our team
Our advocates, lawyers and conveyancers merge knowledge, experience and skill with imagination, practicability and approachability to form a committed team of professionals, small enough to ensure that clients’ matters will not be lost in the myriad of support staff.
ADVOCATE NICK BARNES
Nick undertakes all aspects of commercial and civil litigation including anti-money laundering, trust litigation, and banking litigation.
Nick was called to the English Bar in 1980 and qualified as a Guernsey Advocate in 1981. He is a Notary Public and an accredited mediator.
Nick is recommended in Chambers Europe as being acknowledged by peers as “everyone’s favourite referral. He’s nice, gentle and extremely bright.”
Telephone: +44 (0)1481 724124
ADVOCATE CLARE TEE
Clare specialises in civil and criminal litigation, including contentious employment law, and has a broad range of experience acting for both international and local clients.
Clare was called to the English Bar in 1995 and qualified as a Guernsey Advocate in 1997. Clare is recommended in Chambers Europe for her robust approach in the courtroom.
She has recently served as the first female Batonnier of the Guernsey Bar.
In September 2019, Clare was successful in defending a client against a criminal charge of gross negligence manslaughter. The first case of this type to be Prosecuted in Guernsey.
Telephone: +44 (0)1481 749665
ADVOCATE JEREMY LE TISSIER
Jeremy Le Tissier practises all aspects of commercial litigation, trust matters and contentious insolvency. He advises on matters which include regulatory issues and investigations concerning entities regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, fraud and asset recovery, disputes relating to trusts, investment funds, banking and investments, claims against directors for breaches of duty and/or misfeasance and disputes between shareholders including unfair prejudice actions. He also advises on asset confiscation, money-laundering issues and cross-border disputes as well as proceeds-of-crime issues and arbitration.
Telephone: +44 (0)1481 724124
ADVOCATE THOMAS CRAWFOURD
Tom specialises in contentious and non-contentious employment law and he also undertakes a variety of dispute resolution work.
Tom trained as an English solicitor in Guernsey and qualified in 2002, after which he qualified as a Guernsey Advocate in 2004.
Telephone: +44 (0)1481 749667
ADVOCATE JEMMA LE SAUVAGE
Jemma is a member of the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2017. Jemma joined another local law firm in 2018 and having passed the Guernsey Bar examinations, she obtained the Certificat de Etudes Juridique Français Normand from the University of Caen in 2019 and was admitted to the Guernsey Bar as an Advocate of the Royal Court in November 2019.
KAREN VARLEY
Karen specialises in personal injury litigation, including motor claims, employers’ liability and medical negligence.
Karen trained in the City of London and qualified as an English solicitor in 1994. She has worked at firms in the South-East of England doing all types of personal injury work, including working in the serious injuries unit of the largest personal injury practice there.
Karen joined the firm in 2012 and now has experience of dealing with injury claims against local and UK insurance companies, local companies & the States of Guernsey.
Telephone: +44 (0)1481 749666
DEBBIE BOURGAIZE
Debbie has extensive experience in dealing with all aspects of property matters for both individual and corporate clients.
Debbie has well over 25 years’ experience working in legal practices in Guernsey and England.
Telephone: +44 (0)1481 749671
