Mark has a broad range of experience and has dealt with numerous high value and complex cases for individuals, partnerships and corporate clients. He has appeared regularly in Courts around the country as well as the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Mark is focused on achieving the best result for clients as quickly as possible and recently acted for a multi-national client facing a £13,000,000 Counterclaim.
Outside the office, Mark loves to travel, visiting family in Australia and spending time with friends on the Greek Islands. He also enjoys all motorsports, his ideal break would be watching the Grand Prix in Monaco!
John originally joined Lane & Co in 1991 as a Trainee Legal Executive and left in 1996. He re-joined the firm in 2004 and became a partner having qualified as a Solicitor in 2005.
John’s legal expertise in debt collection and commercial litigation spans 25 years and his breadth of knowledge is extensive.
In addition John leads the Company’s new business strategy, while advising existing clients on the best way to recover their monies and improve cash-flow.
When not working John can be found on the river bank trying to catch that elusive double-figure Barbel, (which he is still trying to catch!), or cheering on Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Client care is of paramount importance to the ongoing success of Lane and Co
Our Team Members
Suzanne initially commenced employment at Lane and Co in 1997 as an office assistant. She has worked hard and has studied with Ilex during her employment having worked in several Departments over her time. She qualified in 2005 as a Member of Ilex and then went on to become a Chartered Legal Executive in 2007.
She has a vast amount of experience in Commercial Litigation and has dealt with a wide range of actions from Small Claims Hearings to Multi Track Trials.
Having a young family leaves little time for many hobbies but she enjoys films and the cinema. She also likes going to the theatre and enjoys all types of productions including ballet although her favourite is musicals. She also enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
Having worked previously in a large city firm within their Debt Recovery Department acting for a variety of Clients from individuals to multi-national corporate companies her skill sets are well suited to working within the Litigation team.
Her experience includes many complex contractual matters, disputed litigated cases managing the case from conception through enforcement to trial.
Having been denied a pet for most of her life, Kelly enjoys (consensually) stealing other people’s dogs for long walks in the park. She also enjoys listening to music and reading.
Abbie describes herself as:
“A caffeine dependent life-form who hasn’t won the lottery yet!”
In her spare time, Bev enjoys spending time with family and friends, enjoying holidays abroad and one of her favourite pastimes is gardening and growing vegetables on her mini allotment.
Gemma has previously worked in several retail positions before deciding to do a Legal Secretarial Diploma in her free time to enable her to join the legal profession.
In her spare time Gemma enjoys watching football (Leeds United ….. Oh dear!!) spending time with family and friends and travelling. Gemma has a bucket list of places she wants to visit.
She loves to sing (she actually can’t, but she loves to!) as we all will testify!!!!!
Deana also has a love of all things Welsh. In her spare time she is learning the Welsh language – “gwaith gwych, Deana!”
Whilst working as an estate Agent Laura completed a Level 2 Business Administrative Apprenticeship before moving on to become an Administrator in a construction business.
In her spare time Laura loves nothing more than a walk with her dog and relaxing with plenty of coffee!
Having been at Lane & Co for nearly 30 years there is a standing joke that she will only leave in a wooden box! Surjit does say she is not sure how the Directors have put up with her for so long, so she feels she must be doing something right.
Carolyn’s roles have been varied but she is now settled in the Accounts Department as the Credit Controller.
Away from the office Carolyn enjoys spending time with her ever expanding family.
Lorraine enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, gardening and walks with the dogs.
One of her areas of responsibility is the accounts department and she became the Lane & Co COFA when the role was introduced in 2012. A varied and hectic job is balanced by her family, pets and frequent visits to North Wales.