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029 2046 7150 - Albany Road Cardiff
029 2046 1480 - Clifton Street Cardiff
01443 407 221 - Pontypridd

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once again." A H - Pontypridd

About us

The aim of the Spicketts Battrick Law Practice will always be to provide quality legal services to individuals and business in South Wales. We endeavour to maintain the highest standards of professional expertise, as well as a legal aid service for every client who is financially eligible.

For professional legal services call 029 2046 7150 for Albany Road office in Cardiff 029 2046 1480 for Clifton Street office in Cardiff 01443 407 221 for Pontypridd office

Who are we?

We are a five-partner firm with an additional five experienced solicitors; a team of senior conveyancing and legal executives; and a specialist personal injury team.

Our partners are:

Richard Battrick: Managing Partner
Christopher Cater: Personal Injury Partner
Linda Parish: Matrimonial Partner
Ryan Greenhough: Conveyancing Development Partner
Christopher Lewis: Salary Partner

Where did it all begin?

Historically, Spicketts Solicitors was established in the mid-19th century. The firm of Cassam & Battrick traditionally provided legal services to well-known financial institutions in Cardiff, as well as being a mainstream provider of legal services to its local area.

Amalgamating the two companies, Spicketts Battrick Law Practice was formed in 2006. Since then, the firm has continued to proudly honour their tradition of providing quality legal services to the community of Cardiff
and Pontypridd.

Conveyancing Department

Richard Battrick

Richard attended Guilford Law School in 1981/1982 and then carried out his articles in Dolmans Solicitors of Cardiff qualifying as a Solicitor in 1984.

In June 1986 Richard set up a practice known as Cassam and Battrick which practised under this name until the firm merged with Spicketts in January 2006. He is the Managing/Senior Partner of this practice however his background is predominantly property based.

Ryan Greenhough

LLB Hons 2.1 degree from Nottingham Trent University and articles in Cardiff in general Practice but specialising in commercial property. I joined Cassam and Battrick in 1997 and was made a partner in 2003.

I specialise in all aspects of commercial and residential property and property dispute resolution. I manage the practices busy property department and run the Albany Road office.

Marcelle Van Der Veen

Marcelle was born in Cardiff and started her legal career as a secretary in Gordon Williams in 1981 and attended Allt yr Yn College to progress her legal career.

Marcelle was the Debt Recovery Manager at Edward Lewis Bevan Ashford for 4 years before changing her career in 1995 to that of a Conveyancer at Stuart Cohen & Mae and also dealing with wills and probate. Marcelle joined Spicketts Battrick Law Practice Pontypridd in 2006 as a Conveyancer. But also deals with the Wills and Probate for the Pontypridd Office and Public Guardianship work.

Elsa –Marie Escorcio

Elsa is an Associate Legal Executive who has experience working in her chosen field of conveyancing and deals with all areas of residential conveyancing including leasehold properties, new build transactions, re-mortgages, right to buy schemes and transfer of equity cases and in the preparation of Wills.

Sharon Fitzpatrick

Sharon is currently undergoing training as a Licensed Conveyancer. She started her career with Howells Solicitors in 1980 as a Secretary and progressed to a Conveyancer.

She joined Spicketts Battrick in 2005 and deals with all aspects of residential conveyancing including leasehold, new build, remortgages, right to buy schemes and transfer of equity cases. She also deals with preparation of Wills and Power of Attorney’s.

Carey Jones

Carey is an experienced Graduate Legal Executive who has experience in her chosen field of conveyancing and deals with all areas of residential conveyancing including leasehold properties, new build transactions, re-mortgages, right to buy schemes and transfer of equity cases.

Matrimonial Department

Linda Parish

Linda Parish is Head f the Family Law and Care Department.

Linda Parish is a Specialist Divorce and Family Lawyer who advises exclusively on Family and Care issues.

Linda qualified in 1983 and has over twenty-five years of Family Law experience. She is a member of Resolutions who operate the most vigorous Accreditation Scheme so that the public can recognise those lawyers who are truly Family Law Specialists. Linda is accredited as a Resolutions Specialist in children’s issues and domestic abuse. She also holds the Law Society’s accreditation in Family Law and is a Member of the Law Society’s Children’s Panel. Linda is able to represent parents, grandparents and other adults where there are difficulties involving Social Services.

Linda undertakes both private and Publicly Funded work and her cases are normally settled on favourable terms without the need for court proceedings. She is however also very experienced in those cases requiring litigation for which she adopts a no non-sense approach.

Aumeneh Richetta

Having previously worked in Cardiff and then in the North West of England, Aumeneh joined the firm in August 2009 as a Solicitor specialising in family law.

The majority of her training was in family law, and since been qualified as a solicitor in July 2005, she has dealt with all aspects of family law to include divorce, separations, financial matters including high net worth cases, injunctions and children issues including contact and residence, but also public law children matters following social services intervention. Aumeneh is a member of Resolution and the Family Law Panel.

Aumeneh graduated from Liverpool University with a law degree and then attended law school at the College of Law in Chester. She moved to Cardiff in July 2003 to begin her training in a law firm.

Emma Parsons

Emma joined the practice in 2010 and has over 9 years family law experience. She is an ILEX qualified paralegal.

Gareth Jones

Gareth joined Spicketts Battrick Law Practice in 2006 after graduating from the University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd with a 2:1 LL.B. (Hons) Law Degree.

Gareth went on to complete the Legal Practice Course at CardiffUniversity’s LawSchool. Gareth is based at the Pontypridd Office and specialises in Family and Divorce Law, Housing Law and Civil Litigation. Gareth deals in all aspects of family law including residence and contact to children, divorce proceedings and financial matters ancillary to divorce including the drafting of Wills.

Gareth has strong links in the area and provides advice and support in domestic abuse cases including making the necessary application to Court for Injunctions (Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders).

Gareth is also part of the Housing Law Department focusing on possession cases, applications to be re-housed, disrepair claims and rent arrears. Gareth advises both Landlords and Tenants.

Jodie Elise Davies

Worked as a fee earner in the matrimonial department for the last five years.

Qualified as a graduate member of the institute of legal executives in June 2009 and due to the vast experience as a fee earner with the family department over the five years was granted a waiver from the five year qualifying period and was granted fellowship status and qualified as a fellow of institute of legal executives during November 2009.

Specialise in matrimonial matters including divorce, contact to children etc.

Louise Watkins

Louise Watkins attended Central London Law School in 1989/90 and was articled to Hugh James qualifying in 1992. Louise gained experience as a personal injury and commercial law and then specialised in housing law writing articles and giving lectures and providing legal advice on the radio.

She then joined Lindsay Ford Solicitors as a partner where she moved from civil work to child care work. Louise attended Court and developed her advocacy skills and represented both parents and children through their Guardian. She then joined R L Edwards Solicitors dealing with civil, housing and family work and again regularly gave legal advice on a local radio station.

She set up her own firm Watkins & Co specializing in family and child care and commercial law regularly acting as an agency advocate for other firms of Solicitors and Local Authorities. She was accredited to the Children’s panel in 2004. Watkins and Co merged with Spicketts at the same time as the merger with Cassam and Battrick and is an associate Solicitor specialising in all aspects of family work and in particular child care work. She continues to act for children and parents. Louise attends Court on regular occasions and has recently been developing her role as an in house advocate in all aspects of family matters.

Matthew Wells

After graduating from Cardiff University with a 2:1 LLB (Hons) Law degree I attended Swansea University, where I undertook the Legal Practice Course and achieved the highest possible grade a “Distinction”. I completed my training at a High Street Law firm in Bridgend and qualified as a Solicitor in 2008.

I joined the Spicketts Battrick Law Practice in 2010 and I am based in the Cardiff Clifton Street office. In the field of family law, I specialise in advising and representing clients in relation to Matrimonial disputes (divorce and financial matters), Domestic violence issues, cohabitation matters, and disputes concerning Children. I am a member of Resolution.

My main areas of civil work include Debt recovery, Civil Injunction proceedings and Employment matters.

Stephen Alexander

Stephen is a vastly experienced family law Solicitor dealing with children and financial cases. He is a long standing member of the Law Society Children Panel of Solicitors specializing in child law.

After obtaining an LL.B Honours degree in law he qualified as a Solicitor in 1992 and has nearly 20 years experience, predominantly in family law practice. He joined Spicketts Battrick Family Team in September 2010 and is one of our senior family Solicitors.

Tracey Murphy

Has been employed as a case worker within various solicitors practices for the past 24 years. Whilst initially specialising in conveyancing, probate and civil litigation she has for the past 13 years specialised in all aspects of family law.

Has been employed by Spicketts Battrick Law Practice as a Family Law Assistant for the past 4 years and has a large and varied caseload of private law matters such as pre-nuptial and separation agreements, divorce and separation, financial claims, proceedings involving children and domestic abuse.

Personal Injury Department

Christopher Cater

I graduated from the University of Wales in 1982 with a Degree in Law. I studied at the Law Society’s College of Law in Chester.

I am a Partner and Head of the Firm’s Personal Injury Department. I have 26 years experience, specialising in Personal Injury work. I specialise in Claimant Personal Injury Claims involving Public Liability Claims, Employer Liability Claims and Road Traffic Claims.

I have extensive experience in high value Claims and catastrophic injury Claims.

I am a Member of APIL and I am a Member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme.

I also specialise in Employment Law issues.

Christopher Lewis

Civil Practitioner – Specialises in Claimant Personal Injury work. Vast experience in accident claims against Local Authorities, Employers Liability claims, Occupiers Liability, Road Traffic Accidents. Has good experience of claims arising out of Clinical negligence.

Other work has involved claims against the Police, Disease Litigation, Accidents on holiday and injuries involving animals.

Christopher has a thorough grounding in Criminal Injury Compensation Claims.

Christopher also has a good knowledge of the Civil procedure Rules and is involved in advising both Claimant and Defendant in Court processes and procedures.

Housing Law – Supervisor of the Housing Department. Deals with all aspects of Housing Law and work centres particularly on possession cases, Landlord and Tenant issues and disrepair claims against the Local Authorities and both Social and Private Landlords.

Christopher is experienced in Conditional fee work, Contingency Fee work, Legal Aid and Private Fee paying work.

Christopher was made a Salary Partner in January 2012.

Gareth Davidson

Gareth qualified as a Solicitor in 1992 and joined Spicketts Battrick in 2003.

He was originally based in the firm’s Pontypridd offices – but since October 2006 has been based at the firm’s Clifton Street, Cardiff offices – where he is responsible for a caseload of primarily personal injury litigation, acting exclusively for Claimants – as well as complex civil litigation disputes.

Gareth has developed a reputation for a “down – to – earth” approach to problem –solving – focussed on securing the best possible outcome for his clients.

Louise Armstrong- Rodgers

My name is Louise Armstrong-Rodgers and I joined the firm in May 2010. I currently work in the Personal Injury department and predominately deal with Road Traffic Accidents.

I graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 2005 with and LL.B Law degree. I then continued my studies at University of Wales, Aberystwyth studying a LL.M Masters in Law, basing my research on Children’s Rights, Parental Responsibilities and interaction of the Local Authority. In 2006, I attended Cardiff School of Professional Legal Studies where I completed my LPC.

Rebecca Howells

I started working for Spicketts Battrick at the beginning of January 2003. I was employed as a secretary in the Personal Injury department based in the Pontypridd office. Then in August 2007, I became a Legal Assistant and specialise in dealing with personal injury claims arising out of road traffic accidents.

Amy Palmer

I have been working with the Personal Injury Department since I commenced my employment at Spicketts Battrick in March 2011.

I am currently a Paralegal within the Personal Injury Department and am responsible for taking initial instructions and the drafting of witness statements for new potential personal injury claims.

I am qualified as a Graduate of the Institute of Legal Executives and am in the process of making an application for my Fellowship which will enable me to carry out my duties using the title of a Legal Executive.

Probate Department

Wendy Nicholas

Wendy joined the firm in March 1990 as a secretary/personal assistant to Roland Cassam. In April 2004 she progressed to Probate Manager where she enjoys a busy workload covering the Clifton Street and Albany Road offices.