Our Team
Alison Kirkham
Alison joined Brooke-Taylors in 1997, qualified as a Licensed Conveyancer in 2006 and then worked at a local firm until she rejoined the team in March 2022. Alison is Head of Residential Property team and has an excellent working relationship with local estate agents as well as a following of longstanding local clients.
Alison has expertise in residential and commercial transactions, unregistered land, agricultural land transactions, complex lease transactions and acting for management companies.
Call: 01298 601750
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Claire Broadhurst
Claire specialised in family law for 15 years both with regard to married and cohabiting couples, but now specialises in property law, in particular residential sales, purchases and new builds. She also advises on remortgages, transfers of equity and auction transactions dealing with both registered and unregistered land transactions.
Claire completed Combined Studies BA (Hons) and then studied law at the College of Law in Chester.
Outside of work Claire enjoys horse riding, socialising with her friends and cooking.
Call: 01298 601755
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Pam Morton
Pamela is a qualified Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC. Pamela began her legal career in 2015 joining Brooke Taylors Property Department in 2017. Pamela possesses a wide range of knowledge in all aspects of property law to include sale and purchase of leasehold, freehold and unregistered properties, remortgages, and transfer of equity. Pamela has an excellent relationship with clients and estate agents and prides herself on her communication skills, hard work and understanding to help a conveyancing transaction run smoothly.
Pamela enjoys spending time with her family, gardening and reading books.
Call: 01298 601763
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Ed Martin
Ed is a trainee solicitor, joining the firm in 2023. After running a local online retail footwear business Ed decided to embark on a career change into law, converting his business degree to a Masters in Law and completing his LPC.
He brings a wealth of business experience. After qualifying, he wants to specialise in Private Client Work (wills, probate and powers of attorney).
Ed was born and lives in Buxton with his wife and four children. Ed is a keen Derby County fan and enjoys the outdoors of the Peak District.
Call: 01298 601757
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Zarkra Yaseen
Zarkra is a Private Client Practitioner in our Buxton Office with 5 years of experience working on wills, probate and powers of attorney matters in various firms in South Yorkshire.
Call: 01298 701212
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Victoria Walsh
Vicki qualified as a solicitor in 2009 initially working for the Crown Prosecution Service in Manchester. She now specialises in family law and is based at our Buxton office.
Outside of work she can be found helping to run a local toddler group in Buxton or running around after her five children.
Call: 01298 601765
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Holly Calder
Holly is a trainee solicitor, joining the firm in 2025. After graduating from The University of Law, Holly worked at a firm in North Yorkshire before relocating to Manchester and has over 5 years' experience in Conveyancing.
Outside of work Holly enjoys spending time with her family, playing tennis and reading books.
Call: 01298 601760
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Glenn McClenaghan
Glenn McClenaghan qualified as a chartered legal executive in 2002. Glenn is head of our Commercial and Agricultural departments and is a member of the Agricultural Law Association. He has considerable expertise in dealing will all aspects of commercial property including commercial leases, small to medium-sized property developments, promotion agreements, conditional contracts and option agreement as well as dealing with pension fund property.
He also has considerable expertise in agricultural matters including land sales and purchases and agricultural tenancies. Glenn enjoys spending time with his family and travelling.
Call: 01629 704592
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Richard Roberts
Our Managing Director Richard Roberts was admitted as a solicitor in 1997 and has been with the practice for over twenty years. Richard specialises in Residential Conveyancing and Commercial Property, heading the Residential Conveyancing Team. Richard lives in Matlock Bath.
Call: 01629 704585
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Joanne Joyce
Joanne is a hugely experienced solicitor dealing with many areas of law on the subjects of family and matrimonial law. Joanne is based at our Matlock office.
Call: 01629 821949
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Jennifer Renshaw
Jennifer is based at our Matlock office and offers a huge wealth of experience on the areas of litigation including property, commercial, contentious probate and Employment law.
Call: 01629 593370
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James Brown
James is an experienced dispute resolution specialist, having handled matters in a variety of areas such as residential and commercial tenancies, contract and negligence, and land disputes.
Call: 01298 600653
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Hayley Kirkland
Hayley has been with the practice for over ten years and specialises in Residential Conveyancing at our Wirksworth office. Hayley studied at the Anthony Gell School.
Call: 01629 704587
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Rachael Mellor
Rachael is an experienced part of our residential conveyancing team based at our Matlock office.
Call: 01629 700607
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Emily Boam
Emily is a Conveyancer in our Residential Conveyancing Team. She has been a CILEX Member for over 10 years, currently Advanced Paralegal. She completed her Law Degree at Sheffield Hallam University in 2004 and then went on to complete her Legal Practice Course at the College of Law.
Call: 01629 593367
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Jo Moran
Jo joined Lovedays in October 2021 and has over 15 years’ experience of handling a wide variety of Residential Conveyancing transactions.
Jo graduated from The University of Derby with an LLB (Hons) Degree in 2000 and subsequently completed The Specialist Paralegal Post Graduate Qualification in Property at The University of Strathclyde.
Call: 01629 821947
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Chris Gale
Our Director Chris Gale who admitted as a solicitor in 1992 has been with the practice for twenty years. Chris specialises in wills, trusts, probate and powers of attorney and is the Head of the Wills and Probate Department. Chris lives in Tansley and enjoys participating in amateur dramatics and cycling.
Call: 01629 704591
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Kathryn Blackshaw
Kathryn is a qualified chartered legal executive specialising in wills, probate and lasting powers of attorney. Kathryn lives on a working farm in Pilsley.
Call: 01629 704586
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Stacy Plant
Stacy is an experienced Wills and Probate Practitioner in our Wirksworth Office having specialised in wills, trusts, probate and powers of attorney for the last 20 years. Stacy has been with the firm since 2017 and is currently working towards becoming a Chartered Legal Executive. Stacy lives in Derby and enjoys spending time discovering Derbyshire, photography and is an avid reader.
Call: 01629 593371
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Helen Smith
Helen qualified as a solicitor in 2004 and has been practising in private client work (wills, probate and powers of attorney) since 2005. Helen has been with the firm for around 10 years, joining initially in 2011 but having a break between 2021 and June 2023 to experience practice in Adult Care legal work which brings a breadth of experience to her private client practice, considering vulnerable and elderly client work and the issues that partner this.
Helen lives locally with her husband and two children and enjoys reading, film and keeping active (as much as she can).
Call: 01629 700734
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Kate Burt
Kate is a Wills and Probate Practitioner in our Matlock Office having specialised in Private Client since 2015 after completing her law degree at Sheffield Hallam University. Kate has been with the Firm since September 2022 and is currently working towards becoming a Chartered Legal Executive.
Call: 01629 704581
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