Individual Dispute Resolution

Simon joined Hart Brown in 2024 as a Consultant in our Dispute Resolution department.

With extensive experience in the law, Simon was admitted as a solicitor in 1986 and has worked continuously in legal practice since then. Simon is also the holder of a degree in French.

During his career, Simon has worked across many areas of law including criminal law, personal injury, insolvency, family law and civil litigation. Simon was a criminal Duty Solicitor for a number of years, also acting on an agency basis as an advocate for the Crown Prosecution Service. For 15 years, Simon was the Managing Partner of another legal practice.

Latterly, Simon has concentrated on civil litigation work which mainly comprises property litigation, contentious probate and some commercial litigation.

Simon's litigation work is concentrated in the County Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.

Yara is a Solicitor in the Dispute Resolution team here at Hart Brown, having qualified in September 2024.

Yara obtained her degree in Law in 2020 at the University of Surrey before completing her Legal Practice Course and Masters in Law in 2021 at the University of Law.

Yara joined Hart Brown in 2022 and practices in property litigation, employment and commercial litigation.

Yara is committed to understanding her client’s needs and providing efficient advice and solutions.

Some client testimonials:

“Thank you again for going above and beyond to get this done for me.”

“I’d like to make a special point of thanking Yara as well, she has been there too almost from the beginning! We have been lucky to have her.”