Guidance

Panel guardians: a list of court-approved professionals

Find contact details of panel guardians

Applies to England and Wales

Some professional deputies are called ‘panel guardians’. They are solicitors appointed to the panel by the Office of the Public Guardian.

Panel guardians manage the property and financial affairs of someone whose whereabouts are unknown and who is classed as a missing person.

Guardianship orders are made by the Family or Chancery Division of the High Court. One of these courts chooses a guardian from this list when no one else is willing or able to act as a guardian for someone whose whereabouts are unknown.

North East

Daniel Lumb

Stonegate Legal
4235 Park Approach
Thorpe Park
Leeds
LS15 8GB

Telephone: 0113 468 9011
Email: dlumb@stonegatelaw.com

Rachel Swinburne

Clarke Mairs LLP
One Hood Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 6JQ

Telephone: 0191 245 4831
Email: rs@clarkemairs.com

Robert Mitchell

Panel Guardians Officer
Wrigleys Trustees Ltd
Derwent House
150 Arundel Gate
Sheffield
S1 2FN

Telephone: 0114 267 5323
Email: robert.mitchell@wrigleys.co.uk

North West

Catherine MacCracken

Birchall Blackburn Law
Merchant House
38,44, & 46 Avenham Street
Preston
PR1 3BN

Telephone: 0177 255 2218
Email: clmaccracken@birchallblackburn.co.uk

Christopher Partington

Slater Heelis LLP
16 School Road
Sale
Cheshire
M33 7XP

Telephone: 0161 968 3317
Email: chris.partington@slaterheelis.co.uk

Hugh Jones

Hugh Jones Solicitors
2 The Malt House
Deva City Office Park
Trinity Way
Manchester
M3 7BD

Telephone: 0161 871 3681
Email: hugh.jones@hughjonessolicitors.co.uk

Veronica Mullins

Oakley House
1 Hungerford Road
Huddersfield
HD3 3AL

Telephone: 01484 558 054
Email: veronica.mullins@ramsdens.co.uk

East Midlands

Martin Hill

1 Waterside Way
Bedford Road
Northampton
NN4 7XD

Telephone: 01604 258597
Email: martin.hill@tollers.co.uk

Victoria Pearce

Wilson Browne Solicitors
4 Grange Park Court
Roman Way
Northampton
NN4 5EA

Telephone: 01604 876697
Email: vpearce@wilsonbrowne.co.uk

West Midlands

Donna Holmes

Anthony Collins Solicitors
134 Edmund Street
Birmingham
B3 2ES
United Kingdom

Telephone: 0121 214 3671
Email: donna.holmes@anthonycollins.com

Nick Moxon

Higgs and Sons Solicitors
Unit 3 Waterfront Business Park
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 1LX

Telephone: 01384 327220
Email: nick.moxon@higgsandsons.co.uk

Greater London

Jeremy Abraham

Dawson Cornwell & Co
11 Staple Inn
London
WC1V 7QH

Telephone: 0207 5394824
Email: ja@dawsoncornwell.com

Russell John Hallam

Turbervilles
Capital Court
30 Windsor Street
Uxbridge,
Middlesex
UB8 1AB

Telephone: 01895 201758
Email: russell.hallam@turbervilles.co.uk

South East

Holly Chantler

Morrisons Solicitors LLP
Prospero
73 London Road
Redhill
Surrey
RH1 1LQ

Telephone: 01737 854 525
Email: holly.chantler@morrlaw.com

Ian Stuart Macara

Bennett Griffin LLP
1 Liverpool Gardens
Worthing
BN11 1TF

Telephone: 01903 706956
Email: im@bennett-griffin.co.uk

Jane Maitland

Freeths LLP
5000 John Smith Drive
Oxford Business Park South
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 2BH

Telephone: 0845 128 6963
Email: jane.maitland@freeths.co.uk

Mathew Edwards

Pinney Talfourd
54 Station Road
Upminster
Essex
RM14 2TU

Telephone: 0170 825 5174
Email: matthew.edwards@pinneytalfourd.co.uk

Samantha Hamilton

Mullis and Peake
8 - 10 Eastern Road
Romford
Essex
RM1 3PJ

Telephone: 01708 784064
Email: samanthahamilton@mplaw.co.uk

Simon Scott

Metcalfe Copeman & Pettefar Solicitors
MCP Solicitors
28/32 King Street
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 1HQ

Telephone: 01553 778101
Email: simon.scott@mcp-law.co.uk

Susan Bowler

1000 Lakeside North Harbour
Western Road
Portsmouth
PO6 3EN

Telephone: 023 9238 8021
Email: suebowler@coffinmew.co.uk

South West

Anthony Fairweather

Clarke Willmott LLP
1 Georges Square
Bath Street
Bristol
BS1 6BA

Telephone: 0345 209 1265
Email: anthony.fairweather@clarkewillmott.com

Stuart Bradford

Trevanion House
15 Church Road
Parkstone
Poole
Dorset
BH14 8UF

Telephone: 01202 715815
Email: S.bradford@hklaw.uk

Updates to this page

Published 31 March 2021
Last updated 14 June 2022 + show all updates
  1. Amending topic to 'Missing persons', updating panel guardian contact details

  2. change of contacts, new firm

  3. Northampton address change

  4. Added translation

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