Lawrence Napier

12th February 2026

Lawrence is a solicitor in the firm’s Witney Office. He qualified as a solicitor in 2021 and has since then specialised in family law, joining the firm’s family team in August 2025. Lawrence understands and empathises with the trials and tribulations often faced following the breakdown of a relationship, whether it’s between partners or spouses…. Read more »

Karen Garthwaite

8th January 2026

Karen has worked in private legal practice for over 20 years and qualified as a Legal Executive in 2010 after obtaining a law degree in 2005. She previously worked for the Institute of Legal Finance and Management as Head of Professional Development and prior to that, for two Oxfordshire law firms in a variety of… Read more »

Mark Haigh

25th September 2024

Mark is the firm’s Practice Manager, Partner, and sits on the Management Board. He has gained a wide range of knowledge working within the financial audit sector and a global finance team. He utilises this experience and organisational skill to allow the lawyers to focus their time on client matters. His other roles include facilities… Read more »

Rob Brown

25th September 2024

Since joining the firm in 2011, Rob has performed a major role assisting the Practice Manager in all areas of business administration and has been successful in building a diverse and impactful career within the firm. During his tenure, Rob has worked in accounts, overseen system training and development, handled business contracts, and served as the… Read more »

Melissa Coleman

13th November 2023

Melissa is a Chartered Legal Executive who joined the residential property team in the Witney office in September 2023. Melissa has worked in residential property since graduating from university in 2003 and qualifying in 2008. She has a wealth of experience in all aspects of conveyancing and really enjoys the contact with clients and professionals… Read more »

Jackie Phillips

14th December 2022

Jackie is a Chartered Legal Executive who joined Bower Bailey as a partner in the family team in November 2022 having previously spent 21 years at a leading national law firm. She is highly experienced having worked in the sector for over 30 years. Jackie is adept at advising on all matters relating to relationship… Read more »

Emily Llewellyn

11th November 2022

Emily qualified as a solicitor in October 2019 and worked for 3 years following her qualification as a clinical negligence solicitor for an Oxfordshire based firm. In October 2022, following a change of direction in her specialist area of practice, Emily joined the firm’s private client team in Witney bringing a wealth of transferable skills… Read more »

Stephanie Merritt

31st August 2022

Stephanie qualified as a solicitor in 2001. She previously worked for Knights plc for over 7 years where she was the partner and head of the employment team in Oxford until she opted for a slight career change with the broadening of her remit to include Human Resources. She joined Bower Bailey in 2022 as… Read more »

James Warren

21st April 2022

James joined the Witney office as a paralegal in 2021. He then trained with the firm and in August 2023 qualified as a solicitor into the residential property team. Areas Of Expertise Freehold and leasehold residential sales and purchases, both registered and unregistered Re-mortgages and transfers of equity First registrations of property Recent Work Acting… Read more »

Joshua Smith

13th January 2022

Joshua is a solicitor in the residential property team in Witney. He has specialised in residential property since qualifying in 2016. He joined Bower Bailey in January 2022 having worked previously for a firm in the Thames Valley region. Joshua has a vast range of experience dealing with all residential property matters and is known… Read more »