Our People

Our Team

Sarah Lincoln

Senior Partner

Head of Conveyancing & Military Claims


Sarah is the Senior Partner in the practice and has worked dealing with high value, complex and military personal injury claims since 2008.  Sarah qualified as a Solicitor in 2007 though has been working in the legal industry since 2000. Sarah mainly worked in litigation but also trained for a year in conveyancing during her training contract and since 2017 has been dealing with conveyancing matters along side the litigation.

 

She believes in fostering a happy working environment to ensure that our clients are in turn well looked after. 

 

Outside the office Sarah enjoys time spent with her family and friends.


Paige Sanderson

Legal Assistant in the Conveyancing Department

 

Paige joined the practise in 2019 as a Receptionist, She has since progressed her skills and knowledge within the firm and is currently a Legal Assistant within the conveyancing department.

 

Paige has previously completed a Business Administration Apprenticeship and is currently studying with CILEX to improve her expertise and further her Career in the legal sector.

 

In her spare time Paige enjoys travelling, watching films and socialising with friends and family.


Kerrie Anne Bale

Partner

Head of Private Client


Kerrie Anne Bale is the Head of Private Client at the firm. She was admitted to the roll in September 2002 and has joined the firm in September 2019.


Kerrie trained in Private Client with the leading West Midlands Firm Shakespeares (now Shakespeares Martineau).  After she qualified, she practiced for her early years in both Claimant and Defendant Litigation before returning back to Private Client work.

 

Kerrie is able to deal with all aspects of Private Client Work from drafting simple Wills to more complex Wills including life interest trusts.  She is also able to deal with Lasting Power of Attorneys for Property and Financial Affairs and Health and Welfare Matters.  She also deals with Probate work  (contentious and non-contentious) dealing with simple estates to more complex taxable estates.

 

In her spare time, she enjoys skiing and spending time with her family and friends.

Hollie Childs

Legal Assistant in the  Private Client Department


Hollie is a legal assistant within the practice, she studied law at A-Level and found it interesting which encouraged her to enter a career in law.

 

She has been part of LWL since 2018 and is keen to continue learning and gaining knowledge. Hollie is also looking to start a Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship. Currently she works within the conveyancing and private client department.

 

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family.

Edel Whalley

Partner

Head of Litigation


Edel joined the firm November 2023 as a Partner and the Head of the Litigation Department, and brings 18 years of post-qualification general litigation experience having qualified as a Solicitor in 2006.


Edel has acted for injured claimants in a wide range of cases involving accidents in the workplace, accidents in public places, road traffic accidents, accidents resulting from defective equipment, accident abroad/on holiday, criminal injury and occupational assault claims. Edel began her career in costs before moving into litigation and has keen awareness of promptly proceeding to litigation to maximise recovery of awards for injured claimants and punishing the defendants with costs penalties for poor conduct and slow resolution of claims. Edel has worked in Australia as a Law Consultant before returning to the UK.

 

Edel has specialised in high value personal injury claims securing many settlements and enabling many catastrophically injured claimants to return to the workplace through assistance with re-training through the claims process. Edel’s main areas of expertise being workplace injuries and motorcycle road traffic accidents however she has throughout her career handled all different areas being proficient in them all.

 

In her spare time Edel enjoys running, hiking up mountains, travelling, baking, reading crime novels in particular and spending time with family, puppy and friends.


 


Michelle Hadley

Litigation Executive


Michelle has worked in the legal sector for 25 years.   She started her career as an office junior and has progressed her skills over the years through training, hard work and determination.   Michelle deals mainly with the recovery of vehicle related losses incurred through Road Traffic Accidents such as repairs, credit hire, storage and recovery etc.  She is also experienced in dealing with all types of personal injury claims and aims to achieve the best result possible for her clients.

 

In her spare time Michelle enjoys spending time with her family, walking her two dogs or relaxing in the outdoors by a campfire.


Maria Newton

Legal Cashier


Maria’s first job was in an accounts department, but she spent most of her working years in the film industry. She worked in New Zealand for 5 years for Sky TV NZ and helped launch Sky Movies in 1990. She worked with HBO when they bought the movie channel and spent time in New York with the HBO staff, learning about their product and way of scheduling.


Upon returning to the UK she put her career on hold to start a family. Once her two children started secondary school she returned to accounts and in 2010 joined Watts and Leeding Solicitors as their Accounts clerk.   


In her spare time Maria enjoys spending time with her  family, walking the dog, photography, watching movies and visiting different places, both in the UK and abroad.