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Legal Team

 
     
Hannah Jarockyj, Associate Solicitor
 
 

Hannah joined Makin Dixon in October 2004 having qualified as a solicitor in January 2004.

Hannah is an Associate Solicitor and Head of the Halifax office.

She is a member of the Children Panel, the Family Law Advanced Panel and also of Resolution.

Hannah specialises in representing children and parents in care proceedings and other Children Act matters, as well as undertaking all other areas of family law.

     

Isla Boulongne, Associate Solicitor

 
 

Isla is an Associate Solicitor who heads up the Harrogate office.

She joined Makin Dixon in October 2005 upon qualification.

Isla undertakes all aspects of family work, however she has a keen interest in ancillary relief and domestic violence cases.

She is a member of the Children Panel, the Family Law Advanced Panel and also of Resolution.

     
Lindsey Palmer, Solicitor
 
 

Lindsey has been a qualified solicitor since 2004 having joined Makin Dixon in January 2008.

Lindsey is a member of Resolution and is a Resolution Accredited Specialist - her specialist subjects being domestic violence and children.

     
Jennifer Stroud, Solicitor
 
 


Jennifer joined Makin Dixon in June 2007 and qualified as a solicitor in July 2010 having trained alongside Ian Dixon in the Keighley office. Jennifer is a member of Resolution.

Jennifer is now based at the Todmorden office.

Jennifer undertakes all aspects of family law with a particular interest in domestic violence and children.

     
 
Rachael Higgins, Solicitor
 
 


Rachael joined Makin Dixon on the 4th August and qualified as a specialist family solicitor on the 17th August 2009.

Rachael is based at the Bradford office and covers all areas of family law but has a keen interest in private law, children and domestic violence.

Rachael is a member of Resolution.

     
 
Steph Tully, Solicitor
 
 

Steph joined Makin Dixon in April 2010 having qualified as a specialist family solicitor.

Steph is based at the Halifax office and covers all areas of family law and has a keen interest in private law, children and domestic violence.

Steph is a member of Resolution.

     
 
Rufia Adalat , Solicitor
 
 

Rufia joined Makin Dixon in November 2010 having qualified as a Solicitor in July 2010.

Rufia is based in the Keighley office.

She covers all areas of Family law but has a special interest in Children Act work and Forced Marriage Protection proceedings.


 

     
 
Ann Hallmark, Solicitor
 
 

Ann joined Makin Dixon in October 2010 and works in the Todmorden Office. 

Ann qualified as a solicitor in October 1997 and has extensive experience in family matters.    She specialises in private law children matters, divorce, matrimonial finance, domestic violence matters and co-habitee disputes.

Ann is a member of the Family Law Panel and Resolution.


 

     
 
Belinda Mellor , Solicitor
 
 

Belinda is a solicitor who joined Makin Dixon in November 2010. 

Belinda qualified as a solicitor in 1996.  She covers all areas of family law and has a particular interest in issues involving children and domestic violence.

Belinda is a member of Resolution. Belinda is also a member of the Family Law Panel.


 

     
Laura-Beth Walsh, Solicitor
 
 


Laura is a solicitor who joined Makin Dixon on the 21 January 2008and qualified in November 2011.

Laura specialises at present primarily in domestic violence and Children Act matters.


She also has a keen interest in matters arising from separation.


   
 
Tracey Jeffreys , Legal Executive
 
 


Tracey joined Makin Dixon in December 2009 and works closely with Hannah Jarockyj in the Halifax office.

Tracey qualified as a fellow of the institute of legal executives in 2000.

Tracey has a keen interest in care proceedings, children cases as well as divorce.

     
 
Lisa Rothwell, Legal Executive
 
  Lisa joined Makin Dixon in April 2010 having qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2005.

Lisa is based in the Skipton office and is a member of Resolution as well as being a Family Law Advanced Panel member and Resolution Accredited Specialist.

Lisa specialises in all areas of family law and takes a special interest in care proceedings, children matters and divorce.

 

     
 
Laura Horne, Legal Executive
 
 

Laura joined Makin Dixon in January 2011 having qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2006. She is a member of Resolution as well as being a Family Law Panel Member.

Laura covers all areas of family law but has a particular interest in private children law, domestic violence and financial matters.

 

     
 
Amy Foweather, Trainee Solicitor
 
 


Amy joined Makin Dixon in May 2011 following her graduation on the Legal Practice Course and Masters in Applied Human Rights.

Amy transferred from a previous firm whereby she specialised in family law. Amy currently works primarily in domestic violence and Children Act matters.

Amy also works within matters arising from separation.

     
Nicola Hall, Legal Executive
 
 
Nicola is legal executive who joined the firm in January 2008 working out of the Halifax office.

Nicola specialises in domestic violence, Children Act matters and divorce and enjoys dealing with all aspects of family law.
     
 
Lucy Phipps, Trainee Solicitor
 
 
Lucy joined Makin Dixon in March 2010 upon successful completion of her Legal Practice Course.

Lucy is a trainee solicitor based in the Harrogate office and is due to qualify as a solicitor in Summer 2012.

Lucy is particularly interested in divorce and ancillary relief matters.

Lucy is a member of Resolution and sits on the Young Resolution Committee.

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Amie Ayling, Trainee Solicitor
 
 


Amie joined Makin Dixon in September 2009 and presently works as a trainee solicitor in the Keighley office.

She has a keen interest in care proceedings, children matters and divorce.

     
 
Zoe Ayre, Trainee Solicitor
 
 

Zoe is a Trainee Solicitor who joined Makin Dixon in June 2010. She is based in the Bradford office.

Zoe is a law graduate and has also successfully completed the Legal Practice Course.

Zoe has a particular interest in domestic violence cases and children matters as well as other aspects of family law.

     
 
Jane Kelly, Paralegal
 
 

Jane is a law graduate, who has also successfully completed the Legal Practice Course and joined Makin Dixon in March 2010.

Jane is a Paralegal who works closely with the team in the Skipton office.

Jane specialises in all areas of family law but has particular interest in children's matters and divorce.

     
 
Sophie Fox, Paralegal
 
 

Sophie is a legal assistant who joined Makin Dixon in July 2010. She is based in the Keighley office and works closely with Jane Campbell .

Sophie has completed the Legal Practice Course and commenced a Masters in Law in September 2010.

Sophie particularly enjoys Children Act and divorce work.

 

     
 
Alice McIlveen, Solicitor
 
 

Alice trained in the North-East and joined Makin Dixon in September 2011.

Alice enjoys all aspects of family law but she has a particular interest in domestic violence and private law children matters.

She works from the Halifax office and will qualify as a specialist family solicitor in November 2011.

     
  Sophie Beamish, Legal Assistant  
  Sophie is a legal assistant who joined Makin Dixon in July 2011.

Sophie is based in the Bradford office and works closely with Laura Walsh and Laura Horne.

She completed the Legal Practice Course in July 2011.
     
 
Hannah Facer, Legal Assistant
 
 
Hannah is a legal assistant who joined the Makin Dixon team in April 2010.

Hannah works closely with Lisa Rothwell in the Skipton office and takes particular interest in domestic violence and children act cases.

Hannah is due to complete her Legal Practice Course in 2012.

     
 
Maria Shone , Legal Assistant
 
 

Maria joined Makin Dixon in January 2011 and is a legal assistant, working closely with Nicola Hall in the Halifax office.

Maria is currently studying the Legal Practice Course part-time and is due to complete this in 2012. 

Maria enjoys all areas of family law and is particularly interested in divorce matters and domestic violence.

 
Steph Houghton , Legal Assistant
 
   
 
Jemma Baron , Legal Assistant
 
   
 
Hanna Sargesson , Legal Assistant
 
   

Contact Us

Bradford
01274 747 747

Keighley
01535 605040

Skipton
01756 797 284

Halifax
01422 363 184

Todmorden
01706 839 787

Harrogate
01423 500 035



Makin Dixon Solicitors are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority  SRA number  426081 http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page