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Areas of Practice

Financial Administration, budget management, cash handling / reconciliation
Line Management
Project Management
Office Management
Customer Service
Facilities Management

Expertise

Alison is a committed hardworking professional with over 35 years' experience working within a financial business environment and has a proven track record of outstanding organisational and administrative skills. She has an enthusiastic and flexible demeanor with drive and ambition to ensure all objectives are achieved.

Experience Highlights

Alison has gained experience in a variety of roles across starting her career in general business administration and customer services then further progressing into finance; line management and project management.

Career History

NHS England: 2011–2025
Wirral CCG: 2009-2011
Break in Employment: 2009–2009
Groundwork Merseyside: 2005–2009
Business Link for Greater Merseyside: 1999-2005

Education

BTEC 1st Diploma Business Studies
CSE: English Language
CSE: English Literature
CSE: Mathematics
CSE: Geography
CSE: Office Studies
RSA I: Typewriting
RSA II: Typewriting

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Areas of Practice

Legal Administration
Residential Conveyancing
Client Care
Finance

Expertise

Ashlea has over 10 years’ experience overseeing customer relations. Starting within business banking for a blue-chip corporation she has formed a patient and empathetic manner towards clients. She currently oversees the care of clients and their onboarding to a Lilac Law Lawyer ensuring a smooth and speedy journey for the client from quoting stage to their file opening.

Her welcoming and responsive approach ensures a high standard is set from the very first interaction with our firm setting the standard our Lawyers then strive to achieve throughout the transaction.

Ashlea is also responsible for receiving client feedback and implementing recommendations to\ntailor our personal approach.

Highlights

Ashlea is an ambitious, hardworking and committed manager who has progressed from smaller administration roles within a corporate environment to taking on greater responsibility within more niche roles in client care. Her professional aptitude and warm demeanor return the respect of her peers facilitating a positive working environment within her team naturally benefiting the client’s fluid journey within Lilac Law.

Throughout the different roles within her career, she has taken every opportunity arisen developing her skills and gaining a wealth of experience. Ashlea’s attention to detail and outstanding communication develops a needed steadfast foundation for the conveyancing process.

Career History

KMC Legal: 2023–2024
Barclays Bank UK: 2018-2023

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Areas of Practice

Residential Conveyancing

Experience

Ben is a Conveyancer working in all arears of Residential Conveyancing including Freehold, Leasehold Sales and Purchases, Remortgages and Transfers of Equity.

Having previously worked as an Estate Agent prior to his career as a Conveyancer together with his experience in Block Management Ben has a deep understanding of all elements to the Conveyancing and Legal Process. He is therefore able to manage the expectations of all parties competently throughout a transaction.

Bens excellent communication skills are a useful tool when progressing transactions at speed. With a sharp understanding of leasehold structures, service charge obligations, and the wider operational and legal challenges that can impact a transaction such as the Building Safety Act, Ben has a practical edge when dealing with leasehold conveyancing.

Highlights

Ben is dedicated to practical solutions; he also has strong links with local estate agents playing a vital role in business development. \nDuring his career he developed a bespoke fee quoting tool for conveyancing transactions.\nHaving headed up the Leasehold Property Management department at a local Estate Agency he was responsible for overseeing a varied portfolio of residential blocks, including new-build developments, student accommodation, and complex city center sites. Working closely with freeholders, residential management companies, and leaseholders to ensure compliance with leases, legislation, and evolving regulations like the Building Safety Act.

Career History

Frodshams Solicitors: 2024 – 2025
Curlett Jones Estates: 2023 – 2024
Ai Law: 2023 to 2024
PLS Solicitors: 2012-2012
DC Law: 2018-2012
NSW Properties: 2016-2018

\n","slug":"ben-clensy","order":12},{"name":"Catherine Smith","role":"Client Onboarding Administrator","email":"catherine.smith@lilac-law.co.uk","phone":"","image":"https://lilacwebstoreprod.blob.core.windows.net/team-images/1761236552647-Alison%20Dodd%20Photography_Lilac%20Law%20Headshots-15.jpg","groups":"[\"Client Onboarding Team\"]","bio":"

Areas of Practice

Legal Administration
Residential Conveyancing

Expertise

Catherine is an experienced Onboarding Administrator who has over 12 years’ experience working within residential conveyancing.

Starting as a Legal Secretary in her career, she has developed communication skills to build\nrelationships with the clients of Lilac Law and introduce them to the conveyancing process.

She currently deals with the onboarding of our clients to a Lilac Lawyer ensuring a personable\napproach for the client from the quoting stage to their file opening.

Experience Highlights

Catherine is an enthusiastic and pragmatic member of the onboarding team, respected highly by her peers.

Career History

Bennett & Co Solicitors: 2018-2025
GAD Solicitors: 2013-2016

Education

RSA2 Legal & Audio Typing\nRSA 3 Typing and Audio Typing\nGCSE: Maths, English, Geography, French, Science & Business IT

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Areas of Practice

Residential Conveyancing

Experience

Craig is a Senior Conveyancer bringing over 15 years’ experience specialising in all aspects of Residential Conveyancing, including Freehold and Leasehold Sales; Purchases, Right to Buy Purchases, Auctions, Transfers of Equity and Remortgages and New Builds.\nIn addition to his Conveyancing skills, Craig has successfully built conveyancing teams from the ground up, in line with his own standards. \nCraig has a keen eye for detail whilst prioritising client working relationships making a house move stress-free.

Highlights

During his career Craig has progressed from paralegal to head of conveyancing including running his own consultancy conveyancing business before becoming a Lilac Lawyer. He is able to expertly manage clients, referrers and his own legal work and time management efficiently as a result.

Career History

JP Goldman: 2024 – 2025 and 2016 – 2017
Taylor Rose MW: 2021 – 2024
Simplify: 2019 to 2020
RMNJ Solicitors: 2017-2019
Hillyer McKeown: 2015-2016
Total Conveyancing Services: 2013-2014
Parabis Law: 2013-2013
Hill Dickinson LLP: 2011-2012

Professional Qualifications

Law Degree LLB Hons

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Areas of Practice

Residential Conveyancing

Expertise

Elaine is a Conveyancer with over 28 years of experience specialising in Residential Remortgages and Bridging Finance. Dealing with Freehold and Leasehold transactions, Transfer of Equity and Buy to Lets.

Elaine consistently maintains client expectations to a high standard and has a keen eye for detail. Now, she is training in sale and purchase matters whilst working under the supervision of the Senior Partners at Lilac Law, expanding her knowledge in this area.

Experience Highlights

Elaine has had a full career in remortgage and bridging, who is now expanding her skills into sale and purchase matters. Combining her wealth of knowledge into all matter types in order to further serve her clients. With her hardworking attitude, dedication and wealth of knowledge, Elaine is considered an expert in her field.

She has a national following of investor clients and great relationships with various mortgage brokers.

Career History

GWlegal: 1996–2024

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Areas of Practice

Legal Administration
Residential Conveyancing
Client Care
Asylum / Immigration
Road Traffic Accidents
Housing Disrepair

Expertise

Emma has a strong foundation in legal administration having developed extensive experience in supporting Lawyers in managing client communications in serving as the first point of contact for clients. She has a pragmatic approach and friendly demeanour ensuring a smooth journey through the client onboarding process.

Highlights

Emma has progressed from junior office roles to dealing with client documentation in trusted lawyer support roles.\nHer positions to date have earned the skill of compassionate client support and a deep understanding of the many potential difficult and personal situations clients may face. \nEmma is able to showcase her attention to detail and outstanding client care skills whilst handling sensitive information with professionalism and empathy.

Career History

Jackson Lees Group: 2023–2025
Bond Turner Solicitors: 2022-2023

\n","slug":"emma-dobbing","order":15},{"name":"Jasmine Turner","role":"Client Onboarding Administrator","email":"jasmine.turner@lilac-law.co.uk","phone":"","image":"","groups":"[\"Client Onboarding Team\"]","bio":"","slug":"jasmine-turner","order":19},{"name":"Joanne Alty","role":"Post Completion & Panel Manager","email":"joanne.alty@lilac-law.co.uk","phone":"","image":"https://lilacwebstoreprod.blob.core.windows.net/team-images/1753835321299-Alison%20Dodd%20Photography_Lilac%20Law%20Headshots-7.webp","groups":"[\"Senior Leadership Team\",\"Legal Support Team\"]","bio":"

Experience

Joanne is a qualified Lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in Residential Property who transferred her skills to Post Completion & Panel Management. She originally qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and dealt with a variety of transactions including Sales, Purchases, Transfers of Equity, Remortgages and Shared Ownerships.

With her vast experience as a Conveyancer, having transitioned to a post completion role in more recent years, the process from completion continues with expertise through to the registration of ownership, with high attention to detail. She plays a vital role in the smooth running of the conveyancing practice following legal completion, being proactive and highly organised in her approach.

Joanne also liaises closely with lenders ensuring our lender panel status supporting clients to use Lilac Law for all their conveyancing transactions.

Highlights

Joanne started off as a junior secretary progressing to property lawyer early on in her career. She gained a valuable reputation through her extensive knowledge and established relationships with various estate agents and mortgage brokers.

Career History

KMC Legal: 2021–2024\nSharman Solicitors: 2017-2021\nGregson’s: 2016-2017\nKennan Kay: 2015–2016\nMorecrofts: 2014–2015\nBlack Norman: 2013–2014\nThos R Jones & Son: 1999–2013

Professional Qualifications & Memberships

CILEX Lawyer
Licensed Conveyancer

\n","slug":"joanne-alty","order":6},{"name":"Lisa Neary","role":"Director","email":"lisa.neary@lilac-law.co.uk","phone":"","image":"https://lilacwebstoreprod.blob.core.windows.net/team-images/1753833859597-Alison%20Dodd%20Photography_Lilac%20Law%20Headshots-3.webp","groups":"[\"Senior Leadership Team\",\"Lilac Lawyers\"]","bio":"

Areas of Practice

Residential Conveyancing
Commercial

Experience

Lisa is a Director with nearly 25 years’ experience specialising in residential real estate. She can deal with all aspects of property related matters including Purchases, Sales, Remortgages, Transfers of Equity, Auctions and Leases. Experienced also in dealing with technical and more complex transactions involving all areas of property law.

She is well known for her ability to deal with a variety of cases whilst still maintaining excellent client care for both clients and her referrer clients. She has over the years grown and built upon her relationships with referrers who have in turn supported and followed her throughout her career to date.

Highlights

During her career she has progressed from a trainee to various head of department roles overseeing nine offices and now Director. She has ensured the departments she manages are well run and place compliance as a priority, whilst providing mentorship to her peers. Acting for a range of clients all over the country including but not limited to individuals, companies, lenders, developers, landlords forming relationships with agents, brokers and panels. Providing them all with a continuous personal and professional approach.

Career History

Weightmans – 1997-2002
Wilson Cowie & Dillon – 2003-2010
Rees-Roberts – 2011-2015
Maxwell Hodge - 2015-2022
KMC Legal - 2022-2024

Professional Qualifications & Memberships

CILEX Lawyer
Council of Licensed Conveyancers

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Areas of Practice

Legal Administration
Residential Conveyancing

Expertise

Lisa is a Legal Administrator with over 25 years' experience assisting conveyancers in\nResidential Transactions. Through extensive experience dealing with the day-to-day administration of Sale and Purchase conveyancing transactions she is a dependable aid in progressing transactions quickly.

Experience Highlights

With a long-standing career as an established Legal Secretary, she has an aptitude for speed within the conveyancing process.

Career History

Bennett & Co Solicitors: 2000-2025

Education

Business Administration Level 2 NVQ\nBusiness Administration Level 3 NVQ

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Areas of Practice

Residential Conveyancing
Landlord and Tenant / Commercial

Expertise

Lorna is a Director of Lilac Law and Property Lawyer with over 10 years’ experience specialising in Residential and Commercial Conveyancing. She deals with a variety of transactions including Sale, Purchase, Remortgages, Transfer of Equity, Newbuild, Auction Transactions, Residential or Commercial Leases including complex leasehold transactions such as those concerning the Building Safety Act or Shared Ownership.

Highlights

Starting as an assistant within a commercial in-house legal team, progressing through various areas of conveyancing teams through the years from Remortgage through to Shared Ownership. Lorna has gained an extensive level of expertise, knowledge and client following through her tenacious approach to serving her clients in all their conveyancing transactions. Fortunate to have been positioned closely with some of the best Conveyancers in the sector and gaining positions of responsibility improving her knowledge and skill set during her career.

Lorna is a Licensed Conveyancer and a one stop shop for all her client’s conveyancing needs. She has a national following of investor clients and great relationships with various estate agents and mortgage brokers.

With a personal approach to her clients, Lorna is well known for her ability to service her clients without delay despite the complexity of a transaction and a keen eye for attention to detail.

Career History

KMC Legal 2022-2024
Taylor Rose MW 2022-2022
Simpson Millar LLP 2020-2022
Premier Property Lawyers 2017-2020
Total Conveyancing Services 2017–2017
Admiral Taverns Limited 2015-2017

Professional Qualifications and Memberships

Law Degree LLB Hons
CLC/SQA Level 6 Diploma in Conveyancing Law and practice
Council of Licensed Conveyancers

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Areas of Practice

Residential Conveyancing
Landlord and Tenant

Experience

Susie is a Senior Conveyancer bringing over 23 years’ experience specialising in Residential Conveyancing. She handles a wide range of property transactions and specialises in all aspects of property including Freehold and Leasehold Sales; Purchases, Right to Buy Purchases, Auctions, Transfers of Equity and Remortgages.

In addition to her technical expertise, Susie has successfully managed teams, ensuring the team deliver the same high standards of service that she is known for. Susie has been instrumental in building strong relationships with local estate agents, and mortgage brokers\ntogether with bringing in new sources of work and expanding the firm's client base.

Susie is dedicated to making the conveyancing process as smooth and stress-free as possible for her clients. She prioritises clear communication and ensures that clients are kept informed every step of the way. Susie is committed to delivering an exceptional service to every client she works with and has developed several long-standing loyal clients because of her second to none service.

Highlights

During her career Susie has progressed from office junior to head of conveyancing before becoming a Lilac Lawyer and is therefore well versed in every aspect of the conveyancing process with the ability to expertly manage her clients, referrers and work. Susie has a wide range of clients ranging from first time buyers, landlords, company directors and high transactional purchasers which evidence Susie’s wide range of expertise and experience.

Career History

Prosperity Law: 2023 – 2024
KMC Legal: 2021 – 2022
Jackson Lees: 2014 to 2021
Bolton-Jones & Co: 2001-2014

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Our Team

Meet Our Team

Lorna Ferguson

Lisa Neary

Alison Scullion

Ashlea Buchanan

Susie Lennard

Elaine Beamish

Joanne Alty

Lisa Spencer

Catherine Smith

Sarah Tant

Craig Deacon

Ben Clensy

Roger Billinge

Andrew Holmes

Emma Dobbing

Victoria McConnell

Samit Pedrick

Dawn Hodge

Jasmine Turner