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Dr Kumar

Dental Team
Nicky

Nicola Hadjisergis

Dental Team

Dr Clipston

Dental Team

Dr Patel

Dental Team

Dr Cross

Dental Team
Nantwich Team Member

Steve Lockwood

Costs Team
DLP Nantwich

Robert Pettitt

Costs Team
Gemma Beckett

Gemma Beckett

Costs Team
Abbie Guilfoyle

Abbie Guilfoyle

Costs team
Alison Spencer

Alison Spencer

Costs Team

Jaine Welch

Costs Team
Kate Easdown

Kate Easdown

Marketing & Business Development
Jane Colclough

Jane Colclough

Marketing & Business Development
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Olivia Bratton

Marketing & Business Development
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Danielle McCoombes

Marketing & Business Development
DLP Nantwich

Jason Plant

IT
DLP Nantwich

Scott Leggett

IT
Stephanie Middlemiss

Stephanie Middlemiss

Support
Nantwich Team Member

Lisa Cooke

Support
Nantwich Team Member

Jean Pownall

Support
DLP Nantwich

Claire Goostrey

Support
Emily Chadwick

Emily Chadwick

Support
Alice Holme

Alice Holme

Support

Dr Croxford

Dento-Legal Advisor

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I am the Principal Dento-Legal Advisor and Clinical Dept Manager at the Dental Law Partnership with the in-house dental expert team. I worked within the dental sector for 21 years, before moving to my position at the Dental Law Partnership in 2013. 

My current role involves assessing all cases to provide an accurate assessment of the clinical aspects of each dental negligence claim.

Within my role, I also provide dental training to the Legal and Operations teams to improve their knowledge of dental negligence litigation.

Dr Kumar

Dental Team

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Dr Kumar joined the Dental Law Partnership in March 2011 as a member of the Dento-legal team. A practising dentist for 9 years, Dr Kumar has always held an interest in medical law and is now a Senior Dento-legal Adviser in the in-house dental expert team based in Elstree. Dr Kumar’s role is to assess the clinical aspects of cases to ensure access to justice for patients.

Nicola brought a wealth of experience to her role as Administrative Assistant when she joined the Dental Law Partnership in 2002. Having held a 15 year career as a dental nurse, she now provides all aspects of administrative support to the in-house dental expert team based in Elstree.

Dr Clipston

Dental Team

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After 38 years in general dentistry Dr Clipston joined the Dental Law Partnerships in house clinical team in 2017 as a Dento-legal Adviser. Dr Clipston’s role is to assess all cases to provide an accurate assessment of the clinical aspects of the case.

Dr Patel

Dental Team

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Dr Patel joined the Dental Law Partnership in January 2016 as a Dento-legal Adviser at the in house clinical team in Elstree.  A practising dentist for ten and half years Dr Patel’s role is to assess the clinical aspects of cases to ensure access to justice for patient.

Dr Cross

Dental Team

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Dr Cross joined the Dental Law Partnership as a trainee Dento-legal Adviser in February 2016. Dr Cross is looking forward to working within the in-house dental expert team to accurately assess the clinical aspects of clients’ cases.

Steve has been with DLP since 2002 and is the Head of the Costs Team. Steve and his team are responsible for recovering the costs incurred during the client’s case. Steve has established an excellent team to advise clients of all aspects of the process and ensure costs are recovered quickly and smoothly.

Rob is Head of Costs Litigation, and joint head of the costs department at DLP and has worked in the Legal sector for 16 years.

Gemma joined DLP in October 2018, she brings a wealth of experience to the team and has over 10 years’ experience working in costs. She is responsible for recovering the costs incurred during the client’s case and advises clients of all aspects of the process to ensure costs are recovered quickly and smoothly.

Abbie Guilfoyle

Abbie Guilfoyle

Costs team

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Abbie began her career in the legal services sector when she joined the Dental Law Partnership in August 2011 as an Office Junior. Abbie has since progressed to the Costs Department providing administrative support whilst carrying out training to become a Costs Lawyer. Her role includes creating the documents used when recovering the incurred cost from the Defendant and advising clients throughout the process.

Alison joined Dental Law in 2014 as an Office Junior. Alison has since progressed to the Costs Department providing administrative support whilst carrying out training to become a Costs Lawyer. Her role includes creating the documents used when recovering the incurred cost from the Defendant and advising clients throughout the process.

Jaine joined DLP in August 2018 as a Litigation Assistant, and provides secretarial support to a number of Solicitors in the firm.

Kate Easdown

Kate Easdown

Marketing & Business Development

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Kate is the Marketing and Business Development Manager for The Dental Law Partnership. In her role Kate is responsible for marketing the company to ensure the Dental Law Partnership remains the leading dental negligence solicitors in England and Wales.

Jane Colclough

Jane Colclough

Marketing & Business Development

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Jane joined DLP in 2014 as Office Junior, before progressing to the marketing department in 2015. In her role as Marketing Executive Jane will help to maintain and grow DLP’s already strong marketing presence.

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Olivia Bratton

Marketing & Business Development

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Olivia joined the Dental Law Partnership in January 2022 as an Office Administrator and has since progressed into the Marketing and Business Development department as a Social Media Executive.

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Danielle McCoombes

Marketing & Business Development

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Danielle joined DLP in 2021 as a Litigation Assistant, and has recently moved to the Business Development Department. In her space time Danielle enjoys hiking up mountains and painting.

Jason joined the Dental Law Partnership in August 2011 as IT Technician. With 10 years of experience of working in IT in the Legal Sector. Now IT Manager, Jason takes a key role in the business and is responsible for ensuring the IT systems run smoothly and effectively.

Scott is the IT Technician at the Dental Law Partnership. Scott uses his IT knowledge to assist Jason in ensuring that the IT systems run smoothly and effectively.

Steph joined the Dental Law Partnership in 2016 as Legal Secretary and now holds the position of Practice Manager.

Lisa has been with DLP since 2004 as a Costs Draftsman. She has since progressed to Accounts Manager and is responsible for the practice accounting.

Jean is a Legal Cashier. She joined the Dental Law Partnership in 2001 and has seen the firm grow and develop. Having many years experience in various Solicitors’ practices she brings a clear understanding of the Solicitor’s Account Rules to the business.

Following many years working in the Civil Service, Claire joined DLP in 2011 as a Legal Cashier and is responsible for maintaining the practice accounting records.

Emily joined DLP in 2021 as a Trainee Legal Cashier and is responsible for maintaining the practice accounting records.

Alice joined DLP as an Office Administrator in September 2020, she has since progressed to the role of Paralegal. Her role involves guiding clients through the initial stages of a dental negligence claim and retrieving relevant dental records.