Our Team

Averil specialises in all aspects of Family Law, including divorce, financial matters, cohabitee disputes and private law children matters (child arrangements orders). She has a wide client base and also deals with many officers and staff from Norfolk Constabulary. This has developed into a particular specialism in pensions.

Yvonne is a Chartered Legal Executive, having been admitted in 1991. She works with Bruce Faulkner in the Commercial Property Department advising individuals and businesses on a wide range of commercial property transactions including sales, purchases, leases and mortgages of retail and industrial premises; properties with development potential and aspects of agricultural property.

Amanda is an experienced conveyancer working within our residential conveyancing department. She has experience in dealing with leasehold and freehold property development for both residential and commercial property clients.

Steven joined the Rogers & Norton Conveyancing department in March 2006 and heads our residential conveyancing department.

Lauren joined Rogers & Norton as a trainee in 2004 after completing both a law degree and the LPC in Oxford. Lauren qualified as a solicitor in September 2006 and currently works with Bruce Faulkner and Richard Etheridge in the firm’s Company Commercial and Commercial Property Departments.

Kerry is an experienced Solicitor specialising in residential and commercial conveyancing transactions. Kerry is based in our Attleborough office.

Bethia is a trainee Solicitor currently completing a seat in our Litigation department having studied European Law LLB at the University of Warwick and completing the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in Cambridge.

Lauren has been working in residential conveyancing for six years since graduating from King’s College London. She handles sales and purchases of freehold and leasehold properties, including unregistered land. Lauren also has experience in dealing with right to buys, transfers of equity and remortgages.

Richard Etheridge is a specialist non-contentious Company & Commercial Lawyer with over 30 years practical experience who deals primarily with Company & Commercial matters, Commercial mergers, sales & acquisitions of businesses (small & large), both Company & asset sales and other business matters such as Partnership Dissolutions/Retirements, shareholder agreements and company restructuring.

Elizabeth specialises in general civil litigation, including debt recovery, contract disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, insolvency and enforcement of judgments. She has prior advocacy experience and regularly appears in local county courts on behalf of clients. Elizabeth also has experience of advising commercial tenants in relation to contested non-domestic rates proceedings in the magistrates’ court. She regularly advises residential landlords in respect of termination of tenancy agreements legally, arranging for the appropriate notices to be served, and issuing court proceedings where necessary to recover possession and unpaid rent. In respect of commercial landlords, Elizabeth deals with dilapidations claims, recovery of rent and service charge arrears, and forfeiture proceedings. She also represents landowners in respect of taking court proceedings against trespassers.

Elizabeth also has experience of a wide range of real property disputes, including rights of way issues, neighbour disputes and adverse possession claims, many of which she has been able to resolve on favourable terms for clients.

Whilst primarily dealing with contentious matters, Elizabeth also recognises when settlement would be a more pragmatic and commercial solution for clients and has accompanied clients at mediations to assist in negotiating settlement terms.

Mark is a Director in the Firm’s Personal Injury & Legal Expenses Department with Tim Nobbs. Mark is a Solicitor with many years experience of handling personal injury claims for clients suffering injuries in road traffic accidents, at work or in public places. Mark also has experience of Motor Insurer Bureau cases where the client is the victim of an uninsured driver. He also undertakes work relating to criminal injury cases.

Tracey began work in the legal profession at a local firm of Solicitors in 1979, dealing mainly with conveyancing matters. She joined the Private Client Department at Rogers & Norton in 2000, and has much experience in dealing with the administration of estates and all types of private client work. In 2005 Tracey obtained the Institute of Legal Executives Professional Higher Diploma in Law (Probate Practice). Tracey works closely with the other Lawyers in the Private Client Department, to ensure that all clients are given the best possible individual, professional and efficient service.

Peter is recognised as an expert and leader in commercial litigation, he has a particular specialism in dealing with:

• Directors/shareholder covenants, breach of agreement and duties
• Enforcement/defending employment covenants and issues
• Insolvency claims including claims against directors
• Construction Contracts and Disputes
• HMRC and Border Force – Including Tax, VAT, Duty, and Border Force seizures
• Claims involving the Financial Conduct Authority and Financial Ombudsman and Banks and Consumer Credit claims
• Defamation claims
• Online harassment by social media, including through repeated online posts, “trolling”
• Intellectual Property including Copyright, Passing off and Trademark disputes
• Judicial Review

He is very experienced in High Court and County Court claims, Court of Appeal., First Tier Tax Tribunal, Adjudication, Mediation; Arbitration (including International Arbitration); County Court and High Court injunctions and advocacy.

Clients are based locally, nationally and internationally.

The value of claims range from £10,000 into multi-millions.

Recent Cases Include:

• Anglian Windows Limited v Anglian Roofline Limited [2014] EWHC 4204 (IPEC) – a successful interim injunction application in the IPEC in relation to trade mark infringement and passing off.
• E v S (ICC 2013) Instructed for Claimant in ICC arbitration concerning an operating agreement for a Guinea Gold Mine, in which both parties alleged that the other was in repudiatory breach, resulting in a substantial claim for damages and defending a counterclaim. Arbitration settled shortly before substantive hearing. Arbitral Tribunal: John Marrin QC, Joe Smouha QC, Sir Gordon Langley.
• White Digital Media v Weaver [2013] EWHC 1681: Acting for a defendant to defeat an application to enforce post-termination restraints
• Banham Marshall v Lincolnshire County Council 2007 EWHC 402 QBD
• Re Checkprice 2010 All ER (D) 296
  
• CC&C v HMRC 2014/3351.
• Belcher (VAT Assessment) TC/2014/03182

Adam comes to us after taking a career change to study law at Lincoln University, before going on to take his LPC in Cambridge.

Adam’s first seat is with Richard Etheridge in the Commercial team.

Phil is the Firm’s expert advising on all aspects of Employment Law, Health and Safety at work and Personal Injury. Phil also represents major national manufacturing companies on a wide range of litigation and other business advice.

Bruce specialises in Commercial Property dealing with acquisitions, sales and leases and financing of commercial premises and Landlord and Tenant disputes. He is also recognised as one of the leading licensing lawyers in the region.

Vikki deals with residential sales and purchases and assists Stephen Palmer with residential developments and sales of new build properties.

Wenke gained her law degree at the University of East Anglia followed by further studies at the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She specialises in Wills, Probate, Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection work and elderly client issues. Wenke has trained as a dementia friend and is a Commissioner of Oaths. She is also an Associate Professional Member of The Solicitors for the Elderly and has previous experience as a property lawyer.

Hannah assists Director, Michele Walters in our busy conveyancing department in Norwich.

Caterina is a qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in both the accounting and auditing of legal firms. Her role is to oversee and advise the directors on the financial position of the business. Caterina also manages the Legal Cashier team.

Tim is the Director in charge of the Firm’s Personal Injury & Legal Expenses Department with Mark Hambling. Tim has 30 years experience of handling Personal Injury and Medical Negligence claims, ranging from modest to high value cases.

Stephen is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Legal Executives and specialises in all aspects of residential Conveyancing. He spent his formative years with a Norfolk based law firm where he headed up the residential property team for a number of years. He is also experienced in acquisition of residential development land and sales of new build properties.

Barbara is a Fellow of the institute of Paralegals and works in our Wills and Trusts department. She has a wide depth of experience in all aspect of Private Client work and acts for a broad range of clients with varying requirements and needs. Barbara has an excellent depth of knowledge and experience in dealing with Probate and the administration of estates; Court of protection and deputyships; trusts and advising the elderly. She joins after gaining considerable experience with another large firm of solicitors in Norwich.

Charlotte trained with Rogers & Norton and qualified as a Solicitor in November 2017. Previously, she graduated with a first class LLB Law degree from the University of East Anglia in 2014 and then gained a distinction for her Legal Practice Course at Cambridge BPP Law School.

Charlotte has experience in a wide range of private client work including Wills, Probate and Administration of Estates, and Lasting Powers of Attorney. She works alongside Wenke in the Attleborough office developing the firm’s private client offering. Charlotte has also trained as a dementia friend.

Charlotte is based in Attleborough Monday to Wednesday, and Norwich Thursday/Friday.

Graham is responsible for assisting to develop and deepen the relationships with both new and existing professional contacts.
Rogers & Norton have always successfully undertaken many events and promotions over the years, raising substantial sums for charitable causes in the process – he will be looking to support this aspect and also wants to help forge closer contacts with many of the companies involved.

Kerry specialises in advising clients on financial and children issues arising out of divorce, separation and dissolution of civil partnership; many with difficult issues involving international aspects, family business, agricultural land and pensions. Kerry also advises on wealth protection such as cohabitation agreements and pre and post marital agreements.

Hannah qualified as a Legal Executive in February 2008 having completed her Professional Diploma in Law. Hannah has worked in the Personal Injury and Legal Expenses Insurance team for 6 years and works on a variety of cases including recovery for financial loss and personal injury for clients involved in road traffic accidents.

Laura advises on a wide range of private client work focussing on Wills, Probate, Administering Estates, Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection work. Laura currently manages the affairs of a number of clients who are unable to do so themselves due to mental incapacity.

Dawn specialises in all aspects of residential conveyancing, including sales, purchases, new build, transfers of equity, re-mortgages, right-to-buys, repossessions and auctions of both freehold and leasehold residential properties.

Louisa specialises in all aspects of private client work including Wills, Administration of Estates and Powers of Attorney and has a particular interest in Advising the Elderly. She graduated in law from Hull University and completed the Legal Practice Course at Sheffield University before qualifying as a solicitor in 2007. Louisa is a member of Solicitors for the Elderly, Action on Elder Abuse Adult Safeguarding Network and the Law Society Private Client Section.

Yasmin is a trainee solicitor in the company and is presently completing a seat in our matrimonial and family department.

Donatas works in our Residential Property department and has experience in dealing with residential freehold and leasehold transactions as well as help-to-buy purchases.

Maria joined Rogers and Norton in 1991 as a secretary in the Defendant Litigation Department. She moved to the Personal Injury and Legal Expenses team as a Fee Earner in 1995. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives having been admitted in 2001 and now specialises in all aspects of Debt Recovery work having joined the Debt Recovery Team in June 2014.

Aidan has many years’ experience working in Business & Client services in the legal profession. His main responsibilities will be ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of services at Rogers & Norton. Having always lived in Norwich, Aidan knows the area well and has developed many contacts in the business community during that time.

Ellie is our HR Manager and works in conjunction with our Practice Manager.

Michele has been with R&N for over 10 years and deals with all aspects of residential and leasehold conveyancing for private clients of the firm.