Dispute Resolution Department


Dean Parnell	Dean Parnell qualified as a solicitor in 1995. He worked at Hammonds until 2000 and then moved to Pinsent Curtis Biddle (now known as Pinsent Masons) . He moved to Sydney Mitchell as a partner in 2003 and is currently joint head of the firm's...
Kamal Majevadia	Kamal is a partner at Sydney Mitchell Solicitors. Based at the firm's Birmingham City Centre office, Kamal specialises in insolvency and financial recoveries. Qualified in 1997 and having spent the majority of his career in Birmingham,...
Peter Adkins	Peter is a partner based at the firms City Centre office and specialises in Commercial and Private Litigation, Licensing and Gambling law and all matters relating to Social and Members Clubs and the leisure industry. Qualified in 1981 and...
Tony Lewis	Tony Lewis is head of the dispute resolution team at the firm's city office. Tony has extensive experience in common law disputes in both contract and tort, but has particular expertise in relation to contentious inheritance and probate claims,...
Leanne Schneide...	Leanne Schneider-Rose is an Associate Solicitor in the Insolvency team. Leanne has extensive experience in acting for Insolvency Practitioners, Individuals and Companies in Insolvency matters. Her areas of expertise include acting for Insolvency...
Elaine Buffery	Elaine completed an English Literature degree at Cardiff University before converting to law. She completed her LPC at the College of Law in Birmingham. Elaine trained at Martineau Johnson in Birmingham and qualified in 2005. She then...
Grace Strawford	Grace has been with Sydney Mitchell since 2005. She attended Wolverhampton University where she obtained a 2:1 on her law degree with honours. She subsequently completed her Legal Practice Course with Distinction and recently completed her...
Ligia Bob	Ligia Bob joined Sydney Mitchell Solicitors in 2009 from Averta Employment Lawyers. She is working in both employment and commercial litigation areas. Ligia qualified as a solicitor in Romania in 2004, where she mainly practised civil...
Dhanbir Uppal	Dhanbir joined the firm in April 2008 from city practice Shakespeare Putsman. Her areas of work cover all aspects of Dispute Resolution with a particular emphasis on credit control for small and large businesses and insolvency. After...