Meet Your Team

Nick joined Thomas Legal in 2010 as a Legal Assistant having completed a Law Degree in Southampton and the LPC at Cardiff University.

Nick undertook his training contract with Thomas Legal, specialising in residential conveyancing, and he qualified as a Solicitor in 2013. With 10 years’ experience in property law, and having completed thousands of property transactions, Nick now leads the London residential property team at Thomas Legal.

Nick has a broad depth of specialist experience in leasehold transactions and lease extension work and was appointed as a Director of the firm in 2018.

Kelly is an Associate who leads one of our London residential property teams.

She obtained her law degree from Birmingham City University, completing an internship in Arizona in her final year working on death penalty appeals cases. After volunteering for the free advice clinic at the Forest of Dean Citizens Advice Bureau for 6 months, Kelly joined Thomas Legal in April 2014 while completing her LPC at BPP University part-time. Kelly obtained a training contract within the firm in 2017 and qualified as a solicitor in March 2019.

With over 11 years’ experience in property law, Kelly deals with a varied caseload of mostly leasehold and new build transactions including transfers of part, statutory and mutually agreed lease extensions, and deeds of variation. Her experience also includes acting on behalf of Landlords in granting licences to assign, alter or sublet, as well as acting for Companies purchasing investment property. Kelly regularly undertakes professional development in residential property to keep up to date, particularly with the implementation of the Building Safety Act 2022.

Jessica joined Thomas Legal in 2014, after graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a 2:1 degree in Law. She undertook her Legal Practice Course at the University of Law part time whilst working as a paralegal at the firm to gain further experience, and was awarded a Distinction.

After successfully completing her training contract at Thomas Legal, Jessica qualified as a Solicitor in March 2020. Jessica handles transactions across all areas of residential property matters, including leasehold and freehold, new build, unregistered, shared ownership and Help to Buy transactions, as well as re-mortgages, lease extensions and deeds of variation. Jessica’s experience covers both London and the Cotswolds and she regularly undertakes professional development courses to ensure her knowledge and understanding of the sector is up to date.

Laura joined Thomas Legal in 2015 after achieving her Law Degree from the University of Gloucestershire earlier that year. She began her training contract with Thomas Legal in September 2019, qualified as a Solicitor in March 2021 and was then promoted to Associate and Head of Legal Training in October 2023.

Laura now has over 8 years of experience covering properties located in both London and the Cotswolds and she handles a range of residential property matters, including leasehold and freehold purchases as well as new build transactions. She also has experience in handling lease extensions, drafting new leases and deeds of variation. Laura has also carried out extensive research on the implications of the Buildings Safety Act 2022 which makes her very knowledgeable when working on high-rise London Leasehold transactions. She also undertakes regular professional development courses to ensure that her knowledge and understanding of residential property and other related areas of law is kept up to date and has now taken this to the next level becoming Thomas Legal’s Head of Legal Training. She regularly provides training courses to other staff members to ensure that their legal knowledge is exceptional.