Tell us about yourself
With extensive experience in residential conveyancing, I entered the legal profession in 1996, pursuing a new career direction following my time with Clarks. I started my legal career as a Legal Secretary for a corporate law firm in Bristol, building knowledge and experience that have shaped my career.
I have worked across a broad range of legal practice areas and found my specialism in residential conveyancing when I moved to a local firm who mainly dealt with conveyancing transactions in 1999. In 2003 just after becoming a mum for the second time, my firm enrolled me onto the Chartered Legal Executive Route, and I qualified as a Graduate Legal Executive in 2011.
What is your specialist area of law?
Residential conveyancing and specifically
- Sales/purchase and remortgages of both freehold and leasehold properties
- Auction sales and purchases
- Acting for first-time buyers
- Clients wishing to either downsize or move up the property ladder
- Transfers of Equity on matrimonial agreements
What do you offer clients of John Hodge Solicitors?
I aim to be friendly, approachable and thorough in my work and achieve a good result for my clients within the timescale either required by them or the chain as a whole.
Do you belong to any Panels or Associations which show you have reached a notable level of expertise and experience in your specialist area of law?
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Legal Executives.
What do you most enjoy about your role?
I pride myself on providing clients with a service to ensure transactions are completed efficiently and in a friendly manner and put communication to the forefront.
A message for clients:
Clients appreciate my approachability whether face to face, over the phone or by email. Clients feel supported by my clear explanations of the process from the start of the transaction through to completion/registration.
Is there anything else you would like to say?
I joined John Hodge Solicitors in December 2012 as a Senior Paralegal in the Conveyancing Team. Since then, I have developed my career as a Residential Conveyancer, gaining valuable experience in all aspects of residential property transactions. I am pleased to have returned to John Hodge Solicitors as a Residential Conveyancer and to be part of the firm once again.
