Meet The Team

Sam Bushell

Sam began her legal career in 1998 and qualified as a solicitor in 2002, becoming a partner at Brown Turner in 2006.  Since 2016 she has been managing director at Brown Turner Ross.

From the start of her career she has focused solely on family law.  She specialises in:

High net worth divorce covering complex dispute resolution, business assets, pension transfers, share valuations and taxation

Financial resolution following marriage breakdown

Pre-nuptial Agreements

Deeds of Separation

Child Care issues

Sam is recognised as a first class Advocate and Family Law expert. Her ability to analyse complex issues and, advise on the best possible outcome for her Clients make her the Lawyer of choice for a select client base.

Memberships and accreditations

Law Society Family Panel

Resolution

Collaborative Law Member

Merseyside Collaborative Law Group

Qualifications

LLB honours degree

Solicitor

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Abigail Davidson

Abigail began her legal career in 2017 and qualified as a solicitor in 2019.  From the outset she has specialised in family law.  Abigail joined the Brown Turner Ross in 2019 as a solicitor in the family team.  She specialises in all areas of family litigation including:

Public law Care Proceedings

Private law children matters

Domestic abuse

Divorce

Financial settlements

Qualifications

Law Degree LLB Hons

Solicitor

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Sean Douglas

Sean began his legal career in 2017.  During his career he has been involved  in Personal Injury and Family.  He joined Brown Turner Ross in 2018 and took up his current role as a paralegal in the family team. His current role covers the following types of work:

Child Care Proceedings

Private Children Proceedings

Non-Molestation Orders

Occupation Orders

Legal Qualifications

GDL pass with Commendation

Legal Practice Course

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Jo Foster

Jo began her legal career in 1981.  During her career she has been involved in family law, children proceedings, litigation and conveyancing.

She joined Brown Turner Ross in 1996 and took up her current role as a Legal Assistant. Her current role covers the following types of work:

Organising the managing director’s diary

Liaising with clients

Drafting documents

Typing correspondence/documents

Legal Qualifications

Legal Secretaries Diploma and A Level Law

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Lucy Newton

Lucy graduated from the University of Liverpool in Summer 2021 with a First Class Honours Degree in Law.  Lucy will go on to complete her LPC alongside a Masters in Family Law at the University of Liverpool.

She joined Brown Turner Ross as a paralegal in the family team, working in areas such as:

• Public Law Care Proceedings
• Private law children’s matters
• Domestic abuse

Qualifications

Law Degree LLB Hons

Adele Bridgeman

Adele began in her legal career in 1997 upon leaving full time education.   Adele has extensive knowledge of working within a solicitor’s office, having worked in different roles ranging from office junior to fee earner throughout her career.

Adele works within the Family Department as a Legal Assistant.

 Qualifications

Level 6 accreditation in CILEX

David Bushell

Dave joined Brown Turner in 1973, qualifying as a solicitor in 1975. He acquired Brown Turner Compton Carr in 1986 and managed the firm for 30 years until 2016 when he stepped down as Managing Director.

Dave started his career as a criminal defence lawyer before moving into a mix of family law and commercial work.  He specialises in:

commercial work

high value divorces

motoring law

Dave has developed a specialism within family law of acting for clients seeking to have their divorce settlements reviewed, on one occasion achieving significant damages for a client whose original settlement had undervalued her share of her husband’s pension.

He has won significant Appeals against initial decisions divorce matters on behalf of husbands who he felt had been particularly badly treated by the Judges in the Lower Court

He has significant experience of advising clients in large scale business sales, in particular in the garden centre/nursery sector.

Qualifications

LLB honours Degree in London

Solicitor

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Graham Twist

Family Solicitor

Graham started his legal career as a legal assistant dealing with PI claims in 2011. Since then he has worked as a solicitor, and subsequently Director, of a Liverpool law firm dealing with civil litigation, private family law as well as wills. He joined Brown Turner Ross as an associate solicitor in 2022.

He specialises in

• Divorce
• Matrimonial finances
• Children Act proceedings
• Injunctions

Qualifications

BA (Hons) / GDL / LPC

Micaela Dempsey

Micaela began her legal career in 2003, qualifying as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2011 and a solicitor in 2013.

She has significant experience advising clients in a multitude of legal areas from a civil perspective and specialises in dealing with matters of a complex and sensitive nature.

Since 2004 she has focused solely on civil litigation including but not limited to:

• Property disputes
• Probate disputes
• Breach of contract
• Employers liability
• Public liability
• Serious Injury claims
• Fatal Accident claims
• Product liability
• Property damage
• Enforcement actions
• Commercial disputes

Qualifications

FILEX

Solicitor

David Bushell

Dave joined Brown Turner in 1973, qualifying as a solicitor in 1975. He acquired Brown Turner Compton Carr in 1986 and managed the firm for 30 years until 2016 when he stepped down as Managing Director.

Dave started his career as a criminal defence lawyer before moving into a mix of family law and commercial work.  He specialises in:

commercial work

high value divorces

motoring law

Dave has developed a specialism within family law of acting for clients seeking to have their divorce settlements reviewed, on one occasion achieving significant damages for a client whose original settlement had undervalued her share of her husband’s pension.

He has won significant Appeals against initial decisions divorce matters on behalf of husbands who he felt had been particularly badly treated by the Judges in the Lower Court

He has significant experience of advising clients in large scale business sales, in particular in the garden centre/nursery sector.

Qualifications

LLB honours Degree in London

Solicitor

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Kevin Ross

Kevin qualified as a Solicitor in 1998 and shortly thereafter became a Partner in the well known Liverpool Law Firm Malcolm J Ross.

Kevin joined Brown Turner Ross in 2008 when Malcolm J Ross and Brown Turner merged.  He has been a partner and then director at Brown Turner Ross since joining the firm.

Kevin has 25 years experience of dealing with Property Law at the highest level and in particular in the following areas:

Commercial property sales and purchases

Site Acquisition for Developers and subsequent Plot Sale services

Drafting and Negotiating Terms of Commercial Leases acting for both Landlord or Tenant

Residential Sales and Purchases

Sales, Purchases and Mortgages over both Commercial and Residential Property

Business Sales and Acquisitions

Specialist transactions such as Garden Centre Sales

Buy to Let Purchases and specialist services for Investor Clients

Right to Buy from Local Authorities or Housing Associations

Remortgages and Equity Release

Qualifications

LLB honours degree.

Solicitor

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Kevin Ross

Kevin qualified as a Solicitor in 1998 and shortly thereafter became a Partner in the well known Liverpool Law Firm Malcolm J Ross.

Kevin joined Brown Turner Ross in 2008 when Malcolm J Ross and Brown Turner merged.  He has been a partner and then director at Brown Turner Ross since joining the firm.

Kevin has 25 years experience of dealing with Property Law at the highest level and in particular in the following areas:

Commercial property sales and purchases

Site Acquisition for Developers and subsequent Plot Sale services

Drafting and Negotiating Terms of Commercial Leases acting for both Landlord or Tenant

Residential Sales and Purchases

Sales, Purchases and Mortgages over both Commercial and Residential Property

Business Sales and Acquisitions

Specialist transactions such as Garden Centre Sales

Buy to Let Purchases and specialist services for Investor Clients

Right to Buy from Local Authorities or Housing Associations

Remortgages and Equity Release

Qualifications

LLB honours degree.

Solicitor

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Michael Stephens

Michael was formerly a partner in a firm specialising in commercial property and latterly a commercial property partner in an international firm.  He has in-depth experience of a wide range of non-contentious aspects of commercial property, acting for landlords, tenants, investors, developers and businesses, in particular retailers.

Career highlights include: £38M sale of 28 shops to M&S Simply Food; heading-up property team on £129M re-financing of 270 investment properties to Nat West and RBS and heading-up teams in England, Scotland and N.Ireland for a retail chain`s purchase of 52 shops from Woolworths` administrators.

Qualifications

Law Degree LLB

Solicitor

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Andrew Hendrickson

Andrew has over 20 years experience of conveyancing, mainly dealing with new build estate sales on a large scale for well known developers.

He joined Brown Turner Ross in 2017 as a specialist estates conveyancer managing the conveyances of plots sales for developers

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Amy Gibson

Amy began her legal career in 2009.  From the beginning of her career she has been involved  in Conveyancing.  She joined Brown Turner Ross in 2009 and took up their current role in 2010 as a Legal Assistant for Kevin Ross.

Her current role covers the following types of work:

• Residential property sales and purchases
• Commercial property
• Transfer of equity
• Remortgage
• Development work

Kevin Ross

Kevin qualified as a Solicitor in 1998 and shortly thereafter became a Partner in the well known Liverpool Law Firm Malcolm J Ross.

Kevin joined Brown Turner Ross in 2008 when Malcolm J Ross and Brown Turner merged.  He has been a partner and then director at Brown Turner Ross since joining the firm.

Kevin has 25 years experience of dealing with Property Law at the highest level and in particular in the following areas:

Commercial property sales and purchases

Site Acquisition for Developers and subsequent Plot Sale services

Drafting and Negotiating Terms of Commercial Leases acting for both Landlord or Tenant

Residential Sales and Purchases

Sales, Purchases and Mortgages over both Commercial and Residential Property

Business Sales and Acquisitions

Specialist transactions such as Garden Centre Sales

Buy to Let Purchases and specialist services for Investor Clients

Right to Buy from Local Authorities or Housing Associations

Remortgages and Equity Release

Qualifications

LLB honours degree.

Solicitor

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Vicki Coulthurst

Vicki Coulthurst qualified as a Solicitor in 1989. She trained at Goffey & Co, in Southport before moving in 1989 to Canter Levin & Berg. In 1991 she joined Ridgway Greenall (now FDR Law) until December 2020 being made a Partner in 1993 and sitting on their management committee for more than 6 years.

From the beginning of her career Vicki has been involved in all aspects of residential conveyancing and she has 30 years experience in property matters.

Vicki joined the Brown Turner Ross in January 2021 in their current role, specialising in:

Sales, purchases and remortgages including Buy to Let of houses and flats, leasehold and freehold and new build

Transfers of equity

Equity Release

Sales or purchases of part of title/land/property

Right to Buy purchases

Land acquisition and individual plot sale off.

Purchases involving Help to Buy

Qualifications

LLB honours Class 2:1 from Sheffield University

Solicitor

Claire Robertson

Claire began her legal career in 2000.

From the beginning of her career she has been involved  in residential conveyancing.  She joined Brown Turner Ross in 2019 and took up their current role as  admininistrative support in the residential conveyancing team. Their current role covers the following types of work:

File management

Liaising with clients

Dealing with Solicitors

Ordering searches

Audio typing

Along with any other administrative tasks needed to support her the lawyers in the firm

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Amy Gibson

Amy began her legal career in 2009.  From the beginning of her career she has been involved  in Conveyancing.  She joined Brown Turner Ross in 2009 and took up their current role in 2010 as a Legal Assistant for Kevin Ross.

Her current role covers the following types of work:

• Residential property sales and purchases
• Commercial property
• Transfer of equity
• Remortgage
• Development work

Gemma McLaren

Gemma began her legal career in 2019, initially by undertaking a Graduate Diploma in Law, before securing her first role as a Conveyancing Paralegal at a local firm in Ormskirk.

Before embarking on a career in law, Gemma gained significant experience within the residential property sector, by benefiting from 14 years engaged as an estate and letting agent at a recognised, award-winning agency in Kirkby. The final 4 of these 14 years were spent working in the capacity of director.

Gemma joined Brown Turner Ross in 2021 taking up her current role as a Residential Conveyancing Paralegal, whist she continues to study for the Legal Practice Course before progressing to Trainee Solicitor.

Her current role involves the following types of work:

Residential Freehold and Leasehold Sales
Residential Freehold and Leasehold Purchases
Re Mortgages
Transfers

Qualifications
Graduate Diploma in Law with Distinction

Su Kenwright

Su began her career in conveyancing in 2019 specialising in probate property sales.
Since joining Brown Turner Ross, she has been assisting the commercial property team and residential team. Previous to this she was an airline manager for 15 years.

She specialises in:

• Residential property sales and purchases
• Commercial property
• Transfer of equity
• Remortgages
• Development work

Qualifications

BSC (Hons) Sport science

Melissa Sedley

Melissa began her legal career in 2016 as a trainee Conveyancing assistant. She has previous experience of managing her own caseload, but joined Brown Turner Ross in 2022 as an Assistant to Vicki Coulthurst assisting with residential Sales and Purchases.

She specialises in:

• Residential property sales and purchases
• Qualifications

Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice (BSc)

Candice Jones

Candice started her legal career in 2004 and qualified as a Solicitor in 2008. Candice also has experience in Conveyancing and Litigation and has previously held the role of COFA (Compliance Officer for Finance & Administration).

She specialises in:

• Private client including Wills, Probate, Power of Attorney
• Trusts
• Court of Protection.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Degree in Law

Abbie Johnys

Abbie began her legal career in 2018 alongside her undergraduate degree. She has experience working within the Private Client Department as well as administrative roles within a solicitor’s office.

She specialises in

• Private client law

Qualifications

Law LLB 2:1
Legal Practice Course LLM Distinction

Marna Bushell

Marna began her legal career in 1995.  She has over 25 years’ experience in legal administration having worked as a Barristers Clerk in a busy Liverpool Chambers where she was responsible for a number of barristers, ensuring the efficient running of their diaries and fees.  She later became a manager in a significant personal injury firm in Southport responsible for the Costs Team with recovery of fees from Third party Solicitors.

She currently works in the Housing Disrepair Team and is responsible for assisting and managing the efficient operation of the department.

Her current role covers the following:

• File management and administration
• Monitoring and progression of incoming work
• Contracts
• Costs

Corey Campbell

Corey began his legal career in 2018 and joined Brown Turner Ross in 2022 as a Litigation executive. He currently works in the Housing Disrepair department and specialises in:

• Financial Mis-Selling Claims
• General Civil Litigation Claims
• Housing Disrepair Claims

Qualifications

Law Degree LLB Hons

Joseph McDermott

Joseph started his legal career in 2010 after 7 years in the insurance claims industry.  He has extensive experience in legal claims both as Defendant and Claimant Representative.

He has specific experience in:

• RTA Claims
• Credit hire claims
• Fraud claims and fraud investigation
• Housing disrepair