Company & Commercial
Christian Wilson
Position
Partner
Branch
Truro
Specialist Area
Advises on all aspects of business law including: business structure: company, LLP's and partnerships; business sales share/asset sale and purchase; company formation, incorporations, company mergers and de-mergers; management buy-outs, restructuring and share allotments; re-financing; commercial contracts; terms and conditions; premises licenses (Licensing Act 2003); applications, transfers, variation & review; franchises; intellectual property: registration, protection, licensing, transfer & infringement; Academies: formation, conversion & governance; premises licensing; commercial premises issues
Memberships
Law Society
Cornwall Law Society (Committee Member)
Member of the Commercial Real Estate Legal Association
Member of the Education Law Association
Year qualified 2004
Year joined Coodes 2000
Law Degree 1994
Other information
- Head of Coodes Company & Commercial department
- Member: Coodes Business Services (leisure & tourism)
- Member: Academies Team
- Masters in Legal Practice
- Chair of the Sir William Matthews Pension Fund
- Committee member: Cornwall Law Society
Contact
Branch Truro
Secretary Sarah Corrigan 01872 246210
Telephone 01872 246200
Allison Bunney
Position
Partner
Branch
Truro
Specialist Area
All areas of Commercial Property, including acquisition of development land, commercial and residential development set up and sales including infrastructure agreements for planning, roads, drains and sewers, management company set up and transfer, acquisition and sale of freehold and leasehold property, options, overage agreements, Business Transfers, Landlord and Tenant, Bank mortgages and refinance.
Memberships
Member of the Commercial Real Estate Legal Association
Member of the Association of Women Solicitors
Member of St Austell College Council
Member of the Education Law Association
Year qualified 2000
Year joined Coodes 1989
Other information
- Head of Commercial Property
- Managing Partner of Truro Office
- Member of Steering Group Cornwall Food & Drink Festival
- Member of St Austell College Council
Contact
Branch Truro Secretary
Jo Counter 01872 246218
Telephone 01872 246200
Peter Lamble
Position
Partner
Branch
Truro
Specialist Area
Peter deals with all aspects of employment law. He acts for both employers and employees dealing with non-contentious drafting, advice and assistance as well as contentious matters in Employment Tribunals, the County Court, High Court and Employment appeals tribunal.
Memberships
- Employment Lawyers Association
- Law Society of England and Wales
- Cornwall Law Society
- Education Law Association
Year qualified 1992
Other information
- Member of the Coodes Managing Board
- Partner in charge of Employment Department
Contact
Branch Truro
Secretary Hayley Squires 01872 246221
Telephone 01872 246200
Joeli Norman
Position
Paralegal
Branch
Truro
Contact
01872 246200
Kirsty McAuley
Position
Trainee Solicitor
Branch
Truro
Specialist Area
All aspects of business law. Specialist area - Academies.
Contact
01872 246200
Philip Sayers
Position
Solicitor
Branch
Truro
Specialist Area
Employment Law
Contact
01872 246200
Darren Higginson
Position
Solicitor
Branch
Truro
Specialist Area
All areas of dispute resolution for both claimant and defendant including professional negligence actions; contractual claims; land and property disputes (including boundaries, rights of way, trespass, nuisance and joint ownership issues); residential, commercial and agricultural landlord & tenant disputes; debt recovery, bankruptcy and insolvency matters; disputed wills and probate (including Inheritance Act claims); trust disputes and partnership and company law matters.
Contact
01872 246200
Kevin George
Position
Partner
Branch
Liskeard
Specialist Area
Agriculture and Commercial Property including option agreements; sale or purchase of a business either with freehold or leasehold property; sale and purhcase of farms/agricultural land including such matters as overage agreements; dealing with grant of easements; acting for either a Landlord or Tenant in relation to the grant or assignment of a Tenancy or Lease; dealing with Banks in relation to finance.
Memberships
Member of the Commercial Real Estate Legal Association
Member of the St Mellion Golf and Country Club
Member of Liskeard and Looe Rotary Club
Year qualified 1991
Year joined Coodes 2004
Other information
- School Governor
Contact
Branch Liskeard
Personal Assistant Lesley Slattery 01579 347600
Telephone 01579 347600
Pam Johns
Position
Partner
Branch
Holsworthy
Specialist Area
Commercial Property but, in particular, All aspects of Agricultural Property including the sale and purchase of farms as a whole or in lots, transfer of Single Farm Payment Entitlements with or without land , Farm Business Tenancies, Easements, also Business Transfers, sales and purchases of both freehold and leasehold properties.
Memberships
Country Land Owners Association
Agricultural Law Association
Member of the Commercial Real Estate Legal Association
Year qualified 1993
Year joined Coodes 1989
Other information
I am a Town Councillor, Secretary of the Chamber of Trade and Commerce and a Rotarian. I am also a founding Trustee and present Chair and Company Secretary of the Holsworthy Community Property Trust, a Board member of the National Supervisory Board for Community Land Trusts and a member of the South West Regional Committee of the National Housing Federation
Contact
Branch Holsworthy
Secretary: Anne-Marie Britton 01409 255906
Telephone 01409 253425
Kate Theophilus
Position
Partner
Branch
St Austell
Specialist Area
All areas of Commercial Property, including acquisition of development land, including infrastructure agreements for planning, roads, drains and sewers, acquisition and sale of freehold and leasehold property, options, overage agreements, Business Transfers, Landlord and Tenant. All aspects of Agricultural Property including the sale and purchase of farms as a whole or in lots, transfer of single farm Payment entitlements with or without land, easements.
Memberships
Member of the Commercial Real Estate Legal Association
Country Land Association
Agricultural Law Association
Year qualified 1986
Year joined Coodes 2001
Contact
Branch Truro
Telephone 01872 246200
