Our Team

Debbie Roberts

Name: Debbie Roberts

Role: Partner

Email: droberts@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Commercial Property

Head of Commercial Property

Career: Trained Waller & Co; qualified 1986; associate Cobbetts, Manchester 1988-1997; associate Turner Parkinson, Manchester 1997-1999; associate KBL 1999; partner 2002.

Member: Bolton Incorporated Law Society

Leisure: Skiing, Swimming, Cooking.

Mike Beaumont

Name: Mike Beaumont

Role: Partner

Email: mbeaumont@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Commercial Property

Career: Trained Jackson Harris & Co; qualified 1973; founded Kippax Beaumont & Co with Martin Kippax in 1976; merged with Lewis & Co 1985; merged with Peter Liptrott & Co 1992.

Member: Bolton Incorporated Law Society.

Leisure: Skiing, Cycling, Golf, Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Nick Lewis

Name: Nick Lewis

Role: Partner

Email: nlewis@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Family & Matrimonial, Licensing

Head of Family & Matrimonial

Career: Trained Addleshaw Sons & Latham; qualified 1974; partner at KBL 1982.

Member: Bolton Incorporated Law Society

Leisure: Golf; Theatre; Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club

David Johnson

Name: David Johnson

Role: Partner

Email: djohnson@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Commercial Property, Residential Property

Head of Residential Property

Career: Trained Keoghs; qualified 1982; partner 1986; head of property; partner KBL 2001.

Member: Bolton Incorporated Law Society

Leisure: Golf, Skiing, Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Jonathan Shorrock

Name: Jonathan Shorrock

Role: Partner

Email: jshorrock@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Corporate & Commercial

Head of Corporate & Commercial

Career: Trained Addleshaw Sons & Latham; qualified 1985; partner Addleshaw Booth 1990-2002; head of corporate 1998-2001; partner, head of corporate Weightmans 2002-2005; partner KBL 2005.

Member: President, Bolton Local Chamber Council, Bolton Incorporated Law Society.

Leisure: Fishing, Shooting, Skiing, Rugby.

Michael Slater

Name: Michael Slater

Role: Partner

Email: mslater@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Litigation

Head of Litigation/Dispute Resolution

Career: Trained Denton Wilde Sapte; qualified 1995, associate KBL 2001; partner 2003.

Member: Bolton Incorporated Law Society

Leisure: Swimming, Golf, Gym, Music.

Phil Stephenson

Name: Phil Stephenson

Role: Partner

Email: pstephenson@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Corporate & Commercial, Sport

Managing Partner & Head of Sport

Career: Trained at KBL; qualified 1992; associate 1995; partner 1998.

Member: Chairman, Bolton & Disrtict Round Table; Bolton Incorporated Law Society.

Leisure: Fell-walking, Mountain-biking

Chris Taylor

Name: Chris Taylor

Role: Partner

Email: ctaylor@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Personal Injury

Head of Personal Injury

Career: Trainee legal executive in private practice for the Crown Prosecution Service 1975-1981; clerk KBL 1981-1991; qualified 1991; partner 1991.

Member: Motor Accident Solicitors Society; Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; Committee member of Bolton Incorporated Law Society.

Leisure: Scuba-diving, Cooking, Manchester United F.C.

John Hassells

Name: John Hassells

Role: Partner

Email: jhassells@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Employment

Head of Employment

Career Trained Keoghs; qualified 2002; Assistant Berg Legal 2003-2004; Assistant Hill Dickinson LLP 2004-2007; Associate KBL 2007; Partner 2010.

Member Employment Lawyers Association; Bolton Incorporated Law Society.

Leisure Football, Reading, Supporting Shrewsbury Town FC.

Stephen Bell

Name: Stephen Bell

Role: Associate

Email: sbell@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Commercial Property

Susan Hartley

Name: Susan Hartley

Role: Associate

Email: shartley@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Wills, Tax, Trust & Probate

Head of Wills, Tax, Trust & Probate

Helen Marsh

Name: Helen Marsh

Role: Associate

Email: hmarsh@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Commercial Property

Paul Hatton

Name: Paul Hatton

Role: Solicitor

Email: phatton@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Litigation

Head of Debt Recovery

Claire Dawson

Name: Claire Dawson

Role: Solicitor

Email: cdawson@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Residential Property

Charlotte Withnell

Name: Charlotte Withnell

Role: Solicitor

Email: cwithnell@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Commercial Property

Stephen McArdle

Name: Stephen McArdle

Role: Solicitor

Email: smcardle@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Litigation

Christine Hart

Name: Christine Hart

Role: Solicitor

Email: chart@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Employment

Anneka Traynor

Name: Anneka Traynor

Role: Solicitor

Email: atraynor@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Corporate & Commercial

Sarah Sayers

Name: Sarah Sayers

Role: Legal Executive

Email: ssayers@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Residential Property

Pauline O'Rourke

Name: Pauline O'Rourke

Role: Fee Earner

Email: porourke@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Residential Property

Dawn-Marie Hornby

Name: Dawn-Marie Hornby

Role: Fee Earner

Email: dhornby@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Departments: Commercial Property, Residential Property

Martin Kippax

Name: Martin Kippax

Role: Consultant

Email: mkippax@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777

Stephen Lewis

Name: Stephen Lewis

Role: Consultant

Email: slewis@kbl.co.uk

Tel: 01204 527777