Welcome to Wood Sherwood Solicitors

For over 30 years Wood Sherwood Solicitors have played a prominent part in the communal and business life of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Today we provide decisive legal advice, guidance and solutions to over 1500 individual, business and organisational clients who value our high standard of legal support.

Meet the people behind Wood Sherwood Solicitors

Tim Lawrence

Tim Lawrence

Partner

Tim Lawrence

Experienced Solicitor and Partner.

Head of the Firm’s Family and Dispute Resolution departments.

Qualified as a solicitor in 1993

Main areas of practice include:

  • Family Law (80% of workload, includng: Prenuptial agreements, Cohabitation advice, Separation and relationship breakdown, Children Law, Family Finance)
  • Dispute Resolution (8%)
  • Employment Law advice (10%)
Helen Coates

Helen Coates

Partner

Helen E Coates

Experienced Solicitor and Partner.

Head of the Firm’s Private Client and Conveyancing departments.

Qualified as a solicitor in 2001

Main areas of practice include:

  • Wills, Probate and Estate Administration (75% of workload)
  • Residential Conveyancing (22%)
Richard Gooch

Richard Gooch

Associate Solicitor

Richard Gooch

Experienced Associate Solicitor. Formerly a partner of a leading Regional Law Firm

Qualified as a solicitor in 1988

Main areas of practice include:

  • Residential Conveyancing (70% of workload)
  • Commercial Property (22%)
Andrea Carter

Andrea Carter

Chartered Legal Executive

Andrea Carter

Andrea worked within the legal profession since 1987 before qualifying as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2000.

Main areas of practice include:

  • Lasting Powers of Attorney (95%)
  • Court of Protection work (5%)
Lucy Stubley

Lucy Stubley

Chartered Legal Executive

Lucy Stubley

Very experienced Chartered Legal Executive, having qualified in 1994

Main areas of practice include:

  • Residential Conveyancing including (95% of workload, including: Sales and purchases of freehold property, Sales and purchases of leasehold property, Plot Sales, Remortgages)
  • Transfers of Equity (3%)
Kate Morris

Kate Morris

Solicitor

Kerry Colley

Kerry Colley

Chartered Legal Executive