Jessica Hyde

Jessica trained with a national law firm qualifying in 2003. On qualification she moved in-house to Molson Coors (UK) where she worked for 6 years. Jessica joined nexus in Sept 2009 and she has a wide range of experience in intellectual property rights, media and entertainment law, advertising law, and commercial contracts generally.

Main areas of practice:
Intellectual Property Law
Media and Entertainment Law
Commercial Contracts

Craig McCracken

Craig trained in a niche commercial firm in Manchester, and qualified in September 2004, spending another two years there before joining nexus in October 2006. Craig specialises in employment law and has experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Main Areas of Practice
Employment contracts, policies and procedures
Unfair and wrongful dismissals
Redundancies
Restrictive Covenants
Employment Tribunals
Discrimination Law
Transfer of undertakings

Leilah Woods

Leilah joined nexus's property team in August 2004, before becoming a trainee solicitor with the firm.  She qualified into the Corporate and Commercial department in March 2007, where she is involved in a variety of transactions including MBO's, MBI's, mergers, acquisitions and disposals, as well as share schemes, corporate and commercial contracts.

Main Areas of Practice
MBO's
MBI's
Mergers
Acquisitions and disposals

Jennifer Beatty

Jennifer joined the firm in 2003 and worked as a paralegal for a number of years before leaving to travel around Australia. On her return she rejoined the firm to begin a training contract, and qualified into the dispute resolution team in March 2010. Jennifer is experienced in all areas of litigation, including contractual disputes, negligence claims, debt recovery and personal injury.

Main Areas of Practice
Contractual disputes
Negligence claims
Debt recovery
Personal injury

Lucy Blackburn

Lucy joined nexus in 2006 and completed her training with the firm before qualifying into the Property team. She specialises in commercial property law acting in Landlord & Tenant matters, for major lenders and developers, as well as investment and retail clients.

Main Areas of Practice
Investment Property
Landlord & Tenant
Property Development
Corporate Support

Ann Grice

Ann joined nexus as a paralegal in September 2009 having worked as a legal advisor at a national law firm. She studied at the University of Manchester before completing the LPC at Manchester Metropolitan University. Ann is part of the Dispute Resolution team.

Main areas of practice:
Property disputes
Debt recovery

Jessica Daniel

Jessica joined nexus as a trainee solicitor in September 2006 and qualified into the Employment department in March 2008. Jessica specialises in employment law and has experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Main areas of practice:
Employment contracts, policies and procedures
Unfair and wrongful dismissals
Redundancies
Employment Tribunals
Discrimination Law

Jonathan Pickles

Jonathan joined the Nexus property team in 2006 as a conveyancer. He specialises in all aspects of residential property, and commercial conveyancing, acting for a variety of clients, including investors, landlords and major lenders.

Main Areas of Practice
Residential Property
Investment Property

Carol Thompson

Carol joined nexus as a trainee solicitor in September 2007, qualifying as an assistant solicitor in September 2009. Carol is part of the Employment team.

Main Areas of Practice
Employment contracts, policies and procedures
Employment Tribunals
Discrimination Law