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Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson
Andrew specialises in family law. Originally employed as a non-practising barrister, he qualified as a solicitor in July 2001. Andrew became a partner in June 2012. He is a Resolution accredited specialist in both financial remedies and cohabitation, a member of Lincoln’s Inn. Andrew’s caseload is dominated by financial disputes with an asset base of up to £43m. Andrew tends to focus on the more complex areas of divorce finances, such as those with issues related to confiscation, bankruptcy, non-disclosure or international issues. Andrew also has a niche specialism in the interface between financial proceedings and confiscation proceedings under either the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 or its precursors. He has successfully represented spouses and relatives in a number of cases where the Crown has been seeking to enforce confiscation orders running to many millions. Andrew’s caseload also includes advising parties in cohabitation cases, children cases and in relation to pre-nuptial agreements and the impact that these agreements have in the event of a divorce. Andrew also regularly advises and assists his clients in relation to disputes regarding the care of children. Andrew is a qualified mediator and undertakes family mediation in relation to the implications on finances and on children following separation.
Andrew Middlehurst
Andrew Middlehurst
Andrew is a Senior Associate Solicitor in the Personal Injury Department. A significant proportion of Andrew’s caseload involves handling claims for injuries sustained by cyclists. He helps cyclists hit by drivers of cars, trucks and buses. He also assists clients who have suffered injuries sustained by riding over potholes, substances left on the road and dangerous cycle paths. Andrew’s other key practice areas are accidents at work, including injuries sustained on building sites and representing pedestrians struck by vehicles in the road. Andrew is also involved in a number of cases involving e-scooters and has previously spoken about the law relating to e-scooters on BBC Radio 4. He always works to achieve outcomes which benefit his clients from the moment he meets them and works to make complicated situations easy to understand. Andrew has gained a wealth of experience dealing with clients who face difficult circumstances. His aim is to make sure clients feel able to relax in very difficult circumstances and to help them gain the compensation they deserve.
Ben Posford
Ben Posford
Ben Posford is head of catastrophic injuries and an equity partner at Osbornes, and is listed in the major legal directories as a ‘Leading Individual’. He acts exclusively for claimants who have suffered life-changing injuries, including spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, fatalities, amputations and injuries caused by medical negligence. Ben has a special interest in early rehabilitation issues for the seriously injured, and pursues defendants for initial compensation payments from the outset to establish effective care and therapy regimes. He has a reputation for acting where claimants have complex multi-million pound claims, and is known for his sensitivity and calm manner in his handling of high court litigation.
Bridget Thompson
Bridget Thompson
Bridget is a consultant at Osbornes Law.  Bridget practices in all aspects of family law. She has a particular interest in representing children or parents in complex children act cases and has also developed a practice in adoption work. She is also a trained mediator
Guy Osborn
Guy Osborn
Guy is the Head of the Commercial Property and Leasehold Reform departments at Osbornes Law, Guy deals with all aspects of commercial property including acquisitions and sales, the granting of new leases and assignment of existing ones and the 1954 Act renewals and ancillary matters such as licences to sub-let or alter. He acts for both landlords and tenants and handles deals involving a diverse range of property from landmark buildings. Guy also heads up the Leasehold Reform team dealing with lease extensions, enfranchisements and applications for the right to manage on behalf of both landlords and tenants.
Jan Atkinson
Jan Atkinson
Partner and head of private client department. Jan specialises in wills, probate and trusts with a focus on wealth planning, high value estate administrations, contested Wills, international estates and contentious probate and trusts cases. Jan and her team are based in the firm's Hampstead and Camden offices. Jan is a registered Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and a registered Contentious Trust and Probate Specialist (CTAPS). She is a well known figure in the private client field, in large part as a result of her active role on the Law Society Private Client Section Executive Committee and her membership of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). Jan also writes regularly on wills and inheritance issues.
Joanne Wescott
Joanne Wescott
Joanne is Managing Partner and Partner in the Family Department, specialising in divorce and financial matters.
Laura Swaine
Laura Swaine
Laura is a catastrophic injury  Partner specialising in both medium and high value complex injury claims, particularly those involving brain and spinal cord injuries, loss of limbs, fatalities, polytrauma and severe psychiatric harm. Laura acts in claims for compensation arising from cycling accidents, accidents at work, accidents arising from public negligence, road traffic collisions, clinical negligence and gynaecological injuries.  She specialises in looking to obtain early intervention and treatment to aid rehabilitation. Laura is an Accredited Senior Litigator by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), and the Joint Co-Ordinator of the APIL Damages Special Interest Group.
Lisa Pepper
Lisa Pepper
Partner specialising in family law including financial settlements on divorce (cases involving complex elements such as the forensic investigation of company assets/international assets/court proceedings in other jurisdictions/family trusts), disagreements over contact and living arrangements regarding children, unmarried couples who break up and disagree as to the ownership of property, and separation agreements. Lisa is a skilled negotiator and trained mediator and ranked as one of the best by directories. She has outstanding reviews from former clients on Trustpilot and Google.
Mark Freedman
Mark Freedman
Mark is a partner in the family department. He joined the family department on qualification in 1994 quickly progressing to partner. Mark specialises in all areas of family law with a specific focus on high-profile and high-net-worth divorce and finance cases, as well as complex cases involving overseas assets and trusts. He has acted for celebrities and high-net-worth individuals before the Central Family Court and the High Court with excellent results. Mark sets out to achieve the very best for his clients and has earned himself a reputation as a tough negotiator both in and out the court forum. He regularly conducts round table meetings bringing finance cases to a swift and cost-effective conclusion as an alternative to court hearings. His work involves multi-jurisdictional divorce and children cases, with particular emphasis on Europe and the Middle East. He has successfully represented clients in all areas including under the new child arrangements programme. Mark is a well-known and highly regarded family and divorce lawyer often receiving referrals from existing and former clients as well as other family lawyers. Mark has run a number of cases in the Court of Appeal and is a well-respected family law practitioner. He regularly appears on TV and radio commenting on issues and changes surrounding family law. He is accredited by Resolution and is a trained mediator.
Naomi Angell
Naomi Angell
Consultant solicitor specialising in domestic and international adoption, surrogacy, fertility law and childrens law. Naomi was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2020 Family Law Awards. She also is a previous recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Family Law Awards. Osbornes is an approved legal partner of the leading surrogacy organisation, My Surrogacy Journey, which helps couples and individuals exploring international surrogacy. Naomi also appears in the Tatler Advisory Address Book as a recommended lawyer. Naomi combines her case work with involvement with family policy, working to bring about changes in law and practice that she can see from her cases are necessary.  
Nicola Hall
Nicola Hall
Nicola Hall is an Associate Solicitor within the Personal Injury Department. She primarily represents cyclists who have suffered life-changing injuries as a result of Road Traffic Accidents as well as pedestrians, motorcyclists and drivers. She has extensive experience of cycling accidents both in the city and rural locations, with expert knowledge of filtering, roundabouts, potholes, dangerous road surfaces and cycle lanes. Nicola specialises in complex orthopaedic fractures, loss of limbs, brachial plexus injuries, brain and spinal injuries, fatalities and severe psychiatric harm. Nicola is known for her personable and down to earth attitude. She prides herself on establishing client solicitor relationships at the outset of a case with trust and confidence which is maintained until completion. She ensures that rehabilitation is in place to aid her client’s recovery and that the care needs of each client is looked at on an individual basis. Nicola has vast experience of dealing with psychological injuries and will devote time and attention in supporting her clients. She manages expectations appropriately and will negotiate the best possible settlement for her clients. Nicola also deals with Public Liability Claims, Accidents within the Workplace specifically construction sites as well as Child Abuse Litigation representing victims of historic and recent abuse, pursuing claims both against local authorities and individuals.
Shilpa Mathuradas
Shilpa Mathuradas
Partner and Head of property litigation at Osbornes Law, Shilpa Mathuradas is an experienced property litigation lawyer specialising in all aspects of property law in a residential and commercial context including freeholder/Leaseholder disputes, lease extensions, dilapidations claims, Service charge disputes, 1954 Act lease renewals both contentious and non-contentious, rent review disputes, property related professional negligence, property related insolvency, collective enfranchisement and lease extensions. Shilpa is known for her commercial approach to her very broad client base. She also recognises the need to consider alternative approaches to disputes having had extensive experience in mediation.
Simon Nosworthy
Simon Nosworthy
Simon is partner and head of the residential property team at Osbornes. Having specialised in property law since qualification in 2001. Simon is also listed as one of the best property lawyers in the UK by the HNW guide Spears. Simon and his team are well known to the major property agents in London, especially those based near to our office in Hampstead.  Simon previously worked for seven years in a busy private practice in North London where he provided a high quality service to clients moving home or requiring advice on any aspect of residential property. Simon believes in offering a friendly, approachable and responsive service to both his clients and their agents keeping them updated and involved at all times.
Simone McGrath
Simone McGrath
Simone is a consultant at Osbornes Law.  Simone specialises in all aspects of private and public law children work. She has particular expertise in domestic and international Child Abduction. She is consistently recognised as a Leader in her field in both the leading independent legal directory Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. After qualifying in 1990, Simone started as a solicitor at Hodge Jones and Allen where she ran the Domestic Violence Unit for the first 3 years of her career.  Upon being made a partner in 1993, she developed a practice in International Children work as well as Care proceedings and Private law Children cases.   Her reputation in her chosen areas was further enhanced when she moved to Osbornes Law where she has had several reported cases in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court.
Siobhan McIvor
Siobhan McIvor
Siobhan was made a partner of the firm in January 2012 and deals with a wide variety of cases including cycling accident claims, accidents at work, road traffic accidents and tripping and slipping cases. Siobhan has worked in the personal injury department since 1998, when she started as a paralegal, before qualifying in 2001, and deciding to specialise in personal injury law.
Sophie Davies
Sophie Davies
Sophie Davies is a Partner and a catastrophic injury litigator with over 20 years' experience. She specialises in claims for brain injury and polytrauma/complex orthopaedic injuries, mainly arising from accidents at work and cycle accidents. She manages a team of solicitors in the personal injury department and also heads up the Spanish lawyers team. She has many clients from Spain, and from the Spanish community in the UK. Sophie and Osbornes have close links with Headway East London, a charity dedicated to the support and rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury. Sophie is a regular contributor to their blog page. Sophie understands how crucial early access to rehabilitation is in improving outcomes for injured people and fights hard to put interim payments in the hands of her clients at the earliest opportunity. Sophie is always happy to answer enquiries about new claims and understands that the decision of whether to bring a claim is not always straightforward.
Stephanie Prior
Stephanie Prior
Stephanie is head of medical negligence at Osbornes, with a particular focus on child and adult brain injury cases, fatal cases, obstetric and gynaecological cases, ophthalmology and complex spinal injury cases. Stephanie practiced as a registered nurse for over ten years before qualifying as a lawyer brings to the department an in-depth knowledge of medical practice and procedure, which differentiates her from many of other clinical negligence lawyers. Stephanie has chaired and spoken at the AvMA Medicine for Lawyers conference and lectures on clinical negligence to post graduate medical students at Bart's Hospital and to forensic medical examiners for the police. Stephanie also holds a diploma and is an examiner in forensic medical science (DipFMS) and is the legal editor of ;Medicine, Science and the Law; and contributes to the journal by providing quarterly case reports. She also contributes to JPIL bimonthly. She is also an examiner for the Dip(FMS). Stephanie is regularly contacted by the BBC for commentary on clinical negligence-related stories. She has lectured on brain injury resulting from medical negligence to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers .
Stuart Kightley
Stuart Kightley
Stuart is head of Osbornes’ personal injury department and the firm’s joint senior partner. Stuart joined the firm in 1994 in order to specialise in personal injury litigation, and has built a thriving practice in cycling accident claims, head injury and high-value claims, often representing professionals and foreign-based clients. Stuart is passionate about fighting for the rights of accident victims and is heavily involved in the campaigning group the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He lectures regularly for APIL and in 2010 was appointed a fellow of the organisation.

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