RWK Goodman

Andrew Ash

Andrew is a Partner and head of RWK Goodman's Construction and Engineering team, having joined the firm from Osborne Clarke LLP where he was an Associate Director for 14 years. Andrew’s expertise is in contentious construction and engineering matters. He handles large, high profile cases for a wide variety of international and domestic clients, including utility companies, commercial and residential developers, contractors and specialist sub-contractors, including those working in the rail, energy, renewables as well as the offshore construction industries. Andrew regularly presents seminars on construction related legal issues to clients in-house and to external bodies such as the RICS.

Caroline Doran Millett

Caroline is a Partner in RWK Goodman's Employment & Immigration team who works closely with international and UK based businesses, company directors, senior executives, employees and founders. Caroline is a leading employment law expert for employers and multi-national businesses and she is a recommended lawyer in legal directories as a leader for employment law for senior executives, senior employees, directors and founders. An experienced and commercially aware lawyer, she comes recommended by the Legal 500 UK and Chambers UK, the top ranked guide to the best UK law firms and best UK lawyers, and is described as “completely unflappable… and genuinely cares about her clients” (Legal 500, 2016), “excellent” (Legal 500, 2015) and “thinks strategically and produces good creative solutions”’ (Legal 500, 2023) Caroline is a key member of the Settlement Agreement team in London , advising on “without prejudice” discussions, termination negotiations and negotiating financial exit packages and Caroline leads the Senior Executive and Company Directors team. Caroline’s expertise and advice for senior executives and employees, City professionals, directors and founders includes: Contract reviews; including bonus or restrictive covenant reviews Pay and bonus disputes Team moves, restrictive covenants and allegations of confidential information theft or misuse Unfair dismissal and redundancy TUPE and mergers Whistleblowing Sex, race, age, gender reassignment and maternity discrimination and sexual harassment Equal pay claims Without prejudice discussions, settlement agreements, “Protected Conversations” and exit negotiations and packagesCaroline assists UK and international businesses on all HR and employment matters. She often receives referrals from UK and international law firms and professional advisors as she is trusted to deliver excellent service and strategic employment legal advice. Caroline advises on all aspects of UK employment law, including: contracts reviews and drafting employee handbooks HR and employment training whistleblowing, misconduct and grievances investigations dismissing employees poor performance issues misconduct allegations (including sexual harassment and fraud) boardroom, bonus, contractual and shareholding disputes restrictive covenants, confidential information theft and team moves disciplinary and regulatory investigations in the UK and USA wrongful and unfair dismissal claims sex, race, age, gender reassignment and maternity discrimination and equal pay claims without prejudice discussions, settlement agreements and exit negotiations and packages redundancies and business restructures cross border litigation and employment disputes conducting and advising on complex whistleblowing investigations for FTSE 100 and high profile entities helping businesses dismiss CEOs, Executive Chairmen and other board members with complex high value remuneration packages TUPE, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions

David Israel

David, a well-known and respected London employment lawyer, acts for companies and senior executives on their employment issues. David deals with the whole breadth of employment matters. His advice ranges from day-to-day employment issues that arise through to more involved matters such as whistleblowing, discrimination and equality issues, as well as confidentiality and the enforcement of pre- and post-termination obligations. David also specialises in large scale re-organisations and the employment aspects of corporate acquisitions, disposals and transfers of undertakings.

Edward Vidnes

Edward is a partner in our Private Client team. He joined RWK Goodman in September 2013 and specialises in Wills, estate planning and Lasting Powers of Attorney as well as elderly and incapacity issues such as Deputyships and Personal Injury Trust matters. Edward’s skills and experience include: all aspects of Will drafting estate planning and administration (including lifetime gifts and inheritance issues) varying the distribution of an estate applications for probate, including both Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration Inheritance Tax Reliefs advising of appropriate Powers of Attorney including Lasting Powers of Attorney Court of Protection Deputyship applications and management

Hazel Phillips

Hazel is a specialist corporate healthcare lawyer whose clients include care organisations, children’s homes and children’s services, pharmacies, GPs, dentists, day nurseries and charities. Hazel’s expertise covers sales, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, business structure, governance and refinancing. She also has experience of advising on and negotiating local authority framework agreements and tenders and has previously assisted numerous care providers in fee negotiations with funders. Hazel has a thorough understanding of the regulatory systems operated by CQC, CIW, GPhC, OFSTED and the Charity Commission. She is regularly consulted by agents, accountants and banks in respect of queries over registration and compliance issues which may arise during an acquisition or sale. Her knowledge and reputation means she is often instructed in addition to the existing legal team.

James Worrall

James is a partner in the firm’s Corporate team, specialising in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, corporate structures and group reorganisations. Having joined the firm in 2010, James acts for UK and international corporates and business owners on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions. James is recognised by industry publications as an “M&A specialist” and commended for his “depth of knowledge”. James is a member of the firm’s Financial Services group and has advised a number of leading financial services businesses on corporate transactions and worked with FinTech businesses on a variety of debt and equity funding arrangements.

Louise Hart

Louise heads up the Personal Injury team and is recognised as a “leader in her field”. Louise is dedicated in representing Claimant’s who have suffered from limb loss or chronic pain including CRPS. Louise focusses her attention to detail on liability arguments, medical evidence and quantifying claims to ensure that she secures maximum compensation for those who instruct her. Louise has been accredited as a Personal Injury Lawyer under the Law Society Personal Injury Panel for over 25 years. Louise is recognised as a leading Lawyer by the Legal 500 who describe her as “caring, competent, well organised and highly effective”. Louise is praised for her ability to tailor her approach for each individual client. Louise’s experience is extensive and include acting for clients suffering from Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, limb loss, orthopaedic injuries scarring, polytrauma, injuries resulting in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Louise is robust in terms of liability relating to: Accidents at work; Road traffic accidents; Motorbike accidents; Occupiers Liability; Product liability.

Maria Meek

Maria is a partner who specialises in Court of Protection and Compensation Protection Trusts. She has extensive experience working with clients who have cerebral palsy, brain and spinal cord injuries as well as those with learning difficulties, mental health issues or dementia. Maria specialises in managing compensation awards for clients who have a Deputy appointed by the Court of Protection or whose funds are held within a Compensation Protection Trust. She understands the difficulties that can be faced by clients after they receive their awards in balancing their immediate needs with ensuring they have provided for their future needs. This is often a difficult time for clients as their families have fought long and hard for their compensation and are suddenly faced with the reality that money doesn’t change everything. However, if managed appropriately it can make a real difference to their quality of life. Often clients are faced with making decisions about investments and financial planning that can seem overwhelming and Maria works closely with clients to make these processes as easy and as understandable possible. Maria undertakes all aspects of managing Compensation settlements including: applications to the Court of Protection Compensation Protection Trusts purchasing and adapting properties liaising with families and professionals dealing with direct employment of carers investing Compensation Awards accounting and budgeting tax

Mark Hambleton

Mark is an experienced Partner in RWK Goodman's Personal Injury team. He has a broad practice dealing with complex injuries and fatalities. Mark’s particular interests include representing cyclists and vulnerable road users, injuries caused by animals, fatal accident claims, acting for clients that don’t have capacity to conduct litigation themselves and professional negligence claims. Mark is a keen cyclist and advocate for vulnerable road users generally. He has built up significant experience in this field over the years and is passionate about pursuing claims of this nature and improving road safety generally. Having succeeded with all manner of claims for injuries caused by animals, in negligence and under the Animals Act, Mark is an expert in claims of this nature, commonly involving cattle, horses, dogs or pigs. Mark has established a niche practice representing individuals who suffer serious injuries whilst being cared for by others. These individuals are represented by their litigation friend due to their vulnerability and inability to conduct their own litigation. Mark is regularly instructed by people with complex injuries and by families who have lost loved ones, often as a result of road traffic collisions. Specialist areas Representing injured cyclists and other vulnerable road users Claims under the Animals Act 1971 and injuries caused by animals generally Representing those who don’t have capacity to conduct their own litigation Taking over the conduct of complex cases from other firms of solicitors Fatal accident claims Mark is known for his cycling thought leadership articles for Road cc and his activities on Twitter which have led to various media pieces.

Mei-Ling Huang

Mei-Ling’s litigation experience spans a wide range of areas in two jurisdictions. She regularly advises on commercial disputes and health and social care sector issues. She takes the view that there is almost always a way to resolve a problem and that a practical approach is best. A partner qualified in the UK and USA, Mei-Ling is an experienced litigator with a reputation for trouble-shooting and crisis management. Recognised by The Legal 500 UK as “extremely knowledgeable” Mei-Ling “gives no-nonsense advice”, helping clients navigate and overcome threats to their businesses, providing management and business advice as well as legal expertise. Mei-Ling specialises in health and social care as well as commercial litigation and regularly advises care homes, home care agencies, supported living providers, dentists, GPs and drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres on the myriad of challenges they face. Mei-Ling's experience includes: advising in regard to breach of warranty claims after the sale of shares in a business successful mediation of a long-running partnership dispute within a family business successful mediation of a dispute relating to the denial of insurance cover and the professional negligence of an insurance broker contract disputes regarding the provision of services numerous challenges to CQC inspection reports for care providers, GP’s and dentists, increasing ratings of inadequate and requires improvement assisting care providers to maintain and achieve outstanding ratings successful appeals to the First Tier (Care Standards) Tribunal of Notices of Decision to cancel the registration of care services successfully contesting a Notice of Proposal to refuse registration for a dental practice advising care associations in regard to fees negotiations with local authorities helping care providers get paid by local authorities, CCG’s and private funders advising a provider in regard to a safeguarding whole service review and CQC Notice of Decision to cancel registration, including an appeal to the First Tier Tribunal bringing two successful judicial review cases against a local authority in relation to care home fees

Milan Kapadia

Milan is a partner in our dispute resolution and insolvency teams based in our City of London office. He has strong experience in banking, commercial and civil litigation and restructuring & recovery. Milan’s clients include insolvency practitioners, corporate clients, clients in the Oil and Gas industry, several Indian Banks with a presence in the UK and individual clients. Milan qualified as a solicitor in 2009 at a niche city firm and joined Royds, now RWK Goodman, in 2012. His experience and expertise includes: high value commercial claims for banks, corporate clients and individuals often with an international reach complex litigation involving beneficial interests, property, trusts, asset tracing and recovery company administrations and restructuring of insolvent companies, advising liquidators and administrators, insolvency petitions, pre-pack sales personal insolvencies private criminal prosecution Milan has also appeared before Registrars in the Bankruptcy Court and Masters in the Queen’s Bench Division and the Supreme Court Costs Division.

Paul Daniels

Paul is a partner at RWK Goodman and leads the firm’s Commercial Division. He specialises in all aspects of real estate with particular focus on flexible office space, development and the property aspects of our health & social care sector. Paul’s strengths include building strong relationships with clients to help develop their businesses and is passionate about supporting colleagues in their careers to enable them to achieve their true potential. Paul has wide experience of real estate transactions including: advising operators and landlords/asset managers on leases and management agreements of flexible office and co-working space landlord and tenant work in the office, retail and leisure sectors property development for commercial and residential use secured lending/re-finance work acting for banks and borrowers acquisition and disposal in of care homes, retirement villages, hotels & restaurants property transactions for pension schemes (SIPP/SSAS) property support for corporate sales, acquisitions and mergers.

Peter Foskett

Peter is head of the firm’s team of lawyers specialising in Developer work and leads the Commercial Property team in Swindon which is praised in Chambers UK for its “detailed knowledge base and flexible service.” Peter undertakes all aspects of real estate work including: new development site acquisition strategic land development options for developers and landowners, including drafting and negotiating options conditional contracts, collaboration and joint venture agreements acting for freehold owners on purchases and sales acting for commercial landlords and tenants, particularly relating to buying retail, office and shop premises and other types of commercial property personal pension scheme funding for joint commercial property purchases, including SIPPs and SASS investment land acquisition for developers transactions for charity clients

Richard Coleman

Richard, a partner at RWK Goodman, has specialised in clinical negligence claims on behalf of claimants since 1997. Although based in our Oxford office, he works with clients across the country. Richard is accredited under the Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and sits on the Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel. He is also one of the national brain injury charity Headway’s approved personal injury solicitors, and holds Senior Litigator status with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Richard has given lectures on clinical negligence law and has been interviewed on local radio as well as TV. Richard’s particular specialisms are: cerebral palsy and birth injury claims, including Erb’s palsy spinal injury claims involving paralysis bariatric (weight loss) surgery claims vascular claims and amputation adult brain injury claims fatal claims cardiology claims

Richard Ellis

Richard heads up our Family law team which is independently recognised as a Tier 1 practice in the South West in independent legal directory, The Legal 500 UK. Richard trained at RWK Goodman and became a partner in 2000 where he has always specialised in family law. He has a particular interest in cases where mental health and learning disabilities are an issue and has often been appointed by the Official Solicitor to represent vulnerable parties. His child protection work includes representing children, guardians, parents and other individuals involved in care proceedings. He has considerable advocacy experience in Magistrates, County and higher courts and has been involved in a number of reported cases. The Legal 500 UK describe Richard as having “considerable legal knowledge“, and praises him for his ability to “manage court proceedings well and engage with children and their parents in a way that endeavours to represent the child’s welfare and enables parties to fully understand what is happening within the proceedings“.

Richard Roth

Richard is a Real Estate partner who specialises in commercial real estate and helps clients develop and use their commercial property to maximum benefit. Richard covers all aspects of commercial real estate but largely specialises in investment and development work. Richard acts for institutional investors, national developers and occupiers in connection with investment and development work alongside their other property requirements such as landlord and tenant. His experience includes working with family offices and personal investors as well as fund work and representing larger scale landowners/occupiers and developers. Richard's work highlights include: sale of the Pirelli UK site in Carlisle following the development of additional factory space and associated lease regears pre-let and forward sale, with development funding, of 1 College Square, Bristol freehold acquisition and development of a new Sainsbury’s supermarket in Wombourne various investment acquisitions and disposals for institutional investors and pension funds advising on the major mixed-use regeneration scheme for Bristol Harbourside representing various corporate occupiers in connection with HQ relocations and general tenant matters

Simon Elliman

Simon Elliman is a partner at RWK Goodman and heads the firm's Medical Negligence team. Although based in our Bath office, Simon represents clients from all over England and Wales. His expertise is recognised by his membership of the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Panel, and his membership of the specialist panel of the renowned medical negligence charity Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Simon has particular expertise in birth injury and cerebral palsy cases, and complex spinal cases, with a particular specialism in cauda equina cases, and works in partnership with the Cauda Equina Champions Charity. Simon is recognised by independent legal directories Chambers and Legal 500 as a Leader in his field. Chambers describes him as “well regarded for his handling of cerebral palsy cases” and Legal 500 describe him as a “cerebral palsy expert”. Simon is personally recommended by Queen’s Counsel for spinal injury and cauda equina cases, on the basis that “any client would be guaranteed to receive not just an excellent legal service but also sensitive handling” and is described as “a very fine clinical negligence lawyer with vast experience and superb client-handling skills. As mentioned in the Legal 500 UK “Simon Elliman heads the practice and specialises in cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, wrongful birth and spinal injury cases“. Described by clients in Chambers and Partners as “very supportive and organised”, and by The Legal 500 UK as “a very experienced lawyer with excellent judgment“, Simon is thoroughly committed to his work. Even outside work, Simon is fascinated by medical law, and completed a Master’s degree in Medical Law and Ethics in 2010, graduating with Distinction. Simon is a member of two specialist panels, the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Panel, and Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA). He is also accredited as a Senior Litigator with APIL. He has had articles published in Clinical Risk, Medical Litigation, Healthcare Risk Report, the Solicitors Journal and the New Law Journal. He qualified as a lawyer in 1992, becoming a Partner at RWK Goodman in 2000. Apart from his expertise in birth injury and complex spinal cases, Simon will also deal from time to time with other complex and high value medical negligence claims of various types.

Tom Gilman

Tom heads up our Private Client team in Oxford. His appointment with the firm in 2011 has, effectively, brought him home. He originally qualified with Marshall & Galpin, who merged with RWK Goodman in 2008, before heading to Boodle Hatfield and then Manches where he became a partner. Being Oxford born and bred, Tom is very close to the needs and concerns of his clients and their families and has the advantage of working with a network of expert teams based across our regional offices. Tom advises on a broad range of issues including; Wills Inheritance Tax Powers of attorney Court of Protection Probate and estate administration Trusts and estate planning

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