Kerry Joan-Law

Managing Director, Solicitor, and CEDR accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator

Kerry Joan-Law is a litigator, mediator,(CEDR accredited), business and employment specialist. A member of the Law Society, Civil Mediation Council, a Member of the Employment Lawyers Association. She often delivers specialist seminars to businesses on updates in the law and has written regular articles for the Oil Gas and Shipping industry. She has handled multi-litigant disputes up to £2.6 million, but has also taken on more valuable single litigant disputes in excess of £12.5 million. Kerry has represented numerous blue chip and large corporate clients throughout her practising life and undertakes a variety of residential and commercial property sales and purchases. 

Kerry oversees the running of the conveyancing, litigation and employment departments which she has built up over the last 15 years.

Employment background - 1996 -2001 business owner East Anglia Costing Services, law cost draftsman and supreme court taxing participant on behalf of law firms.  Kerry then completed her LPC course and went to Wortley Redmayne & Kershaw in 2002 Chelmsford and commenced her trainee solicitors contract in litigation, employment, High Court injunctions and Commercial Property.  From Chelmsford she returned to London in 2004 to work for Gowen & Stevens Solicitors in Litigation and Employment.  In late 2006 Kerry then moved to Norfolk following her family's relocation and worked for Fosters as Deputy Head of Litigation and Employment.  In October 2008 Kerry then aspired to set up her own firm which she has successfully run for 15 years.  Kerry is 20 years post qualified and charges out at £255.00 per hour plus VAT for litigation matters and £275.00 per hour for all other types of work.
 

Philip Hook

Solicitor, Director, Conveyancing & Probate Department

Philip was admitted as a solicitor in 1977. Philip has worked in a variety of law firms across the region, setting up his own practice in 1983 which he successfully continues to run today. Philip has undertaken conveyancing and probate services on behalf of KJL Solicitors as a locum since 2011 and in January 2020 he was appointed as a part-time director, in order to assess conveyancing compliance standards across the firm and contribute to the conveyancing team. Philip is highly experienced in all aspects of residential conveyancing, wills and probate and is a valued member of the conveyancing and Probate team. He is 47 years post qualified and charges out at £255.00 per hour plus VAT.

Rachael Harvey

Conveyancing Executive

Rachael commenced employment with KJL Solicitors as a business administration apprentice in 2018, she completed her level 3 business administration City and Guilds in 2019.  In our continued support and development of our staff and their on-going training, we are now supporting Rachael through the Council of Licensed Conveyancers qualification "CLC" to qualify her as a probate practitioner and a licensed property conveyancer.  Rachael has passed her SQA Level 4 in Standard Conveyancing Transactions, and has completed her Trainee Conveyancing Course with the Conveyancing Academy. Rachael is a qualified Conveyancing Technician Level 4 and is now studying Level 6 which will make her a Conveyancing Practitioner.  Rachael has a bubbly personality with a dry sense of humour and brings her can do attitude to everything she does.

Angela McGonangle

Practice Manager

Angela is the practice manager, she has 50 years experience in the legal sector and deals with client care, recruitment, buying services and overseeing back office administration.

Nakita Louise Heather

Wills and Probate Associate Solicitor

Nakita Heather is an Associate Solicitor specialising in all areas of Private Client matters.

Nakita is 13 years post qualified.  Nakita Joined KJL Solicitors in February 2024 and comes from highly regarded and respected Norwich based law firms.  She is a Fully Accredited Member of Solicitors for the Elderly "SFE"  and an Affiliate Member of STEP.

Nakita can advise on all aspects of will writing and drafting, lasting powers of attorney, cross jurisdictional probates and can undertake court of protection work.  She works on all manner of probate and letters of administration, including acting on complex estate administrations.

Nakita has a warm persona and a has a genuine and caring outlook in her work.  She is a safe pair of hands. In her spare time Nakita enjoys spending time with family and friends, walking, supporting her children through a variety of sports and musical pursuits.

Grace Constance Hope Duffield

Administration assistant

Grace joined KJL Solicitors in November 2023.  She is bright and bubbly and is lovely to all our fantastic clients.

Grace directs calls throughout the office, liaises with fee earners and undertakes general administration duties.

Grace loves horses and travelling.  She enjoys festivals and has an active social life