Meet our team.

Denby Dale office

James Smith Director

Rob Kelly Director/Corporate Solicitor

John Blake Legal Consultant

Sara Thirlway Conveyancing Executive

Lucy Warburton Conveyancing Executive

Luke Underhill Solicitor & Branch Manager

Leeds Crossgates office

Zack Baines Conveyancing AssistantZack completed his LPC and Master’s degree in September 2018 at BPP Law School in Leeds. Before joining Holden Smith, Zack specialised in re-mortgage at one of the UK’s largest volume re-mortgage firms. He enjoys learning and developing as a team and providing the best possible experience for his clients.

Julie Makin Operations Manager

Zack McKindley-Baines Solicitor

Nicola Cheesbrough Conveyancing Executive

Molly Shutt Trainee Solicitor

Damaride Martini Trainee Solicitor

Caroline Durkin Conveyancing Executive

Beth Burgess Conveyancing Executive

Elland office

David Bancroft Director

Ryanne Smith Director of Residential Property

Katie Sanderson Conveyancing ExecutiveKatie holds a ACileX Legal Executive qualification and works as a conveyancing executive at our Denby Dale office, where she enjoys working with local estate agents and mortgage brokers as a team. Katie spec…

Daniel Hollingworth Conveyancing Executive

Katie Sanderson Conveyancing Executive & Branch Manager

Daniel Cox Conveyancing Executive

Dominic Cronshaw Wills & Probate

Anam Sardar Solicitor

Horsforth office

Leanne Pollard Solicitor & Head of Family Law

Peter Foxall Commercial Property Solicitor

Simon Shires Commercial Solicitor

Andy Norton Head of Private Client

Alex Jones Trainee SolicitorAlex has a degree in Law and is a trainee solicitor. He began his career at Holden Smith as a conveyancing executive and enjoys forming good relationships throughout transactions with his clients and all parties involved. He enjoys Holden Smith’s forward-thinking, friendly and professional approach to all aspects concerning law and property.

Alex Jones Solicitor

Abena Boateng Conveyancing Executive

Bethany Anderson Trainee Solicitor

Manchester office

Brittany Clarke Solicitor

Stephanie Williams Conveyancing Executive

Katie Lawton Conveyancing Executive

Colette Darlington Commercial Executive

Jade Sykes Trainee Solicitor

Tim Hare Conveyancing Executive

Queensbury office

Keely Moore Conveyancing Executive

Ivan,

April 04, 2025

Simple efficient service

Wills, Trusts & Probate | Disputed Probate

Very easy to complete our wills, with no fuss.

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Sam

April 03, 2025

We've just use Holden Smith Law for both the sale and purchase of properties and the experience was outstanding from start to finish! Nicola was so ho...nest, helpful and always available. She was so approachable and we never doubted if we were in safe hands! Callum, Kirsty & Eleanor were all so brilliant too. We had a very complicated case and were told to go with a firm local to us but we stuck with Holden Smith and they were the only ones through the entire process who were amazing! Thanks so mu...

Gillian,

Joshua brown

Leanne Pollard was very professional and affitiant.

Deniz

April 02, 2025

Holden Smith Law was super helpful with my house purchase! I have worked with Zack, Laura, Lucy and Lauren. Every single one person was amazing in the... process. Defo recommend

Kate Morris

April 01, 2025

Would highly recommend

Tim and his team worked so hard to get us through a tricky time line and thanks to them we were successful! Good communication and regular contact whe...n needed. They dealt with everything for us which was a massive help! Thank you Tim and team we are very grateful!

Mark

I was recommended Holden Smith Law and was very grateful for the recommendation. They were very thorough and professional throughout the whole process... of my apartment purchase. Julie, Jade and their colleagues were a pleasure to work and I would definitely recommend them and will be using Holden Smith Law again.

Lee W

March 31, 2025

Tim was the epitome of efficient

Housing & Property | Purchase and Sale

Special thanks to Tim Hare for being so so efficient when handling our sale. Not only was it month end, it was the end of the financial year AND the l...ast day before stamp duty increases. Tim was on it from the outset and even worked the Sunday before to ensure everything completed as hoped and planned. If everyone had Tim’s work ethic and conscience, transactions such as this would be so much smoother. Thanks Tim!

Peter

Very good communication throughout and everything went smoothly.

Aran

March 30, 2025

Lauren Moody and Lucy Warburton always kept me updated and responded to my communications swiftly. Lauren and Lucy are recommended very much so! This ...has been the quickest and most efficient conveyance I’ve ever been through. Thank you Lauren and Lucy for your hard work!

Nelly,

March 29, 2025

Recommend Holden Smith Lae

Housing & Property | Residential Conveyancing

We were assigned Nicola and we were aiming to finish before stamp duty deadline however due to unforeseen circumstances on the vendor's end we were un...able to. Nicola worked hard to ensure we did not miss the timeline and was always swift with responses. Whatever had to be done on our end was done efficiently and in a timely manner. I have no doubt that if it wasn't for the vendor's personal circumstances we would have completed in March.

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