Advocacy Team

Associate Solicitors/Advocates.

Colin Furness

Qualified in 1974.

Jane Penny

Jane qualified in October 1984.

Granted Higher Rights in 2008.

Samantha Wingfield

Samantha qualified in 2001.

Goodall Barnett James were delighted when Samantha accepted a position at the Hastings Office in 2005.

We are now pleased to advise that Miss Wingfields skills are now reflected throughout both offices.

Laura Plant

Andrew Bullivant

Legal Executive Advocate.

Cathy Walker

Since 2000 Cathy has been qualified as a Member and Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and is a Police Station Accredited representative.

She joined Goodall Barnett James Solicitors in 2003.

In 2008 she qualified as a Legal Executive Advocate, allowing her to appear before all hearings in the Magistrates Courts, and Youth Court as well as certain hearings in the Crown Court. Cathy is one of only 27 such advocates nationwide to achieve this so far.

Day to day Cathy is busy covering Magistrates Court hearings , Magistrates and Crown Court preparation work, taking client’s instructions in prison and at the office, some police station attendances, instruction of experts, obtaining funding and other matters requiring her expertise.

Accredited Police Station Representative.

Sue Barclay

Sue qualified as an Accredited Police Station Representative in July 1997. She has many years experience dealing with all types of criminal work, including case preparation from arrest through to appeal.

Sue worked for many years in this capacity with Lewis Silkin & Partners and Atkins Hope prior to the merge with Goodall Barnett James Criminal Solicitors in 2007.