Richard Caplan
Partner

After an all round training with a City practice, Richard has progressed in a westerly direction, having been in partnership with practices in Holborn and the West End, where he specialised in commercial and general property transactions of all kinds. When the recession took a firm grip in the early 1990s, Richard took the opportunity to broaden his practice into commercial work of all kinds including commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He has also been able to expand upon his interest in private client work. Richard is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Specialisations:

• Commercial Property
• Residential Property
• Commercial Litigation
• Company and Commercial
• Wills, Tax Planning and Probate

Linda Barker
Partner

Having graduated as a barrister Linda then qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and has extensive experience in criminal defence work.

Specialisation:

• Criminal Law

Wesley Harrison
Legal Executive

Wesley began his legal career in 1964 in a private practice in Oxfordshire. He was admitted a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 1974 and has worked extensively in both the private and corporate sectors dealing primarily with property and landlord and tenant matters.

Specialisations:

• Commercial Property
• Residential Property
• Company and Commercial

Cameron Collins
Assistant Solicitor

Cameron joined us in March 2007 having spent the previous ten years practising criminal law and has since extended his area of speciality to general civil matters including personal injury, landlord and tenant, media law and employment law.

Specialisations:

• Commercial Litigation
• Criminal Law
• Personal Injury
• Media Law
• Employment Law

Leilani Helmi
Assistant Solicitor

Leilani recently qualified as a criminal defence solicitor and she deals with the full range of criminal matters in addition to undertaking private family work.

Specialisations:

• Criminal Law
• Family Law

 

Peter Moore
Assistant Solicitor

Peter qualified in 1974 and has been practising as a criminal defence solicitor since then. There is very little that Peter does not know about this area of law.

Specialisation:

• Criminal Law

David Nandhra
Assistant Solicitor

Qualifying in 1996 David began his career in a West End commercial firm and has extensive experience in the field of commercial property having dealt with heavyweight property transactions, secured lending and higher value residential conveyancing.

Specialisations:

• Commercial Property
• Secured Lending
• Residential Property

Michael Shelton
Consultant

Michael qualified as a solicitor in 1976 and has great experience in litigation and in particular media law. He has been involved with the dance profession for 30 years and has direct experience of theatre and music productions. He is also a trustee of several charitable trusts and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Specialisations

• Intellectual Property
• Media Law

John Nixon
Consultant

John is a consultant solicitor attached to the criminal department and has been practising criminal law for over 10 years.

Specialisation:

• Criminal Law

Gavin Brown
Trainee Solicitor

After passing the Legal Practice Course, Gavin joined the firm in June 2008 and undertakes criminal defence work.

Specialisation:

Criminal Law

Shamsah Mughal
Paralegal

Shamsah joined Caplans in 2002 and since then has been dealing with residential property transactions and probate. Since joining the firm she has developed her own client base.

Specialisation:

• Residential Property
• Probate

William Kane
Clerk

Bill joined the firm 3 years ago and is a clerk with responsibility for costing, administration and prison law of which he has specialist knowledge. Prior to joining the firm he was engaged in administration and social work.

Specialisation:

• Criminal Law
• Prison Law

Steve Bocking, Brian Crouch, Paul Bowden and Stephen Green
Police Station Representatives

Steve, Brian, Paul and Stephen have been police station representatives for many years. They have substantial experience and extensive contacts in this field.

Specialisation:

• Criminal Law