DIRECTION LAW - Key Persons
Adam is a compliance officer in our compliance team based in the Wells office.
Afia is a case officer in the new build shared ownership team, and is based in our Birmingham office.
Aimee is a personal assistant in the post completions team, which is based in Canterbury.
Alia is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team, and is based in our Birmingham office.
Alison is a compliance officer and is based in our Wells office.
Aliya is a data entry assistant in the new business team, and is based in Canterbury.
Amina is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team, and is based in our Birmingham office.
Andrew has been with the firm for over 20 years and a partner since 1999. He is now Direction Law's managing partner.
Andrew has been at Direction Law since 1997, joining just 3 years after he qualified as a solicitor, and became a partner in 1999.
In his first few years at the firm he acted for Housing Associations in the purchase of individual properties and land for development and later ran the plot sales team. He then switched his attention to the other side of those transactions and established our newbuild department, focusing initially on acting for private individuals buying shared ownership homes from Housing Associations, then expanding the department to encompass purchasers buying from private developers.
Having a wealth of experience in all aspects of conveyancing within the affordable housing and newbuild sectors, Andrew is often asked to asked to run training courses for Direction Law's clients and partner organisations. He is also a member of the Advisory Panel of Homefocus magazine.
Andrew is now our managing partner and is based in our South East office.
He lives in Canterbury and has two grown up children and two granddaughters. In his spare time he works as a breakfast show presenter on local radio station Academy FM.
Job Titles:
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute
Ann is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and has worked at Direction Law for over 20 years. Ann has experience of dealing with a wide range of residential conveyancing matters, most recently specialising in affordable housing transactions. Ann works within our Resales department acting for clients buying or selling shared ownership properties and also deals with Deeds of Variation and Lease extensions.
Anne-Marie is a registrations officer in our post completions team, and is based in Canterbury.
Anthony is a completions officer in our staircasing team, which is based in Canterbury.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Formerly the Partner
Formerly the partner in charge of our New Build Department, Arash is now a consultant with the firm.
Arash qualified as a solicitor in 2008, joined Direction Law in 2012, became a partner in 2015 and from March 2023 became a consultant with the firm.
He heads the firm's newbuild purchaser team which acts for clients, from both the UK and abroad, buying properties from some of the country's leading developers.
Acutely aware of the commercial realities facing his clients within the newbuild sector though his extensive understanding and experience of the industry he works within, Arash is well placed to advise his clients in straightforward terms on the legal matters specific to a newbuild transaction. Both he and his team understand the importance of providing a first class legal service to buyers at all times and within the often short exchange and completion timescales agreed between his clients and the developer at the outset.
Arash has a particular interest in shared equity arrangements being utilised by buyers, such as Help to Buy, and is increasingly working with buyers purchasing Discount Market Sale units from developers and other housing providers.
Arash lives in Sandwich on the Kent coast with his wife and their young son and in his spare time enjoys amongst other things spending time with his family and friends.
Ashley is a Junior Fee Earner in our New Build Shared Ownership department, and is based in Canterbury.
Barbara is a registrations officer in our post completions team, and is based in Canterbury.
Barney is a completions officer in our staircasing team. He is based in our Canterbury office.
Benjamin is a Trainee Solicitor in the Resales team and is based in our Wells office.
Beth has worked for Direction Law for over 10 years. After many years working as assistant to the Head of Residential Conveyancing she is now working as a fee earner in our Resales department.
Bethany is a trainee fee earner in our new build shared ownership team and is based in our Birmingham office.
Job Titles:
- Head of Business Development and Marketing for Our Newbuild
Bevin is Head of Business Development and Marketing for our Newbuild and Affordable Housing departments. Her role involves regular liaison with housing associations, their solicitors and financial advisors who refer clients to the firm.
Callum is an administration assistant in our new build shared ownership team. He is based in Canterbury.
Caroline has worked at Direction Law for over 20 years and is the completions team supervisor of the new build shared ownership completions team at our Canterbury office.
Chloe is a registrations administrator in our post completions team, and is based in Canterbury.
Christopher is a trainee fee earner in the Resales team at our Canterbury office.
Ciara is an HR assistant in our HR team, and is based in the Canterbury office.
Devron is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team and is based in our Birmingham office.
Eileen is our longest serving member of staff, having been with the firm for over 30 years. Having spent most of that time as Receptionist she now works part time dealing with archiving.
Eleth is an administration assistant in our new build shared ownership and is based in Canterbury.
Ella is a trainee registration officer in our new build shared ownership post completions team. She is based in Canterbury.
Fergus is a trainee case officer in our new build shared ownership team, and is based in the Wells office.
Frances joined Direction Law in 2002. She is a Paralegal acting exclusively for housing associations, dealing mainly with staircasing, licences to assign and lease extensions.
Francesca is a data entry assistant in our new business team, and is based in Canterbury.
Georgina is a fee earner assistant in our staircasing team, which is based in Canterbury.
Job Titles:
- Member of Our Accounts Department
Gerri is the longest serving member of our Accounts Department, having been with Direction Law since 2002.
Grace is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team at our Wells office.
Guneet is a trainee registration officer in our new build shared ownership post completions team. He is based in Canterbury.
Harriet is an administration assistant in the new build shared ownership team, and is based in our Wells office.
Job Titles:
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute
Heather is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She has worked at Direction Law for approximately 12 years during which time has gained a wide range of experience of different types of conveyancing. For much of the time she has worked with us Heather has specialised in affordable housing, she currently acts for a number of Registered Providers on their plot sale transactions.
Holly is a data entry assistant in the new business team, and is based in Canterbury.
Iman is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team, based in our Birmingham office.
Isabel heads the Staircasing team, acting for private individuals who wish to increase the percentage share that they own in their shared ownership property. She is a Licenced Conveyancer who, prior to joining us in 2011, has many years experience dealing with a wide range of residential property transactions.
Jack is a trainee fee earner in the New Build Shared Ownership team in the Wells office.
Jade is a completions officer in our new build shared ownership team. She is based in our Canterbury office.
Jaswinder is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team and is based in our Birmingham office.
Jenny joined our Wells office when it opened in 2015 and is now our Head of New Build Shared Ownership South West. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and has a wide range of experience of various types of residential conveyancing transactions.
Jodi is a registrations officer in the post completions team in Canterbury.
Until April 2017 Joe was our longest serving partner, having been with the firm for 32 years, but now works as a consultant from his home in France.
Joe joined the firm immediately on qualifying as a solicitor in 1985 and became a partner soon after. He has spent his entire career specialising in property-related work.
In the late 1980s, Joe developed an interest in the affordable housing sector. He became an expert in the delivery of shared ownership schemes, having been involved in a number of the very early DIYSO projects and having set up the firm's plot sale department.
Joe also had a thriving local practice acting for individuals and developer clients for many years.
Joe is retired from full time practice and now lives in France where he offers legal consultancy services both to this firm and other organisations both in the UK and France.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Executive
Joel is a business development executive and is based at our Canterbury office.
Jordan is a registrations officer in our post completions team, and is based in Canterbury.
Joshua is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team. He is based in our Birmingham office.
Kaitlyn is a compliance officer within the compliance team based in the Wells office.
Katheryne is a compliance officer in our compliance team, which is based in the Wells office.
Kieran is a new business assistant in our New Business team, and is based in Canterbury.
Lauren is a fee earner acting mainly for clients who are undertaking interim staircasing, remortgaging, transfer of equity or redeeming an equity loan. She also assists Isabel in final staircasing matters.
Lauryn is an administration assistant in our Resales team, and is based in Canterbury.
Leah is an administration assistant in our new build shared ownership department and is based in Canterbury.
Liam is an administration assistant in our staircasing team, and is based in Canterbury.
Lindsey is a compliance officer in our AML and compliance team which is based in the Wells office.
Job Titles:
- Support Staff Team Leader
Louie is a Completions Officer in our Resales department, dealing with transactions from exchange of contracts through to registration at the Land Registry.
Lucy is Head of our Resales department, having specialised in affordable housing conveyancing for many years.
Lucy joined Direction Law in 2007 as a one year qualified solicitor and for her whole career has specialised in conveyancing.
Almost from the outset Lucy focused on shared ownership and shared equity matters and in particular resale and staircasing transactions. Her caseload also includes Right to Buy purchases, acting on DIYSO transactions and dealing with lease extensions and Deeds of Variation.
Lucy now heads our shared ownership resales department and became a partner in 2016.
As a specialist in the field, and with a friendly easy going manner, Lucy has often run training courses on the shared ownership conveyancing process which have proved very popular with the partner organisations that she and her team work with. She has also spoken at numerous external events explaining the legal process to potential purchasers or shared owners considering staircasing.
Although Lucy has previously worked from our London office, she is now based in our South East office. She lives in the Medway Towns with her husband and two young children.
Luke is a cashier in our accounts department having joined the team in 2015.
Lyn is a conveyancer in our Resales team. She has many years experience of dealing with a wide range of residential conveyancing transactions, but since working at Direction Law has specialised in acting for clients buying and selling shared ownership properties.
Lyndsey is a case officer supervisor in our new build shared ownership department, and is based in Wells.
Madelain is a fee earner assistant in the resales team in Canterbury.
Megan is a compliance office in our compliance team which is based in our Wells office.
Michael is a team leader within our staircasing team and is based in Canterbury.
Michelle is our Accounts Manager. She joined the Accounts department in 2003, becoming head of the department five years later and now leads a team of four.
Morayo is a qualified solicitor and works in the new build shared ownership team at our Canterbury office.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Executive
Nick is as compliance officer in the AML and Compliance team at our Wells office.
Job Titles:
- Consultant for the Resales
Oliver is a completions officer in our new build shared ownership department, dealing with transactions from exchange of contracts through to registration at the Land Registry.
Paige is a completions officer in our residential team, and is based in Canterbury.
Pascal is an assistant legal cashier in our accounts team and is based in Canterbury.
Phoebe is a junior fee earner in our Resales team, and is based in Canterbury.
Poppy is a fee earner assistant in our resales department, and is based in Canterbury.
Job Titles:
- Personal Assistant to Managing Partner
Rhiannon is a compliance officer in our compliance team, which is based in the Wells office.
Robert is a highly experienced Licenced Conveyancer, with vast experience of all types of residential and commercial conveyancing - he now manages our post completions department.
Sabrina is a trainee case officer in our new build shared ownership team, and is based in our Birmingham office.
Samuel is a trainee fee earner our new build shared ownership team. He is based in our Birmingham office.
Job Titles:
- Client Services Supervisor
Sebastian has been a partner since 2014 in our South East office and heads up the Wills and Trusts, Staircasing and Social Housing teams.
Sebastian initially qualified as a lawyer in Kerala, India, where he worked for a number of years. After moving to the UK with his family he re-qualified as a solicitor in 2005.
He joined Direction Law almost immediately after qualifying and has specialised in property work for the whole of that time.
Sebastian's main area of expertise is in affordable housing, having acted for thousands of buyers of shared ownership and shared equity properties, both new and old, pursuant to the numerous different schemes and initiatives that have been in existence over the last ten years or so.
He has been a partner since 2014 and now heads up the Wills and Trusts, Staircasing and Social Housing teams.
Sebastian lives in Ashford, Kent and is married with two boys.
Shannon is a case officer in our new build shared ownership team and is based in our Wells office.
Sharon is a secretary for the staircasing team and is based in Canterbury.
Simon is our IT Manager and is based in the Canterbury office.
Stephen is a case officer in our new build ownership team and is based in Canterbury.
Sue has been with Direction Law since 2004. She is a case officer in the post completions team in Canterbury.
Sung is an administration assistant in our Residential team and is based in our Canterbury office.
Job Titles:
- New Business Team Manager, Managing
Tana is the New Business team manager, managing the team which provides potential clients with quotations for the services which we offer. She is based in Canterbury.
Tom joined the firm in 2004, initially heading up the accounts department. He became office manager in 2006 and is now chief operations officer heading up the central services team.
Wayne is one of our senior partners and heads our South West office, specialising in newbuild conveyancing.
Yasmin is a quotations assistant in our new business team which is based in Canterbury.