The Team
New Malden Office
Peter Revell
Peter Revell, Solicitor and Partner, is head of advocacy and the New Malden costs department with 13 years of experience. Peter conducts all levels of final hearings, detailed assessments, case management hearings, applications, infant approvals, coroner's inquests, CRU appeals and advice on liability and quantum. Peter is based in the New Malden office and covers London and Southern England.
Peter is also a qualified financial advisor and a member of both F.O.I.L. and A.P.I.L. He has been with Lyons Davidson for more than ten years and was instrumental in setting up the Lyons Davidson Pension Scheme.
Jas Kaur
Jas Kaur is a Barrister who was called to the Bar in 2004. Her areas of expertise in civil and criminal law include all level of trials, case management conferences, allocation hearings, applications, infant approvals including any advice relating to such approvals and advice on liability and quantum, and drafting. She has also attended accredited training in special damages.
Jas obtained her law degree at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. During her three years in Norwich she enjoyed success in the internal mooting competition, getting through to the quarter-final stages.
Jamie Walker-Haworth
Jamie Walker-Howarth is an Advocate in the New Malden office. He conducts small claims hearings, applications and infant approval hearings in addition to drafting and advising on liability and quantum. Jamie’s area of expertise is in personal injury and civil litigation and he covers the London area.
Jamie achieved a degree in Archaeology Anthropology from St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (2.1) in 2000. During this time, he organised and achieved success in several debating competitions. He completed an MA in Acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama before working as an accountant in order to fund his legal studies.
He passed his CPE with a distinction at London Metropolitan where he was a finalist in its mooting competition and has been selected for its mooting demonstration team.
Jamie went on to complete his Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law (very competent) where he was short-listed for a pro-bono award.
Tanya Scantlebury
Tanya is an Advocate who before starting in Advocacy worked in Meruit, New Malden. She conducts detailed assessments, small claims hearings, applications and infant approval hearings in addition to drafting and advising on liability and quantum. Tanya’s area of expertise is in personal injury and civil litigation and she covers the London area.
During law school Tanya spent time doing pro-bono work for the Free Representation Unit, where she handled a number of employment tribunals.
At university, Tanya was active in student politics. She was president of the African Caribbean Society, a member of the Students Union Council and even ran for president of the students.
Barney Hope
Barney is a trainee advocate who joined in June 2008 after completing his law degree (in which he obtained a 1:1) and a successful mooting career at the same time. Barney’s areas of expertise include personal injury and contractual disputes; in particular small claims hearings, applications and infant approval hearings in personal injury matters. He advises on quantum and liability.
He covers the London area.
Cardiff Office
Sally Heffernan
Our Practice Manager, Sally Heffernan, oversees the hub of all clerking for the barristers, solicitors and advocates.
Sally joined Lyons Davidson in 1998. She is both secretary to Peter and vital within the advocacy unit as a whole.
Sally is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the department and managing the team with her support staff. Her role includes collating all the information on the hearings, booking advocates/counsel, receiving the files from fee earners, dealing with attendance records after the hearings/advice is completed and generally keeping the entire department organised. She also deals with all statistical information relating to the department. Sally is the point of contact for the advocacy team and can be emailed on: sheffernan@lyonsdavidson.co.uk
Bristol Office
James Stoll
James Stoll is a Barrister of 15 years’ call and an associate, with areas of expertise in personal injury (road traffic, employers’ liability and occupier’s liability), MIB, credit hire, LVC, costs arguments in child cases, negligence and contractual disputes. James conducts multi-track and fast track hearings, applications, case management conferences, pleadings, advices on liability and quantum, coroner’s inquests and CRU Appeals. He covers Southern England and the West Midlands but will travel nationwide for higher value claims.
James joined Lyons Davidson in March 2006.
Carrie Sykes
Carrie Sykes is a Barrister who was called to the Bar in 2004. She is also a Senior Associate, helping manage the advocacy team at Lyons Davidson. Her area of expertise is in both civil and criminal law: personal injury, road traffic, contractual disputes (especially in relation to building disputes and equestrian matters), police station interviews and defending and prosecuting criminal matters.
Carrie conducts multi-track and fast track hearings, applications, case management conferences, pleadings, advices on liability and quantum, and coroner’s inquests. Carrie re-joined Lyons Davidson in January 2008 after tenancy in a London Set. She had her first reported case before pupillage in relation to part 36 offers. Carrie has a First Class Honours Degree and very competent on the Bar course. Whilst on the Bar course Carrie was awarded with the Kalisher Scholarship runner-up award for achievement (Criminal Bar).
Carrie covers Southern England, Southern Wales, the West Midlands and London.
Hamish MacBean
Hamish MacBean is a Barrister who was called to the Bar in November 2002. He conducts trials and small claims track hearings, case management conferences, allocation hearings, applications, detailed and summary assessments for both Claimants and Defendants and advice on liability and quantum in addition to drafting.
Hamish’s areas of expertise are in personal injury, contract matters and some family matters, including employer’s liability, public liability, road traffic, Animals Act, Highways Act and negligence issues. He has specialised in a number of breach of contract trials, primarily relating to disputes with builders and has also undertaken family work, particularly involving contact and injunctions. Hamish is a member of PIBA.
Hamish travels to areas in Southern England, Wales, London and the Midlands to conduct cases. He is also involved with internal training, especially costs related.
Hamish studied for his LLB (EU) Hons at the University of Leicester and spent his third year studying German and European law in Frankfurt am Main. He attained a Certificate in German Law (Rechtsbescheinigung) from
Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main. Hamish has spent four and half years living in Germany at various stages of his life and speaks fluent German together with conversational French.
Leeds Office
Bianca Huggins
Bianca Huggins is a Solicitor (March 2007) who was originally called to the Bar in 2004 following achieving an LLB (Hons) Law and Government 2:1 and successfully completing the Bar Vocational Course. Bianca is instructed in personal injury and civil litigation matters. Her areas of expertise include trials, case management conferences, allocation hearings, applications, small claims track hearings, infant approvals in addition to advising on liability and quantum.
Bianca started with Lyons Davidson as a fee earner and “friend of advocacy” and then progressed to set up and manage the Leeds department of advocacy. Bianca covers Leeds and the North of England.
Bianca studied for her degree in Northern Ireland, before completing the Bar Vocational Course at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Before joining Lyons Davidson Bianca worked for a leading Belfast Solicitors doing both civil and some interesting criminal work.
Dominic Joyce
Dominic is an advocate just completing the QLTT and a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn since 2006. Dominic studied for his LLB (Hons) at Leeds Metropolitan University. He was Called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in November 2006.
Dominic’s area of law includes personal injury and civil litigation. His areas of expertise include case management conferences, allocation hearings, applications, small claims track hearings, infant approvals in addition to advising on liability and quantum. He has specialised in RTAs, contractual matters, credit hire and Employment. Having cross-qualified as a solicitor, he can also undertake Fast Track trials. He covers Leeds and the North of England.
Sonia Khan
Sonia joined Lyons Davidson in March 2007 and worked as a paralegal before transferring into Advocacy in 2008. Sonia’s area of law includes personal injury and civil litigation. Her areas of expertise include case management conferences, allocation hearings, applications, small claims track hearings, infant approvals in addition to advising on liability and quantum. She covers Leeds and the North of England.
She also lectured part-time at the University of Bradford, teaching the Law of Evidence and Crime and Law. She particularly enjoyed lecturing about the wonderful area of hearsay and marking exam papers.
Sonia is fluent in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi and can read Arabic, and is currently learning to speak French.
Solihull Office
Zia Rahman
Zia is an advocate who was called to the Bar in July 2006.He graduated from Leicester University in Law LLB (Hons) and from University
of Manchester in Health Care Ethics and Law (MA).
Zia obtained 'very competent' in the BVC at University of the West of
England, Bristol. He was also awarded the Western Circuit Advocacy Prize in
2006.
Whilst at LD, Zia has previously worked with the Defendant team in Solihull,
before joining the advocacy department. His areas of law include personal injury and civil litigation.
Zia has particular experience in advising on quantum for infants and adults,
liability and prospects of success; infant approval hearings; small claims
hearings for both Claimants and Defendants in civil law, particularly road
traffic accident; application hearings; case management conferences;
direction hearings; drafting particulars of claim
Zia speaks fluent Pashto, understands conversational Urdu and can read
classical Arabic.
Trainee Solicitor
Advocacy also offers one or occasionally two seats for trainees at either the Bristol, Solihull, Leeds and/or New Malden offices. It encourages their involvement in both advocacy work and administration relating to the department.
We aim to give them a range of experience, under the guidance of other members of the department, including conducting cases at court and advising on both liability and quantum. As a department we also encourage their involvement in administration to assist them to understand the needs of the running of the advocacy department as a unit.
Trainees are encouraged to take part in training both externally and in-house to complete their training with the department.