Sarah Waddington
Principal Solicitor (Director)
SRA Number 328577
Legal Qualification: Solicitor.
Year of Admission: 2004
Expertise: Civil Litigation, Timeshare cases, Employment Law, Taxi Licensing matters, Criminal Law including advising suspects at the police station.
Professional Memberships: The Law Society.
About me: I am the Principal Solicitor and Director at the firm. I am also the COLP and COFA and the Solicitor responsible for dealing with Complaints. I am very passionate about the law and also in helping all clients. I train and over see all staff members and am also the firms Mental Health Officer. I am also on the Board of Directors for Deptherapy a UK charity assisting seriously injured serving personnel and veterans of British Armed Forces.
John Hurley
Solicitor
SRA Number 148930
Legal Qualification: Solicitor.
Year of Admission: 1991
Expertise: Civil Litigation, Timeshare cases, Personal Injury, Road Traffic Accidents, Flight Delays.
Professional Memberships: The Law Society.
About me: I have nearly 40 years’ experience in civil litigation; specialising for the last 4 years in Timeshare cases. Working alongside my dedicated Assistants, Katya Burns and Eleanor Gregory, we focus on timeshare matters involving Club La Costa., as well as pursuing claims for compensation against the banks that funded the timeshare sales. I assist Sarah Waddington with the training of trainee Solicitors and also mentor other members of staff, sharing my extensive legal knowledge and experience.
Jane Southall (née Herman)
Employment Law Specialist & Legal Adviser
Professional Qualifications:Called to the Bar 2009
Grays Inn
Academic Qualifications: LLB (Hons) Law 2001
About me: Jane has considerable experience advising clients on the full range of employment matters.
Having commenced her experience in the voluntary sector, over the last 20 years, Jane has amassed considerable expertise advising clients on the full range of employment matters. She regularly appears at Employment Tribunals throughout the United Kingdom, advising both claimant and respondent clients on HR and Employment Tribunal matters, particularly discrimination claims, whistle blowing and redundancies and transfers of undertakings.
She also has significant experience advising on complex disciplinary and grievance matters, negotiating and drafting contracts of employment and handling large commercial contractors. Her experience has led her to deal with both contentious and complex TUPE matters. These include a transfer or takeover of businesses, outsourcing and service provision changes. She also advises on the drafting of restrictive covenants, employee representation and trade union issues. More recently Jane has worked on multi-claimant cases against a large household name, resulting in success for all the claimants. She is an accomplished litigator and a robust employment law adviser.
Lisa Taaffe
Legal Executive
Legal Qualification: Legal Executive.
Year of Admission: 2008
Expertise: Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Road Traffic Accidents, Flight Delays and Accidents Abroad.
Professional Memberships: Chartered Legal Executive FCILEx.
About me: I have extensive knowledge in civil litigation; specialising in road traffic accidents, holiday sickness claims, flight delay matters and accidents abroad. I head up the Holiday Sickness Department and works above Trainee Solicitor Ornella Luccardi and Alfie Groom ensuring a seamless and efficient journey is experienced by all our clients.
Jonathan Sutton
English and Spanish Consultant Solicitor
SRA number 301779 & Málaga college of lawyers number 21UE
Legal Qualification: Solicitor
Year of Admission: 2003
Expertise: Personal injury, accident investigation, Inheritance and application of international law
Professional Memberships: The Law Society, The Law Society Private Client Section, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
About me: I am a consultant Solicitor with a background in Personal injury work. I've gained an international reputation for advising on cases where there is a Spanish, UK or international element. This is very helpful to foreign law firms like Sarah Waddingtons as I have an understanding of procedures and the application of foreign law.
Christopher John Hill
Notary Public
Legal Qualification: LlB(Hons) Law
Qualified 1971 - Solicitor; 1985 - Notary Public
Expertise: Notary Public Services including Power of Attorney, Affidavit, Certified copies of documents, Apostille
Professional Memberships: The Notary Society
Andrew McLauchlan
Compliance Director
About Us: I am a law firm regulatory compliance specialist with significant experience of SRA and CLC regulated practices. I have worked in risk and compliance roles in the legal services sector for more than 20 years. Throughout my career I have worked in firm facing and advisory roles for the Law Society, the SRA and have significant in-house experience, primarily in a compliance management role with a national law firm. I assist not only with internal regulatory management but also provide outsourced regulatory compliance advice and support to other law firms.
Antony Booth
General Manager
Expertise: Business management, project management and marketing.
About Us: I currently assist with the managing of the office ensuring that projects are run efficiently and effectively. I also manage the IT, marketing and recruitment for the Firm.
Raymond Bach
Client Acquisitions Manager
Expertise: Team management, client care, sales.
About Us: I have a broad knowledge of the Timeshare industry, which allows me to empathise with clients and potential clients. As a former Special Investigations Officer with the Police, I am used to the types of fraud and scams that a lot of Timeshare owners have often faced and will normally be the first port of call for most of out Timeshare enquiries.
Robert Adam
Client Acquisitions Executive
Expertise: Team management, client care, sales
About Us: Having spent a number of years in Spain I have a good knowledge of the Timeshare industry, which allows me to empathise with clients and potential clients. I'm on hand to help all of our new enquirers with any issues they may have. I work closely with the legal team ensuring the best legal route to take to facilitate the best outcome.
Adam Warner
Accountant
About Us: Not only does Adam ensure our accounts are always running smoothly, but he also assists our legal team in ensuring that our clients receive all of the compensation they deserve, along with the best financial advice on an individual basis.
Tina Lethbridge
Accounts Manager
Expertise: Bookkeeping and Accounts
About Us: I Assist with all the accounts related tasks for Sarah Waddington Solicitors and will be the main contact for all clients and suppliers or products and services.
Eleanor Gregory
Legal Assistant
Skills & Qualifications: Telephone Customer Services Certification.
Expertise: Client care and administration relating to Timeshare matters.
About Us: I am a Legal Assistant within the timeshare department. I assist the Solicitors with their cases and am on hand to provide clients with updates.
Sarah Honeybul
Admin Assistant
Skills & Qualifications: Legal Secretary level 3, Executive Admin & PA level 3 Telephone Customer Services Certification, GDPR in the work place, Complaints Handling, How to handle criticism at work, Improve Your Assertiveness, Hourly Planning and Habits, Time & Priority Management, Effective Decision Making, Rescuing Difficult Customers, Wills & Probate, Commitment to Consistency, Fire Marshall.
Expertise: Client care and administration relating to holiday sickness and personal injury.
About Us: I’m part of the Personal Injury team who look after Holiday, personal injury and road traffic accident Claims. My main responsibility is administration and client care. I also assist Fee Earners within the department with jobs such as typing, reviewing and collating documents.
Katya Burns
Administration Assistant
Skills & Qualifications: Legal Secretary level 3, Executive Admin & PA level 3 Telephone Customer Services Certification, PA Telephone Skills, GDPR in the work place, Complaints Handling, How to handle criticism at work, Improve Your Assertiveness, Working with aggressive people, Hourly Planning and Habits, Time & Priority Management, Manage your Workload, Effective Decision Making, Communication Barriers in the work place, Boost your confidence, Speed Reading, Rescuing Difficult Customers, Wills & Probate, Commitment to Consistency, Fire Marshall, Equality, Diversity & Discrimination Awareness, Minute Taking.
Expertise: Bilingual English and Spanish, Client care and administration relating to legal matters.
About Us: I assist John Hurley a Solicitor at Sarah Waddington Solicitors and Sarah Waddington Legal Espana. I’m the first point of contact for incoming calls to Sarah Waddington Solicitors and Sarah Waddington Legal Espana S.L. I assist with the acquisition and administrative duties for new clients. I help complete the initial stages of administration on your case files prior to handing the file over to your designated Solicitor.
Tara O'Sullivan
Administration Assistant
Skills & Qualifications: Executive Secretarial, Admin & PA Diploma level 3, GDPR in the work place, Time & Priority Management, Wills & Probate, Consumer Rights Awareness certificate.
Expertise: Bilingual English and Spanish, Client care and administration relating to legal matters.
About Us: I assist Sarah Waddington the Principal Solicitor at Sarah Waddington Solicitors and Sarah Waddington Legal Espana. I’m the first point of contact for incoming calls to Sarah Waddington Solicitors and Sarah Waddington Legal Espana S.L. I assist with the acquisition and administrative duties for new clients. I help complete the initial stages of administration on your case files prior to handing the file over to your designated Solicitor.