Practice Areas: David deals with high value and complex matters and his extensive expertise includes wills, trusts, charities, personal tax and tax planning, probate, and personal matters. David has been recognised as a Leading Individual and recommended lawyer by the Legal 500 United Kingdom in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – The Green – Banbury
Work Department: Private Capital
Education: Highbury Grammar
Member: Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Phone: +44-1295-204005

Practice Areas: Lucy has over twenty years’ experience of tax issues and trust matters and advises on all aspects of probate, estate administration, personal tax, succession and post-death tax planning, often with an international element. She is increasing her work in Court of Protection and related work for elderly clients, and she advises on claims for NHS funding and social services care. Lucy is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2016.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – The Green – Banbury
Work Department: Private Capital
Education: Cambridge University; College of Law, London
Member: Solicitors for the Elderly

Phone: +44-1295-204045

Practice Areas: Patrick has considerable experience in dealing with Divorce, high-net worth financial matters and Children Act cases. He has conducted a broad variety of matters both in and out of Court, including work on multi-jurisdictional issues, Pre-Marital Agreements for high-net worth individuals, agricultural tenancies and armed forces pensions, including assisting Counsel based in Sierra Leone, on a pro-bono basis, with the drafting of a new Matrimonial Causes Act for that Country. Patrick is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2016.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – The Green – Banbury
Work Department: Family Law
Member: Patrick is a Family Mediator and member of Resolution

Phone: +44-1295-204153

Practice Areas: John’s experience spans over 30 years in company and commercial law and he uses his legal expertise and a pragmatic, commercial approach to mergers and acquisitions, restructures and commercial contracts. He is regularly instructed on the sale and purchase of shares and businesses; management buy-ins and buy-outs; shareholders’ agreements and group re-organisations, drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements of high value for UK and international clients. John is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2016.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Company Commercial
Education: Keble College, Oxford (BA Jurisprudence)

Phone: +44-1295-204115

Practice Areas: Hitendra has over twenty five years’ experience and expertise in corporate and commercial law. His specialisms include mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs and buy-ins, restructuring organisations, joint venture arrangements, venture capital investments, shareholder agreements, limited liability partnerships as well as a range of commercial contracts, security documentation and terms and conditions of business. Hitrendra is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2016.

Languages: Gujarati, English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Company Commercial
Education: University of Lancaster; College of Law, Chester
Member: Banbury Corporate Finance Initiative; Director of the Banbury Chamber of Commerce

Phone: +44-1295-204108

Practice Areas: With over 25 years’ experience in employment law, Carol has an impressive tribunal success record. She has a particular interest in TUPE, working time and discrimination claims and her experience also includes negotiating disputes at boardroom level. Carol advises household employer names and has particular expertise advising clients in the security, manufacturing and food industries. Carol is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2016.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Commercial Property
Education: University of Leicester (1986 LLB Hons); Law School, Chancery Lane
Member: Employment Lawyers Association

Phone: +44-1295-204140

Practice Areas: Andrew’s principle areas of expertise are in landlord and tenant negotiations, the acquisition, management and disposal of investment properties, development and strategic land transactions (including in particular options, promotion agreements, and the sale of consented land). Andrew is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2016.

Languages: English, French.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Commercial Property
Education: Wells Cathedral School, Somerset; City of London Polytechnic (BA Hons Law and French 2.1)
Member: Law Society

Phone: +44-1295-204110

Practice Areas: Philomena has extensive experience in advising businesses and individuals on employment law issues and she has been involved in successfully fighting a number of claims, including complex discrimination claims, unfair dismissal and agency workers regulations claims. An example of her workload includes: conducting large scale collective redundancy exercises; advising on high profile executive severances; implementing disciplinary and grievance procedures; advising on long term sick absences; advising on TUPE in relation to the acquisition of a business. Philomena is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2016.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Employment
Education: University of Leicester (LLB 2.1); De Montfort University (LPC distinction)
Member: Employment Lawyers Association

Phone: +44-1295-204147

Practice Areas: Richard’s experience encompasses volume debt recovery, contentious litigation, insolvency, telephone collection techniques, and an extensive working knowledge of systems in support of client requirements. His specialities include pre-legal collections, legal collections, enforcement, insolvency, training, and systems reporting. Richard is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK 2015.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Commercial Recoveries
Member: The Institute of Credit Management

Phone: +44-1295-204087

Practice Areas: David Inch is a highly experienced property and heads up the firm’s residential property department. David has built an excellent reputation with property agents in North Oxfordshire and has a very large and loyal client base, many of whom he has acted for a number of years.

Languages: English, French.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Residential Property
Member: Law Society

Phone: +44-1295-204015

Practice Areas: Andrew has a wide range of commercial property experience particularly in relation to commercial development work and acting for corporate occupiers. Examples of his work include Andrew’s work highlights include the acquisition, development and letting of sites on behalf of a major car dealership business for use as motor retail showrooms, acting for an educational establishment in connection with the construction and subsequent lease of new college and student accommodation buildings, the acquisition by a utility company of land as part of a £22m infrastructure project, taking security for an institutional lender over various significant farming estates.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Commercial Property
Education: Newcastle University, College of Law

Phone: +44-1295-204086

Practice Areas: Guy is Head of Rural & Residential Property at Spratt Endicott. His expertise is varied but includes advising and representing high net worth individuals, acting on the sale and purchase of premium town and country house properties, rural and agricultural land, leasehold transactions including statutory lease extensions, commercial sale and purchases, commercial landlord and tenant work, overage deeds and enfranchisement. He has extensive experience in all aspects of residential property and with particular expertise in dealing with high value properties.

Languages: English.
Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Work Department: Residential Property
Education: University of Reading, College of Law
Phone: +44-1295-204122

Practice Areas: Kyle advises on a wide range of litigation matters including contractual and commercial disputes, professional negligence claims (generally involving property professionals) and debt recovery.
Kyle leads the Real Estate Litigation team and has considerable experience and particular expertise in property related disputes acting for landlords and tenants of commercial and residential property and advising on all aspects of property and real estate litigation including lease renewals (both contested and uncontested) under the provisions of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954; breach of covenant including forfeiture and dilapidations claims; boundary disputes; disputes involving interference with property rights; adverse possession claims; right of way/easement disputes; disputes concerning rights of light; restrictive covenants; possession claims (including residential and trespasser); and management issues in leasehold property.
Kyle has wide experience in conducting both High Court and county court claims as well as applications to the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and where appropriate adopts a commercial approach to the resolution of cases by alternative dispute resolution including mediation and adjudication.
He also has experience in advising on all aspects of Construction and Building Disputes including, in particular, those involving issues relating to building defects, defective design and contractual termination.
Kyle is a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500 UK 2016.

Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Languages: English.
Work Department: Property Litigation
Education: University of Durham
Member: Property Litigation Association

Phone: +44-1295-204135

Practice Areas: Petra is an experienced insolvency lawyer, who advises on both contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters. Examples of recent workload includes advising an administrator with regard to the sale of assets, obtaining an injunction against advertisement of a disputed petition, obtaining a validation order pursuant to section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986, advising liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy in respect of possible misfeasance, transactions at an undervalue and preference claims, assisting trustees in bankruptcy with regard to realising their interest in the matrimonial home and providing guidance to directors of companies in financial difficulty.
In addition, Petra provides advice on a broad range of commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, shareholder disputes and disputes which involve intellectual property and consumer rights.

Office: Spratt Endicott – Gilmarde House – Banbury
Languages: English, Dutch.
Work Department: Insolvency
Education: Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands and De Montfort University
Member: Associate of R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals.

Phone: +44-1295-204159