We’re thrilled to announce some exciting changes at Hansells Solicitors as we move into a new era with the promotion of Lauren Cotton and Craig Gosling as legal directors in the executive team.
Celebrating Well-Deserved Promotions: New Legal Directors
We’re incredibly proud to announce the well-deserved promotions of Leanne Griffen, Mark Scott, Craig Gosling, and Lauren Cotton to the position of Legal Director! Their dedication, expertise, and leadership have been instrumental in driving the firm’s success to this point. We look forward to seeing their continued contributions and achievements in their new roles.
Introducing the Executive Team Structure:
To ensure the firm’s continued success and agility, we’re transitioning to a more streamlined “executive team” structure.
The newly formed executive team comprises:
- Kathryn Hirst, Managing Partner, is a specialist in commercial contracts and transactions, employment law, and charitable organisations. With over 20 years of experience, she handles day-to-day inquiries, contract drafting, advising on TUPE, redundancy processes, managing employees, and exit strategies for both individuals and businesses. Kathryn is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, the Charity Law Association, and the CIPD.
- Jane Stockings, partner and leader of the Wills, Trusts, and Lifetime Planning department, has more than 20 years of experience dealing with high-value personal injury and clinical negligence cases. Jane is also a notary public and helps many individuals and businesses with the authentication and certification of signatures and documents.
- Sharon Lilley, Partner, a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, oversees all financial aspects of the firm and leads the Finance Team.
- Shelyna Mariscal, Partner, is managing the Residential Property Department and undertaking residential property work. She is the money laundering officer for the firm and also holds the office of president of the Norwich and Norfolk Law Society.
- Rachel McGurk, Partner, heads the Residential Property Department, with a focus on compliance. Rachel specialises in all aspects of residential property and matrimonial property law.
- Mark Scott, Legal Director, is head of the Dispute Resolution and Family Department. Mark specialises in litigation and sports law disciplinary cases. He has over 25 years of successful experience acting for private and corporate clients in the High Court, County Court, Property Chamber Land Registration First-Tier Tribunal, and in other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Mark is a specialist member of the Sport Resolutions Panel, a member of the British Association for Sport and Law, and a member of the Paddle UK Appeals and Disciplinary Panel.
- Leanne Griffen, Legal Director and HR/Operations Manager. Leanne handles the employee lifecycle and ensures smooth operations within the business. She has worked in the legal industry since 2002, having qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Legal Executives (CILEX) in 2009 and practising as a family lawyer for many years.
- Craig Gosling, Legal Director, is working in the Wills, Trusts, and Lifetime Planning Department and helping to manage the team. Craig deals with all aspects of wills, powers of attorney, probate, the administration of estates, and trust administration on behalf of his clients. He also deals with equity-release lifetime mortgages and has links with several local independent financial advisors.
- Lauren Cotton, Legal Director, is working in the Wills, Trusts, and Lifetime Planning Department and helping to manage the team. Lauren specialises in wills, powers of attorney, grants of probate (and letters of administration where there is an intestacy and no will), tax and trust planning, trust administration, and care fee planning.
- Roger Holden, Chair. With a wealth of experience, Roger can offer insight into business and strategic decision-making.
A Commitment to Growth:
These changes demonstrate our unwavering commitment to nurturing talent and securing the firm’s future success. We believe this new structure and our exceptional team will further enhance our ability to serve our clients effectively and efficiently.
Congratulations to everyone involved! We are thrilled about this exciting new chapter for Hansells Solicitors.
