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Sole Practitioners Group Executive Committee 2022 JOANNA CONNOLLY Chairwoman Joanna is well known as an expert in the complex field of consumer credit law. She is a Solicitor Advocate and qualified to represent clients in the Higher Courts. Joanna’s experience and passion for helping people is reflected in her exceptionally high success rate. Joanna and her team run a thriving practice dealing with clients from all over the country. Hers is the ‘go-to’ consumer credit defence firm in the UK. Tel: 0330 053 9340 Email: joanna@spg.uk.com Joanna Connolly Solicitors 33 Cheadle Avenue • Liverpool • L13 3AE
CLIVE SUTTON Honorary Secretary Clive specialises in private and commercial litigation and has been a sole practitioner in Lymington in Hampshire since leaving a partnership in 1998. He is Chairman of his local Amenity Society in Lymington and Trustee of the New Forest Centre Museum in Lyndhurst. In the past he has served as Chairman of the local Citizens Advice Bureau and Churchwarden and in the early 70s as a Resident Magistrate in the Seychelles. Clive has been an SPG committee member since 2000 and served as Chairman, and then as Hon Secretary and Chair of the Insurance Subcommittee from 2006. He was on the Law Society Council Membership Committee for 10 years and since 2017 has been the SPG Nominated Law Society Council Member, serving now on the Councils Scrutiny and Performance Committee. Tel: 01590 672 595 F: 01590 671 466 Email: clive@spg.uk.com Clive Sutton Solicitor, 3 The Old Print Works • 85b High Street Lymington • Hants • SO41 9AN
KEM MASINBO-AMOBI Honorary Treasurer Kem qualified as a solicitor in November 2002 and has extensive commercial experience gained in demanding and challenging environments. Kem has spent time at some of the most prestigious legal firms in Suffolk and Norfolk. A keen gardener, Kem has completed the RHS Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture and other hobbies include reading, travelling and cooking in true “Nigella” fashion. Tel: 01473 760 046 F: 01473 760 058 Email: kem@spg.uk.com KMA Solicitors, Pishon Gold House • 12 Old Foundry Road Ipswich • Suffolk • IP4 2AS
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LUBNA SHUJA Vice President of The Law Society Lubna qualified as a solicitor in 1992. She is currently the Vice President of the Law Society and is due to become the first Asian President in October 2022. She has been a Law Society Council Member since 2013 representing the interests of sole practitioners. She is also a member of the Law Society Board. Lubna has been a sole practitioner at Legal Swan Solicitors in Birmingham since 2007 where she specialises in professional discipline and regulation. Lubna works with various regulators as a Chair of a number of Disciplinary/Fitness to Practise/Investigating and Professional Conduct Committees. She is a Mediator (CEDR accredited) conducting both civil and family mediations. She is a past Chair of the Solicitor Sole Practitioners Group (SPG). Tel: 0121 551 7866 Email: lubna@spg.uk.com Legal Swan Solicitors 1st Floor • 168 Hamstead Road • Handsworth Birmingham • B20 2QR
SUSHILA ABRAHAM Solicitor Sushila has lived in Surbiton, Surrey for over twenty years. She decided to start her own practice locally because she wanted to offer quality and care to the local community and to be free from the constraints of working in a larger firm. She is married to Matthew a barrister, and her son is also a barrister. Outside work Sushila is ‘Cllr Sushila Abraham’, having been elected as Lib-Dem local councillor in the Borough of Kingston in a byelection in February 2013 and then re-elected in May 2014. Sushila has been President of Surrey Law Society and Law Society Council Member for Surrey. She is also a Board member of the Membership Board at the Law Society and a Trustee of ICLR representing the Law Society. Sushila is a very community minded person and as Suzie’s Kitchen has run cookery classes for local school children teaching them life skills. Tel: 020 8390 0044 F: 020 8241 0601 Email: sushila@spg.uk.com S Abraham Solicitors 290a Ewell Road • Surbiton • Surrey • KT6 7AQ
SUKHJIT AHLUWALIA Head of Marketing Sub-Committee Having worked in some of the most prestigious banking and consultancy organisations, Sukhjit opted to provide a more personal, one to one service through his own practice. He has been based in Goodmayes in Ilford since 2003. Sukhjit likes to get involved in charitable activities, working with organisation to assist people from all backgrounds and ages in
reaching moral excellence either in their private or professional lives. His children are still young and take up a great deal of his time but when he does have time for himself, Sukhjit likes to sit, read a good book and watch the world go by. Tel: 020 8215 0884 Email: sukhjit@spg.uk.com Avery Emerson Gloucester House • 335 Green Lane Ilford • Essex • IG3 9TH
MOSES AJAYI Solicitor Moses was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1987. He has also a qualified solicitor in England and Wales. Moses specialises in Human Rights and Immigration, general civil and criminal matters. Outside work he enjoys sailing and has participated in many sailing events around the world. He also enjoys discovering new places and spending time with his family. Tel: 020 7733 6506 Email: moses@spg.uk.com Slade & Fletcher Solicitors Highland House • 165 The Broadway Wimbledon • London • SW19 1NE
PENNY RABY Conference Organiser (Previous Chairwoman) Penny has been a SP specialising in family law for 20 years, working with her husband Mike a Forensic Accountant on divorce cases involving business and complex asset and income tracing and Inheritance Act disputes. She won Worcestershire Family Lawyer of the Year award in 2014 and was nominated for the National Family Law Magazine Family Law Firm of the Year for 2015. She has appeared on radio and television and has presented her networking pantomime ‘Snow White and the Seven Small Business People‘ here and abroad. Tel: 01386 555 114 Email: penny@spg.uk.com Penny Raby & Co Harmony House • 7-9 Church Street Pershore • Worcestershire • WR10 1DT
DAVID BARTON Editor, Solo David qualified as a solicitor in 1982. He became a sole practitioner in 2003. He specialises in solicitors’ professional misconduct and criminal road traffic work. He has rights of audience in the Higher Courts. David is married with 3 grown up children. He is a keen cyclist, golfer, walker, traveller, and reader. Tel: 07876 711708
