Sole Practitioners Group Executive Committee 2023

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

DORCAS FALODE

Vice Chair & Head of Health & Wellbeing

Dorcas has been a Sole practitioner for over 12 years and has offices in London and Lagos, travelling regularly between them. She specialises in Immigration Law dealing with entry clearance cases, settlement, visitors’ and students’ visa applications. The practice also deals with family and education cases, giving a voice to the weak and defenceless. She recently authored a book called Nigerians Inspire which serves to promote the image of Nigerians against a backdrop of bad publicity caused by a minority and to encourage young people to believe in themselves. She won the Gathering of Africa’s Best (GAB) Award of excellence for contribution to the promotion of positive image of Africa and Africans through motivation. Dorcas is married with four children and outside work is a counsellor, nurse, cook, Taxi driver and tutor to her four young adults. She loves to travel and finds shopping very therapeutic.

Tel: 020 3223 1061

F: 020 3223 1067

Email: dorcas@spg.uk.com

DF Solicitors

791 Sidcup Road • London • SE9 3SB

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. 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

PENNY RABY

Honorary Treasurer (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

SUKHJIT AHLUWALIA

Marketing Officer & Conference Organiser

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

RAHIL CHAUDHARI

Regional and Association Groups Officer

Rahil Chaudhari is a Senior Solicitor at Arlingsworth Solicitors. Rahil secured an LLM at University College London and trained and worked at some of the most prestigious law firms in the City before joining Arlingsworth in 2005. Rahil is a highly experienced and versatile solicitor and specialises predominantly in immigration, human rights and company law. Rahil has become a leading authority in these areas, his client base spans a wide range of sectors from multinational companies to private individuals.

Tel: 01273 696 962

Email: rahil@spg.uk.com

Arlingsworth Solicitors Ltd

145 Islingword Road • Brighton East Sussex • BN2 9SH

OLUWAKEMI MOSAKU

Diversity Officer

Kemi was qualified a barrister and solicitor in Nigeria in 1989 and admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2004. She has a varied work experience which includes working in the immigration department of the Home Office and in private practice. She specialises in Immigration and Human Rights Law. She also undertakes family law work. Outside work Kemi enjoys spending time with her sons. She also enjoys keeping fit, music, networking, reading biographies and current affairs.

Tel: 01634 780 230

Email: kemi@spg.uk.com

Emerald Solicitors

The Old Courthouse • 1 The Paddock Chatham • Kent • ME4 4RE

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

Email: david@spg.uk.com

David Barton Solicitor Advocate Ltd

Flagstones • High Halden Road • Ashford Kent • TN27 8JG

SARAH AUSTIN

Chair of Conduct Committee

Sarah Austin is a Sole Principal of her own Lexcel accredited firm, a serial volunteer, and a contributor. Currently, she is a member of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Group, considering selection exercises for fairness and accessibility. She has authored articles, contributed to consultations, committees, boards and working parties, addressing inclusion, social mobility and governance. In addition, she holds statutory appointments for a number of Councils, as their Independent Person, dealing with complaints brought against parish, town and county councillors.

Tel: 0800 377 7716

Email: sarah@spg.uk.com

Austin Solicitors

Building 3, Chiswick Park • 566 Chiswick High Road • Chiswick • London • W4 5YA

HAMISH McNAIR

SRA Liaison Lead

Hamish is based in Fulham, London. Having initially specialised in copyright and trade mark work, both in the City and New York City, his practice now includes conveyancing, wills trusts and probate, as well as litigation. Married with three children, when Hamish is not at work he enjoys open-air swimming, sailing, overnight bike rides, and has a passion for the theatre.

Tel: 020 7371 7896 / 020 7371 7988

Email: hamish@spg.uk.com

McNair & Co

EBC House • Ranelagh Gardens • London • SW6 3PA

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

CHAMAN LAL BALU

Solicitor

Having qualified as a solicitor in India in 1983, after settling in England and running a grocery shop, I found myself wanting to go back to what I had studied so hard for at Punjab University Chandigarh. In 1993, I joined Staffordshire University Law School. In 1996 I completed my CPE, it took a further few years before I found a firm that would give me the opportunity to complete my articles and I qualified as a solicitor in 2004. I finally became selfemployed in 2005, and since then, I have gone on to expand the firm, this has also enabled me to allow other solicitors to train with CLB Lawyers. Our main areas of work are Residential Conveyancing, Wills, Probate, Commercial Property leases, buying and selling Business, our work is all private client based.

Tel: 01384 451731

Email: chaman@spg.uk.com

CLB Lawyers

208 Wolverhampton Street • Dudley • DY1 1ED

JEET BAMRAH

Solicitor

Having worked as a legal secretary for a prestigious law firm in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1975 Jeet moved to the UK where she assisted her husband in their Aviation business. In 1993 she decided to pursue her aspirations and commenced her journey into law. In 1997 she was awarded ‘The Kent Law Society’ award for a publication on Small Busineses. Jeet was admitted as a solicitor in 1999 and in July 2008 she set up as a Sole Practitioner, specialising in Clinical Negligence and Catastrophic Injury cases involving not just medical claims, but Road Accidents, Workplace Accidents and Public and Product Liability claims and other complex injury claims. Jeet works tirelessly, but she also makes time for pleasure, such as cooking, fine dining, travelling, music, theatre, and loves family time with her three children and grandchildren.

Tel: 020 8290 6787

Email: jeet@spg.uk.com

Falcon Legal Solicitors

41 Hayesford Park Drive • Bromley • Kent • BR2 9DA

NAZMIN CHOUDHURY

Solicitor

Nazmin was born in London, but is of Bangladeshi heritage, and is one of the first to attain a law degree in her generation from that heritage. After qualifying in 1992 and working for renowned firms, Nazmin set up her own practice NC Law in 2010, which deals with conveyancing, commercial and residential, all aspects of civil litigation and wills and probate. Nazmin is zealous about the rights of Sole Practitioners, especially the exclusion of Sole Practitioners on many lenders panels. Nazmin is married with three children, and is passionate about travel, women’s rights and her heritage in Bangladesh.

Tel: 020 8879 9400

F: 020 8879 1382

Email: nazmin@spg.uk.com

NC Law Solicitors

384 Garratt Lane • London • SW18 4HP

ADJOA DJAN-KROFA

Solicitor

Adjoa Djan-Krofa qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and spent her early years working at large and medium sized practices in Brixton, London. She founded Pishon Gold Solicitors in April 2012 after the birth of her youngest son to work flexibly around her children. Pishon Gold Solicitors has grown into a boutique multi-disciplinary firm based at Chislehurst, LB of Bromley providing specialist advice to families, individuals, and local businesses. A modern firm built on traditional values of integrity and trust. Adjoa Djan-Krofa, specialises in Conveyancing, Wills and Probate. Adjoa is married to Richard and runs a free taxi service for their 3 sons. In her spare time, she walks, runs, reads, travels, and enjoys gardening.

Tel: 020 8468 1032

Email: adjoa@spg,uk.com

Pishon Gold Solicitors

1 Bromley Lane • Chislehurst • BR7 6LH

KEM MASINBO-AMOBI Solicitor

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

ANDREW OSADEBE

Solicitor

Andrew was first called to the Nigerian Bar in May 1990 after qualifying. He practiced extensively as a Barrister & Solicitor in Nigeria before relocating to the United Kingdom in 1997. He has worked at several law firms as a Human right proponent before he qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2007. Andrew is highly organized and motivated, and describes his goal as achieving excellent results for clients. He has been a sole practitioner since 2008. He specialises in Conveyancing, Matrimonial and Immigration law. Andrew is a family man with 3 children. He loves jogging, gardening and listening to music in his spare time.

Tel: 020 7582 55743

Email: andrew@spg.uk.com

Zuriel Solicitors

290, Holloway Road

London • N7 6NJ

TAHIRA SHAFFI

Solicitor

Tahira has been qualified for 20 years and started as a sole practitioner in 2010 after being made redundant. Working on your own can be a lonely experience but she has found the SPG to be wonderful source of support and friendship. It is important for her that there is an independent body outside of the Law Society working hard to look after its members interests. Tahira is based in Bury, Greater Manchester where she lives with her family. She has many interests outside of the law. Tahira was previously an LEA school governor and has stood as a candidate in the local elections. She is passionate about civic duty and putting something back into the community.

Tel: 0161 222 6092

Email: tahira@spg.uk.com

Mikhael Law

197 Rochdale Road • Bury • Lancs • Bl9 7BB