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Meet the DBS Law team

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Rob Bhol - DBS Law ltd Rob Bhol
Managing Director
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Rob Bhol
Managing Director

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DD - 0121 374 2266

Rob Bhol, the Managing Director of DBS Law began his legal career in 1986. For over 20 years he conducted personal injury claims, working for two leading claimant personal injury firms prior to joining DBS Law in 2007 and securing many thousands of pounds for injured victims. In 1996 Rob joined a leading national firm of solicitors in Birmingham where he qualified as a solicitor, subsequently being made a Partner in May 2000. Throughout his legal career Rob has handled a wide range of cases from road traffic accidents through to complex industrial disease claims. He has successfully pursued many claims to Trial in both the County and High Court and has had cases before the Court of Appeal. He has provided education and training on this subject both in house and to membership organisations.

Since 2007, his role has developed into a full time management role, leading the company towards success. As a Managing Director, he is responsible for the day to day running of the business as well as growth and strategy. He has been responsible for significant growth of the business and the development of the internal structure and company culture.

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Director of Operations
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Zeeshan Masood
Director of Operations

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DD - 0121 374 2255

Zeeshan is Director of Operations at DBS Law Limited. He is a Chartered Manager, an award given by The Chartered Management Institute, UK. He is an accomplished management professional, equipped with a commanding track record of conceiving and turning original solutions into reality to improve staff development and performance within a customer-facing environment. He has key experience in assembling and leading teams to deliver results consistently, achieved through instilling belief in their abilities using strong motivational tactics. He is capable of promoting a culture of shared success during periods of transition through channelising people's energies in the right direction.

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Director
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Louis Carter
Director

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DD - 0121 374 2278

Mark Carter who is familiarly known as Louis has been representing the victims of accidents for more than for twenty years. He specialises in employer’s liability cases and has extensive experience in all types of personal injury work and criminal injury cases. Louis started work in welfare rights and civil liberties then specialised in personal injury work for trade unions. He has conducted several thousand accident and disease claims for trade union members and has developed specialist knowledge in many areas of this work. In particular, Louis has been heavily involved in running cases relating to defective buses and lorries which overlapped with his criminal work. He has developed an expert knowledge of road traffic law and continues to represent union members in the criminal courts.  

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Director
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Renukah Pragalathan
Director

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DD - 0121 374 2292

Renukah is a qualified Solicitor and a Director in the company. She has more than 8 years of extensive experience in dealing with personal injury claims, ranging from road traffic accidents, employer’s liability/work place accidents, slips and trips, dog bite cases and has also developed a specialism of dealing with Clinical Negligence (Medical Negligence).

Renukah is also responsible for overseeing the education and training department of the company and aims to ensure that all of the staff within the company are given the opportunity to gain excellent knowledge and expertise in their chosen field of law.  

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Director
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Sejal Karavadra
Director

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DD - 0121 374 2302

Sejal is Head of the Immigration Department and a Director at DBS Law. As a qualified Solicitor Advocate, Sejal has a number of years experience in the immigration field and has represented a large number of individuals and organisations. Sejal started her career at the Home Office in the Immigration Directorate and is able to draw upon this experience and expertise to advise on all aspects of immigration law.

Sejal possesses extensive knowledge in dealing with all sorts of immigration issues, from making an application to representing at Court. The immigration field is an ever changing area of law and by keeping herself updated with these new developments, Sejal is always able to do the best for her clients. In addition to assisting her clients, Sejal regularly attends immigration clinics in the community and also advises on immigration shows on Sky TV. Sejal has been successful in helping many individuals with their immigration matters and is assisted by her invaluable team.

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Head of Property Law
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Abdul Zaheed
Head of Property Law

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DD - 0121 374 2247

Abdul joined DBS Law as Head of the Property Department in June 2010. Abdul has vast experience in dealing with property transactions of all nature and meeting tight deadlines especially in situations where the stakes are high. He has experience working with some of the leading law firms. 

Abdul acts for individual clients and commercial clients. Abdul’s track record speaks for itself. His experience ranges from acting for a tenant on the acquisition of a lease of a small retail shop to advising clients and leading a team in multi-million pound Commercial Property deals. He recognises the need to provide clients with a service tailored to their individual needs at cost effective rates. Abdul’s growing client following is testament to the quality of his work.

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Head of Personal Injury
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Angela Fitzpatrick
Head of Personal Injury

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DD - 0121 374 2310

Angela Fitzpatrick is the Head of Department at DBS Law.

Angela is a personal injury Lawyer with over 20 years experience representing injured Claimants and their families. Her practice encompasses all aspects of Personal Injury claims specialising in high value serious injury claims including spinal injuries, amputees, brain injury, fatal accidents, occupational disease in particular Mesothelioma claims. For 22 years (13 years as a Partner) at a National Claimant Law firm she represented Trade Union and Staff Association members pursuing a wide variety of Personal Injury claims. This has given her extensive experience of cases involving workplace accidents. She has a particular interest in claims involving seriously injured cyclists having represented  members of a National Cycling Organisation.

Angela has pursued numerous complex Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals. She is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and a Mentor for students at the Kyra Institute.

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Head of Employment Law
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Paul Griffin
Head of Employment Law

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Paul commenced his legal career in 1996 having graduated from the University of Huddersfield with an honours degree in 1994, and then completing the Legal Practice Course the following year.

Following University, he took up the elected sabbatical post of Trading and Finance Officer for the University of Huddersfield Student Union for 12 months, before moving to work in Bradford, initially as a para-legal, and then moving home to Solihull to take up a training contract with The Wood Glaister Partnership.

Qualifying as a Solicitor in 1999, he now specialises in Employment Law having extensive experience dealing with both contentious and non-contentious work for both employers and employees ranging from contract advice, drafting policies and procedures, to full representation before the Employment Tribunal.

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Head of Family Law
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Farhat Akbar
Head of Family Law

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DD - 0121 374 2260

Farhat has specialised in the area of family law since qualifying as a Solicitor in 1998. Her caseload covers a broad range of family law issues: divorce, ancillary relief, disputes between parents over children’s issues, domestic violence and disputes between cohabitants. She has undertaken many high profile cases in the High Court, Family Division, ranging from ward ship and tracing a child’s whereabouts, to children’s issues involving the inter-relationship of English law and the jurisdiction of non-Hague Convention countries.

Other high profile cases include complex ancillary relief cases, including a recent successful case in the Court of Appeal. Farhat is a member of the Law Society Family Law Panel and a member of Resolution.

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Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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Mohammed Moeini
Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution

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Mohammed Moeini is the Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. He joined DBS Law in August 2011.

Mohammed’s practice is broad in scope and he has regularly advised clients in both private and public sectors. Mohammed specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution (including mediation) and has advised clients on a wide variety of commercial matters including post acquisition disputes (indemnity, warranty and Completion Accounts disputes), complex contractual claims and professional negligence claims. Mohammed has experience of both disposing of disputes at trial and resolving them at an earlier stage. 

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Head of Corporate Law
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Muneeb Dean
Head of Corporate Law

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DD - 0121 374 2334

Muneeb Dean is the Head of our Corporate team.

Muneeb joined DBS Law in December 2011. Prior to that Muneeb worked for leading National and European law firms advising  on various multimillion pound cross border transactions for high profile clients, including the largest privately owned construction company in the UK. Muneeb regularly advises SME’s, and major corporates.

Muneeb has extensive experience in relation to public/private joint ventures and partnerships including more recently in the Education, Housing and Health sectors, acting both for large Privates, and other public sector bodies including various Local Authorities, and lenders.

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Adeel Zafar
Paralegal
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Adeel Zafar
Paralegal

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Adeel graduated in Law from University of Derby in 2009 and subsequently went on to complete his diploma in legal practice at The College of Law.

Adeel joined the company in November 2010 and currently works in the Personal Injury Department dealing mainly with road traffic accident cases.

Aleema Kauser
Paralegal
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Aleema Kauser
Paralegal

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Aleema graduated from University of Wolverhampton in 2008 and subsequently completed her Diploma in Legal Practice at College of Law in Birmingham. During the first year of her employment with the company she worked within our client care team and received intensive training. This enabled her smooth transition to the personal injury department where she now represents clients who have been involved in accidents at work, on the road or in public places, although the majority of her current work involves road traffic accidents. 

Ali Chishty
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal
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Ali Chishty
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal

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Ali graduated from University of Wolverhampton in 2008 with a Law LLB (Hons) and thereafter successfully obtained his Diploma in Legal Practice in 2009. Ali’s immediate ambition is to secure a training contract and qualify as a Solicitor.

Ali works in the Personal Injury Department and primarily handles fast track road traffic cases involving clients who have sustained injuries arising out of motor accidents, as drivers, passengers or pedestrians.  He is proficient at dealing with low velocity impact cases and typically will deal with cases of a value of between £1000 and £25,000.

Ali is fluent in Potohari, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi as well as English. 

Alison Collins
Solicitor
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Alison Collins
Solicitor

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Alison graduated from Keele University with Law LLB (Hons), subsequently completing her professional training in legal practice at Nottingham Law School in 2007.

Prior to commencing her employment with the company in 2009, Alison spent two years working at Lyons Davison Solicitors under taking personal injury claims. During her training contract which is due to end in September 2011, Alison has gained experience in various legal fields, including Family Law, Employment Law and Property Law. She is currently working in the Personal Injury Department and is enjoying great success in achieving excellent results for clients who have suffered injuries arising from accidents at work, slips and trips in public places and road traffic accidents, be it drivers  passengers or pedestrians.

In her own time Alison works with under privileged children and takes part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Charity.

Amanpreet Kaur
Trainee Solicitor
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Amanpreet Kaur
Trainee Solicitor

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Amanpreet began her employment with the company as a paralegal in October 2008. Amanpreet is now a Trainee Solicitor with the firm. She completed her law degree in 2007, achieving a 2.1, and completed her Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School, with a commendation, in 2008.

Amanpreet specialises in dealing with Road Traffic Accidents and has dealt with a variety of injuries, varying from minor soft tissue/whiplash injuries to fractures. In addition, Amanpreet also deals with Public Liability and Employer’s Liability cases.  

Anita Pottay
Paralegal
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Anita Pottay
Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2254

Prior to joining the company, Anita had gained 10 years of experience within the customer service sector. Since December 2008 Anita has worked in the Criminal Injury Compensation Claims Department representing the victims of crimes of assault and abuse. Recently she has diversified in to other work types and is also representing clients who have been injured in road traffic accidents.  

Arvind Gusain
IT Assistant
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Arvind Gusain
IT Assistant

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DD - 0121 374 2289

Arvind Gusain is an IT Administrator at DBS Law Limited. As a Microsoft Certified System Administrator and Engineer, Arvind have an extensive number of year’s experiences in installing, troubleshooting and maintaining servers, computer hardware and software. He has a strong background in system engineering, networking and security of data, which help to provide outstanding technical services to the organization as well as Client.

Arvind is fluent in English and Hindi. 

Baljit Tank
Receptionist/Legal Secretary
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Baljit Tank
Receptionist/Legal Secretary

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Baljit joined the company in November 2010 as a receptionist/legal secretary. Prior to this, she has gained in the region of 20 years experience as a legal secretary dealing with personal injury cases, family law and property law matters. 

Bobby Khela
Client Advisor
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Bobby Khela
Client Advisor

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Bobby joined the company in January 2008 and works within the customer care team. He has a keen interest in developing office management skills with a view to enhancing internal systems and improving overall customer satisfaction levels.

Bobby is fluent in English and Punjabi. 

Bobby Mann
Team Leader/Accounts Assistant
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Bobby Mann
Team Leader/Accounts Assistant

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Bobby is a valuable member of the accounts team. He is a team leader with over 7 years of experience in legal accounting and is currently studying level 3 AAT qualification at Kaplan Financial. 

Clive Wheatley
Head of Finance
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Clive Wheatley
Head of Finance

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DD - 0121 374 2258

Clive is a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants (FFA) and joined the company in 2008. He previously spent 17 years at an international law firm.  Clive is a senior member in our accomplished accounts team undertaking all aspects of business accounting and budgetary control. 

Elena Cicova
Paralegal

Elena Cicova
Paralegal

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Elena  graduated in LLB Law from Birmingham City University in 2009 and then completed the Legal Practice Course from the College of Law in 2010. She then went on to gain valuable experience as a Paralegal at Levenes Solicitors followed on by Lyons Davidson. Elena has handled a varied case load consisting of Employer Liability, Public Liability, CICA as well as Road Traffic Accident claims.

She joined the firm in February 2012 and is employed as a Paralegal in the Personal Injury department.

Elena speaks fluent Slovakian as well as English.  

Guganpreet Sangha
Client Advisor
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Guganpreet Sangha
Client Advisor

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Guganpreet has completed her LPC from University of Wolverhampton. She is currently working in the Client Care Department advising new clients on their potential claims and dealing with general inquiries.  

Guganpreet is fluent in Punjabi and English.  

Gurpreet Sandhu
Trainee Solicitor
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Gurpreet Sandhu
Trainee Solicitor

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Gurpreet graduated from University of Leicester in 2007 and subsequently completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law. He then joined the company in 2008 and initially was a part of the home visit team which gave him an immediate opportunity to deal directly with clients and gain firsthand experience.

Following a period of approximately one year in this department, he was transferred to the personal injury department where he has been representing the victims of road traffic accidents.

He has recently commenced his training contract with the company and will also gain experience in other legal areas such as employment Law, Property Law, Immigration Law and Family Law.

Gurpreet is fluent in English, Punjabi and Urdu. 

Harjeet Singh
Head of IT
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Harjeet Singh
Head of IT

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DD - 0121 374 2288

Harry graduated in bachelors and Master level qualifications in Information technology field. He has developed solid core IT infrastructure skills in planning, designing, developing and maintaining a complete IT & Telecommunications infrastructure for SME’s. His further skill set includes wide knowledge of the latest Microsoft technologies including Virtualization and Failover clustering. He is responsible for providing a reliable, cost effective, secure and performing IT environment, to enable the company to assist its staff in providing clients with an excellent service.

Favourite Quote: Passionate about IT and Support - eat sleep breathe it. 

Harry is fluent in English, Punjabi and Hindi. 

Huma Durrani
Human Resources Advisor
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Huma Durrani
Human Resources Advisor

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DD - 0121 374 2262

Huma graduated in Business Management and Public Policy from Aston University Business School and is currently completing the CIPD in HR Management.

She joined the company in October 2008 and is currently working in the HR Department and previously worked as a Client Advisor.

Huma is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi 

Huma Rashid
Paralegal
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Huma Rashid
Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2263

Huma graduated in Law with honours from Queen Mary College, University of London, subsequently completing her diploma in legal practice at The College of Law in Birmingham.

Huma joined the company in August 2010 and is currently a Paralegal working in the Personal Injury Department.

Huma is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. 

Iram Ali
Client Advisor
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Iram Ali
Client Advisor

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DD - 0121 374 2249

Iram graduated in LLB Law from Nottingham Trent University and is currently completing her LPC from the same institute.  

Iram joined the firm in November 2011 and is now employed as a Client Advisor. She is fully trained in dealing with various new enquiries.  

Iram can speak in Urdu and Punjabi as well as English.

Jascaran Chahal
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal
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Jascaran Chahal
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal

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Jascaran initially graduated from Keele University and then completed his Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Birmingham.

He joined the company in October 2010 and is now employed as a Paralegal in the Personal Injury department and also assists with credit hire cases.

Prior to joining the company, he worked at Keoghs LLP, who are a Defendant Insurance Litigation firm. Jascaran currently specialises is Road Traffic Accidents but also deals with Employers Liability and Public Liability claims.

Jaskaren Dhaliwal
LLB, Legal Secretary
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Jaskaren Dhaliwal
LLB, Legal Secretary

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DD - 0121 374 2267

Jaskaren graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a law degree and is due to commence the legal practice course in September 2011. Her ambition is to qualify as a solicitor. Since joining the company in February 2010, she has undertaken work as a Legal Secretary which is providing her with early opportunities of gaining considerable experience in the area of personal injury.  

Jaz Kaur
Accounts Assistant
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Jaz Kaur
Accounts Assistant

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DD - 0121 374 2268

Jaz joined the company in 2010 and is a popular member of the accounts team where she undertakes a variety of legal accounting process. Jaz is currently studying the AAT accounting course at Kaplan College of Finance. 

Jerome James
Trainee Cost Draftsman
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Jerome James
Trainee Cost Draftsman

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DD - 0121 374 2259

Jerome joined the company in November 2009. Initially, he received training in the accounts department and undertook a variety of accounting processes. However, he displayed a keen interest in legal costs recovery and recently transferred to the costs department, where he is responsible for ensuring timely recovery of fees from opponents. 

Kamala Namburi
Web Development

Kamala Namburi
Web Development

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Kamala joined the company in February 2010. She works in the IT Department and specialises in Web Development.

Kate McDonnell
Accounts Assistant
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Kate McDonnell
Accounts Assistant

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Kate joined the company in 2009, working in the accounts department where she has achieved very high standards.

Khameeza Akhtar
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal
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Khameeza Akhtar
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2273

Khameeza started her career as a Paralegal at Irwin Mitchell law firm, moving to this company in 2010. She completed her Diploma in Legal Practice whilst working full time. She has more than three years of experience in representing clients who have been injured in road traffic accidents.

Kirandeep Athwal
Paralegal
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Kirandeep Athwal
Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2331

Kirandeep  graduated in LLB Law from Staffordshire University in 2003 and then completed the Legal Practice Course from the same institute in 2005. She then went on to gain valuable experience as a Paralegal at AIG Legal Services followed on by Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP and Browne Jacobson LLP. Kirandeep has handled a varied case load (defendant and claimant) consisting of Employer Liability, Public Liability as well as Road Traffic Accident claims.

She joined the firm in October 2011 and is now employed as a Paralegal in the Personal Injury department.

Kirandeep speaks fluent Punjabi as well as English.  

Laura Eade
Accounts Assistant
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Laura Eade
Accounts Assistant

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DD - 0121 374 2269

Laura joined the company in January 2011 and is currently receiving training to undertake various accounting tasks. 

Laura Oseland
LLB, Paralegal
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Laura Oseland
LLB, Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2326

Laura graduated in Law with Business Management from Keele University in 2011 and is hoping to start her legal practical course in 2012. Laura joined the company in July 2011 and is currently working in the Commercial Property Department. Laura is looking forward to being involved in the DBS Heart Project helping people to shape their futures.

Lee Durno
Administrative Clerk
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Lee Durno
Administrative Clerk

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DD - 0121 374 2275

Lee joined the company in November 2009, originally working in the accounts department before moving into general office duties and to assist the general office manager to ensure the day to day smooth running of the office and to provide administrative support where necessary. 

Leslie Martin
Solicitor
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Leslie Martin
Solicitor

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DD - 0121 374 2332

Leslie graduated in Law with French Law LLB from University College of London in 2008 and then completed the Legal Practice Course from BPP Law School. She then went on to gain valuable experience as a trainee solicitor at Debevoise and Plimpton LLP including a three month secondment to Starr & Partners.

Leslie joined the firm in October 2011 and is now employed as a Solicitor in the Employment Law Department.

Lisa Baker
General Office Manager
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Lisa Baker
General Office Manager

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DD - 0121 374 2276

Lisa has been working within the legal profession for the last 20 years and joined the company in 2010 as general office manager. Lisa is responsible for organising and coordinating office operations and procedures in order to ensure organisational effectiveness and efficiency. 

Mandeep Nagra
LLB, LLM, Solicitor
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Mandeep Nagra
LLB, LLM, Solicitor

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DD - 0121 374 2329

Mandeep joined the firm in September 2011. He is a qualified Solicitor working in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department.

Mandeep has extensive insolvency litigation experience dealing with both personal and corporate insolvency matters. He is an Associate member of R3, Association of Business Recovery Professionals and the Insolvency Lawyer’s Association. He also has experience of dealing with a number of cases involving VAT fraud and claims under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and is a member of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyer’s Association (POCLA). In addition, Mandeep has experience of director disqualification proceedings (having previously worked for the Insolvency Service) and advising on general commercial litigation matters. 

Monika Williams
Polish Interpreter
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Monika Williams
Polish Interpreter

Monika graduated in Master of Law from Adam Mickiewicz University in 2008. She then went on to gain valuable experience as an Administrator and previously worked as a Purchase Ledger/Accounts Clerk.  

Monika joined the firm in November 2011 and is now employed as a Polish Interpreter assisting the existing Polish clients. She is also fully trained to handle new Polish enquiries.  

Monika can speak Polish and English.

Mukesh Chauhan
Paralegal
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Mukesh Chauhan
Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2281

Mukesh began his employment with the company initially as an accounts clerk in August 2008, but displayed an early interest in the Law. Accordingly, due to the level of his commitment he was given the opportunity to develop his true vocation and was transferred to the personal injury department. He is currently being sponsored by the company to complete his law degree on a part-time basis and will hopefully go on to qualify as a solicitor in due course.

He currently represents clients who have suffered various injuries, arising from road traffic accidents.  

Narinder Kang
Solicitor LLB
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Narinder Kang
Solicitor LLB

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DD - 0121 374 2282

Narinder graduated in Law in 2004 from University of Wolverhampton and subsequently completed her legal Practice Course and became a qualified solicitor in 2007. She began her career at an international law firm. Narinder has particular expertise in dealing with personal injury cases, and has dealt with a wide range of accident claims. However, Narinder also has a broad knowledge of commercial property transactions and has acted for a number of developers in option agreements, site assembly schemes, conditional contracts and site purchases and disposals. 

Neeru Karra
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal
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Neeru Karra
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2283

Having started out as a volunteer at the company over three years ago, Neeru initially worked within the client care team and now specialises in Personal Injury cases, mainly dealing with road traffic accident claims. She did a short spell at another national firm, Russell Jones and Walker conducting some of the highly published ‘sofa cases’, before returning to the company.

Neeru studied at the University of Birmingham and completed her Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in 2008.

As a valued member of the team, Neeru’s recent highlight has been the first to issue and settle a case under Stage 3 of the Rapid Claim Portal at Birmingham County Court. A new system that was introduced to streamline the claims process and hopefully make it more straight forward for claimants. 

Oliver Bennett
Paralegal
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Oliver Bennett
Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2330

Oliver successfully achieved his A levels and is currently studying the ILEX course. He commenced gaining valuable legal experience as a Paralegal at Plexus Law. Oliver is experienced in dealing with Road Traffic Accidents claims.

He joined the firm in September 2011 and is employed as a Paralegal in the Personal Injury department.

Paljinder Kaur Bath
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal
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Paljinder Kaur Bath
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2284

Paljinder studied the LLB Law Degree at Nottingham Trent University and completed her degree in 2007. She then attended Nottingham Law School where she completed the Legal Practice Course in 2008.

Since completing the Legal Practice, Paljinder has gained experience in the Immigration Department at DBS Law. Her role entails advising clients on their immigration enquiries, preparing and submitting applications to the Home Office and chasing the Home Office for a decision on applications. Paljinder also submits applications to various British High Commission Officers in different countries to enable clients to come to the UK using the Immigration Rules and the Entry Clearance route.  

Ravinder Singh
Client Advisor

Ravinder Singh
Client Advisor

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DD - 0121 634 6819

Ravi joined the company in August 2007. He is a fully trained and an experienced Home Visit Executive. His job involves visiting clients at their convenience to help complete the documents before starting the claim and to answer any queries that they may have.

Ravi is fluent in Hindi, Punjabi and English.  

Rebecca Moore
Head Legal Cashier
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Rebecca Moore
Head Legal Cashier

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DD - 0121 374 2287

Rebecca joined the company in 2008 and plays an integral part the operation of the accounts department ensuring appropriate regulatory compliance applicable to legal cashiering. Rebecca has in excess of 30 years experience in this field.

Richard O’Brien
Head of PR
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Richard O’Brien
Head of PR

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DD - 0121 374 2312

Richard has 20 years’ experience dealing with newspapers and the broadcast media. For the last ten years he was Director of Communications for the giant union Unite.  

Rukhsana Parveen
Legal Secretary
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Rukhsana Parveen
Legal Secretary

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DD - 0121 374 2294

Rukhsana is a legal secretary to one of the directors of the firm whereby she is the first port of contact in dealing with client queries, liaising with the court, defendants and other professional bodies. Her main duties include, audio typing, arranging meetings and appointments, construction of pleadings and preparing trial bundles. Rukhsana also has experience of working in other areas of law such as family, immigration, residential conveyancing and litigation.  

Rupy Sandhu
LLB, Trainee Solicitor
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Rupy Sandhu
LLB, Trainee Solicitor

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DD - 0121 374 2295

Rupy started her career as a Paralegal at a top 100 law firm, CTS, in 2007 where she started work just after completing her GDL and then going onto to study her LPC part time whilst working full time. Following completion of her LPC, she has secured herself with a Training Contract at CTS which is due to commence in September 2011. She should then go onto qualify as a Solicitor in 2013.

In practice, Rupy acts on behalf of Claimants who have suffered injuries arising from road traffic accidents, in the course of their employment and in public places.  

Rupy speaks fluent Punjabi as well as English 

Saima Zaffar
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal
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Saima Zaffar
LLB, LPC Graduate. Paralegal

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DD - 0121 374 2296

Miss Saima Zaffar is an experienced Litigation Executive who has been with the company since November 2005 and since that time has been representing the victims of accidents, who have suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious arising from slips and trips in public places as well as product liability cases and beauty therapy which has gone wrong.

Sam also plays an integral part in organising the company social events. 

Sandeep Madahar
LLB, Client Advisor
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Sandeep Madahar
LLB, Client Advisor

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DD - 0121 374 2322

Sandeep attained his Masters in Law in 2008 from Warwick University. He joined the company in May 2011. He is currently working in the Client Care department offering the clients an excellent service by assessing potential claims and dealing with general inquiries.

Sandeep is fluent in Punjabi and English.   

Sandy Nahal
Solicitor
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Sandy Nahal
Solicitor

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DD - 0121 374 2297

Sandy Nahal joined DBS Law in 2005. As a Solicitor she is now part of the Immigration Dept where she has gained extensive knowledge and experience in this area and thoroughly enjoys this work.

On a daily basis, Sandy undertakes initial client consultations, gives advice on immigration problems and issues, prepares and submits applications to the Home Office for various categories, drafts representations for client’s and assists in the smooth running of our client’s matters. Sandy has successfully assisted numerous individuals with Human Rights Applications and feels extremely satisfied when client’s receive their indefinite leave to remain in the UK.Sandy regularly attends to clients at Immigration clinics at the Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Sandy has also appeared on the Immigration show on the Sikh Channel on Sky TV where she has assisted viewers with their Immigration enquiries.

Satnam Singh
Solicitor
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Satnam Singh
Solicitor

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DD - 0121 374 2300

Satnam is a Solicitor at the company. He commenced employment with the company in February 2007. He began working on a part-time basis whilst he was undertaking a Graduate Diploma in Law. He made the transition into law after initially completing a Business degree at university. Whilst working at company on a part-time basis he was a member the customer care team and was responsible for discussing new claims with clients, along with visiting clients to help discuss the personal injury claims procedure and helping them to commence their claims. He joined the company on a full-time basis in November 2008 and began his training contract in January 2010. He will qualify as a Solicitor in January 2012. 

Satty Sahota
Senior Accounts Assistant
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Satty Sahota
Senior Accounts Assistant

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DD - 0121 374 2301

Satty joined the company in September 2010 after spending over 20 years at a national law firm working in their accounts department. She has brought with her a wealth of experience to the role which she undertakes in her current capacity. 

Shahena Begum
Litigation Executive
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Shahena Begum
Litigation Executive

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DD - 0121 374 2303

Shahena graduated in Law from Birmingham City University, which she undertook on a part-time basis and whilst at the same time working at the company as a client care executive. Since then, she has commenced her studies for the legal practice course and now works on a full time basis in the personal injury department where she is enjoying significant success with outstanding results for clients who have suffered injuries arising from road traffic accidents.

Shahena has also assisted Solicitors in dealing with cases involving Medical Negligence, Public Liability, Criminal Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents and Employer’s Liability.

Shahena is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali as well as English.

Sian Morris
Legal Secretary
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Sian Morris
Legal Secretary

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DD - 0121 374 2305

Sian joined the company in June 2009 and works as a Legal Secretary in the personal injury department assisting senior lawyers with their client files. Sian’s duties vary from dealing with clients in person and on the telephone, organising a very busy diary, typing, preparing court papers and all administrative duties.  

Susan Harknett
Litigation Executive
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Susan Harknett
Litigation Executive

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DD - 0121 374 2306

Susan began her legal career in 1985 as a fee earner for a leading claimant personal injury firm where she spent almost ten years and enrolled in ILEX. In 1995 Susan joined another leading firm of solicitors in Birmingham handling predominately road traffic accident claims as panel solicitors for a national insurance company. She went on to incorporate workplace, public liability and occupiers liability claims and joined the company in February 2007. She has successfully pursued many claims through to Trial, some of which have been reported in Current Law and on Lawtel. Susan attends regular training seminars and is a long-standing member of the Birmingham County Court User’s Committee. 

Vacaas Jangir
Client Advisor
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Vacaas Jangir
Client Advisor

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Vacaas joined the company in December 2008. He is a fully trained Home Visit Executive. His job involves visiting clients at their convenience to help complete the documents before starting the claim and to answer any queries that they may have initially.

Vacaas is fluent in Urdu, Punjabi and English.   

Vicky Blodwell
Solicitor Advocate LLB
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Vicky Blodwell
Solicitor Advocate LLB

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DD - 0121 374 2309

Vicky graduated in Law from Birmingham City University in and thereafter completed her diploma in legal practice at The College of Law, Birmingham before commencing employment with a top 100 law firm, namely Russell Jones and Walker. In 2007, Vicky joined the company and commenced a training contract leading to her full qualification as a solicitor in 2009. She gained Higher Rights of Audience in September 2010 meaning she can take instructions to act in civil, criminal and Judicial Review proceedings from other firms of Solicitors and private paying clients. She is a Team Leader, supervising 4 other lawyers.

In practice, Vicky acts on behalf of Claimants who have suffered injuries arising from road traffic accidents, in the course of their employment and in public places up until Trial. She also has significant experience in dealing with claims where issues relating to liability and quantum are disputed and deals with costs related matters.

Vicky is a member of the Junior Lawyer’s Division and works on their helpline providing a support service for other members of the legal profession.    

Vishal Sharma
Team Leader/Client Advisor
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Vishal Sharma
Team Leader/Client Advisor

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DD - 0121 374 2299

Vishal graduated from Coventry University with an Advanced Diploma in Information Technology. He joined the company in 2007 and is currently the team leader of the customer care team, responsible for dealing with new enquires. He is vastly experienced in dealing with all types of personal injury enquires and has assisted greatly in improving the internal workings and systems of this department within the company.

Vishal is fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi.