant matters and has particular expertise in dealing with:
- Lease extensions of leasehold flats, whether by agreement or by the formal notice procedure;
- Sales and Purchases of buildings containing flats either by agreement or where formal notices are served by the Landlord (known as the right of first refusal) or the flat owners collectively (known as collective enfranchisement);
- Sales and Purchases of the freehold of leasehold houses, whether by agreement or by the formal notice procedure (known as enfranchisement);
- Granting new leases of flats whether to replace out of date leases or for a new development;
- Right to Manage buildings containing flats, acting for landlord or flat owners;
- Deeds of Variation of residential leases;
- Advice on doubling ground rent clauses in residential leases;
- Advising Landlords, Tenants and Management Companies generally on issues with residential leases.
Neisha has over her many years of experience developed a pragmatic approach to helping clients achieve their aims as cost effectively as possible. She also tries to make the process as stress free as practical for clients by explaining this complex area of the law in plain English.
Neisha works closely with our Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team, who can advise where matters turn contentious or where applications to the Tribunal or the County Court may be required – for example, where Landlord’s are missing, refuse to cooperate, there are service charge/ground rent disputes, or Landlord’s are in breach of their obligations under the lease etc. She also works closely with the firm’s professional negligence specialists in assisting clients with potential claims against former solicitors who have failed to advise or given incorrect advise in relation to a lease, ground rent or other enfranchisement issues. Neisha is also part of the wider Property Litigation team that focusses on resolving issues between Landlords and Tenants, Management Companies and other third parties in the most effective way possible.
Outside of work Neisha is a keen rock climber. She also enjoys skiing, travelling and spending time with her young family.
Nick is the Head of the Property Department; he specialises in all matters relating to residential property and has been in practice since he qualified as a solicitor in 1987.
Nick has practiced in his hometown of Lewes for the entirety of his career and joined Mayo Wynne Baxter in 2013. He has excellent local knowledge.
Nick is an expert in all aspects of residential property law and has considerable experience of guiding clients through the conveyancing process. In addition to his many private clients, Nick has acted for a wide range of larger clients such as property developers, local councils, and housing associations. Nick is a good communicator who strives to provide a quality service to his clients.
Outside of the office, Nick is a lifelong supporter and season ticket holder of Brighton and Hove Albion, a keen runner and a qualified scuba diver.
Julie has worked in Residential Conveyancing since 2003 and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2011.
Prior to this Julie held various customer facing roles at Legal & General and The Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and has always enjoyed working with the general public.
In recent years Julie ran a legal firm in Bognor Regis, West Sussex and particularly enjoyed providing a personable service to her clients with specific guidance to first time buyers and vulnerable or elderly clients to explain and simply the conveyancing process.
When Julie is not working she enjoys going for a run with her son, walks in the countryside, all genres of music and is currently learning Spanish.
Juliet deals with all aspects of freehold and leasehold Residential Property and specialises in landed estates, high net worth residential transactions and complex conveyancing.
Juliet prides herself on her client service and has acted for various private individuals, companies, charities, landowners, developers and investors since she qualified in 2004. Juliet’s background is in Commercial Property and Rural Business and Estates, but she has concentrated on Residential Property since 2014. She strives to ensure the conveyancing process is run as efficiently and smoothly as possible for every client.
When Juliet is not in the office or chauffeuring her children to dance and sports classes, she enjoys bodyboarding, travelling, dining out with friends, and long country walks with the dog
Lisa Taylor is a Conveyancing Executive within the Residential Property team based in our Seaford office.
Lisa started working in law as soon as she left college and worked for two firms before joining Mayo Wynne Baxter in October 1999 and has since become a well-respected and vital member of the team.
She has a wealth of residential conveyancing.
Lisa prepares auction packs and undertakes auction sales and purchases. She also does residential sales and purchases, including residential conveyancing portfolios.
Outside of work Lisa enjoys horse riding and running around the countryside taking her daughter showjumping! And part of the Heathfields Show Equine Committee.
Jo has been at Mayo Wynne Baxter since 2012 and qualified as a solicitor in 2015. Jo is now a Partner as of April 2019.
She is based in the Lewes office and is the lead solicitor in the firm’s Leasehold Enfranchisement Team. She specialises in residential landlord and tenant matters and has particular expertise in dealing with:
- Lease extensions proceeding by agreement and under the LRHUDA 1993
- Sales and Purchases of Freehold title by agreement, collective enfranchisement and via s.5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
- Acquisition Orders, Vesting Orders and assisting with missing Landlord issues including applying to the Tribunal or Court where necessary
- Purchases of freehold titles where you own a long lease of your property under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967
- Lease Variations via s.35 and s.37 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
- Right to Manage matters
- Deeds of Variation, Deeds of Covenants and Licence to Alter matters
- Doubling Ground Rent Advice
- Advising Landlords, Tenants, Residents Associations, Head Tenants and Management Companies generally on issues arising out of leases
Jo has excellent professional relationships with a number of valuers in and around Sussex, London and various other areas of the country. She is listed in the LEASE (the Leasehold Advisory Service) practitioners directory and was instrumental in the firm becoming a member of ALEP (the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners).
Jo also works closely with the firm’s professional negligence specialists in assisting clients with potential claims against former solicitors who have failed to advise or given incorrect advise in relation to a lease, ground rent or other enfranchisement issues. She is also part of the wider Property Litigation team that focusses on resolving issues between Landlords and Tenants, Management Companies and other third parties in the most effective way possible.
Outside of work, Jo is a keen runner, enjoys gardening and going abroad whenever she gets the chance.
Amanda joined Mayo Wynne Baxter in September 2019, having previous worked at another Sussex based Firm as a fee earner in enfranchisement since 2009.
Amanda is based in our Crawley office, as an Enfranchisement Executive, and is an Associate.
Amanda specialises in all enfranchisement matters, including:-
- Lease extensions proceeding by informal agreement, and acting for landlord or tenant
- Formal lease extensions and under the Leasehold Reform Housing & Urban Development Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”), and acting for landlord or tenant
- Sales and Purchases of Freehold title by agreement, by either collective enfranchisement under the 1993 Act, or via the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, and acting for landlord or tenant
- Lease variations
- Licences relating to residential leases
Before specialising in enfranchisement, Amanda’s background was residential conveyancing and she is also able to assist with residential conveyancing as may need to be linked with any of the above matters.
Amanda has very good and well-established professional relationships with a number of surveyors in and around Sussex, Croydon and London.
On an personal level, Amanda’s passion is ice skating, in connection with which she used to complete at National level and subsequently worked as a professional ice show skater with Holiday on Ice. Outside of work, Amanda still concentrates on her passion of ice skating, but also dances, as well as playing racket-ball, attending gym classes and ski-ing, and spending time with her cats, family and friends.