LFS Conveyancing Conference

The Judges


Stephen Ward	The Council for Licenced Conveynacers	Stephen has responsibility for the Council for Licensed Conveyancer’s media, government relations and communications with the regulated community as well as licensing and complaints handling
Richard Powell	Ryder & Dutton and RICS	Richard is a Director of 19 office Estate Agency Firm Ryder & Dutton,, based in the Northern and Eastern sectors of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. He has over 35 years’ experience in Estate Agency, he is a Chartered Surveyor and is currently Chair of the RICS Estate Agency and Lettings Group and a member of the RICS Residential Board.
Mark Gilbertson	Mark Gilbertson Estates	Mark has worked in estate agency for 30 years. Most of this time was in the corporate world having experience right through the ranks. In the late 1990’s he worked to establish the legal services arm of Reeds Rains. Mark left the corporate world in 2009 to establish his own agency in Merseyside.
Rosie Rogers	Really Moving	Rosie Rogers is Chief Operating Officer at reallymoving.com and oversees the partner panels. She co-founded reallymoving.com in 1999 when comparison sites were in their infancy, and has grown the business to become the UK’s leading generator of quotes for moving home services
Rhonda Tracey-Hales		Former Director of a national risk and compliance consultancy, Rhonda has extensive experience in working with law firms of all sizes in a variety of areas including, implementing regulatory systems and accreditations such as Lexcel and CQS. Drawing upon her 12 year career in the legal industry, she has assisted firms with growth plans and refining their own business development strategies. Never one to be a wall flower, Rhonda has enjoyed presenting on many topics over the years, most recently bringing a practical and, where appropriate, amusing angle to the often daunting subject of risk and compliance.
Kate Griffin	NAEA	Katie is the President of NAEA Propertymark. She is a qualified RICS chartered surveyor and runs her own award winning multi-practice agency located in the South West of England. Katie is a passionate advocate for the property industry, committed to raising standards, sharing best practice and developing future talent
Charlotte Taylor	Charlotte Taylor Training	Charlotte is the Director of Charlotte Taylor Training Ltd and has worked in the property industry since 1997. Having been a Law Clerk for 8 years, a career change saw her starting out initially as an estate agent and subsequently as an Industry Training & Development Consultant. She has worked in both the corporate & independent arenas and is a member of both NAEA & ARLA.
Mike Day	Integra Property Services	Michael is a well-known figure with over 40 years in the property industry (he says he started when he was three!). He is a Chartered Surveyor and was the inaugural Chairman of the RICS Residential Faculty. He is also a Fellow of the NAEA and holds an MBA from Reading University.
Justin Parkinson	Decision First	Justin is the Managing Director of Decision First – the company behind Lender Exchange which manages and maintains information on some 5500 law firms on behalf of leading lenders.
Jennifer Davies	Practical Vision	Jennifer is the Legal Services Director of the Practical Vision Group incorporating Lawyer Checker, Todays Conveyancer, Todays Wills & Probate, Solve Legal Marketing & The Move Exchange. Jennifer graduated from University of Liverpool with a degree in Law, then moving on to work within Family Law for Morecrofts LLP. She has since worked for the Practical Vision Group, taking a leading role in engaging with the legal sector with a particular focus on Conveyancing. Her work has played a pivotal role in developing the leading Conveyancing publication, Today’s Conveyancer, along with providing strategic support to Lawyer Checker, a valued supplier to the industry.
Jody Evans	Legal Eye	Jody is the Director of Business Development for Legal Eye, market leader of outsourced risk and compliance services. Jody has 11 years’ experience working in the legal sector, leading in house risk and compliance teams for a top 50 law firm and Private Equity backed legal services provider from 2012 before joining Legal Eye in December 2017. Legal Eye work with a variety of law firms, legal services providers and related businesses across the UK to help provide practical solutions to the ever changing risk and regulatory landscape.
Richard Hinton	Pitsford Consulting Limited	The principal of Pitsford Consulting is Richard Hinton who has spent 27 years working in strategic and business development roles in the conveyancing industry, first with a 12-year stint as Business Development Director of national law firm Shoosmiths solicitors then as Head of Residential Property for LexisNexis Visualfiles and then as Head of Product Management and Business Strategy for Decision Insight Information Group, the owners of Searchflow, the conveyancing data business. .

Stephen Ward

The Council for Licenced Conveynacers

Stephen has responsibility for the Council for Licensed Conveyancer’s media, government relations and communications with the regulated community as well as licensing and complaints handling

Richard Powell

Ryder & Dutton and RICS

Richard is a Director of 19 office Estate Agency Firm Ryder & Dutton,, based in the Northern and Eastern sectors of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. He has over 35 years’ experience in Estate Agency, he is a Chartered Surveyor and is currently Chair of the RICS Estate Agency and Lettings Group and a member of the RICS Residential Board.

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Mark Gilbertson

Mark Gilbertson Estates

Mark has worked in estate agency for 30 years. Most of this time was in the corporate world having experience right through the ranks. In the late 1990’s he worked to establish the legal services arm of Reeds Rains. Mark left the corporate world in 2009 to establish his own agency in Merseyside.

Rosemary Rogers

Rosie Rogers

Really Moving

Rosie Rogers is Chief Operating Officer at reallymoving.com and oversees the partner panels. She co-founded reallymoving.com in 1999 when comparison sites were in their infancy, and has grown the business to become the UK’s leading generator of quotes for moving home services

Rhonda Treacy-Hales Legal Eye photo

Rhonda Tracey-Hales

Former Director of a national risk and compliance consultancy, Rhonda has extensive experience in working with law firms of all sizes in a variety of areas including, implementing regulatory systems and accreditations such as Lexcel and CQS. Drawing upon her 12 year career in the legal industry, she has assisted firms with growth plans and refining their own business development strategies. Never one to be a wall flower, Rhonda has enjoyed presenting on many topics over the years, most recently bringing a practical and, where appropriate, amusing angle to the often daunting subject of risk and compliance.

Katie Griffin portrait

Kate Griffin

NAEA

Katie is the President of NAEA Propertymark. She is a qualified RICS chartered surveyor and runs her own award winning multi-practice agency located in the South West of England. Katie is a passionate advocate for the property industry, committed to raising standards, sharing best practice and developing future talent

Charlotte Taylor photo

Charlotte Taylor

Charlotte Taylor Training

Charlotte is the Director of Charlotte Taylor Training Ltd and has worked in the property industry since 1997. Having been a Law Clerk for 8 years, a career change saw her starting out initially as an estate agent and subsequently as an Industry Training & Development Consultant. She has worked in both the corporate & independent arenas and is a member of both NAEA & ARLA.

Mike Day

Integra Property Services

Michael is a well-known figure with over 40 years in the property industry (he says he started when he was three!). He is a Chartered Surveyor and was the inaugural Chairman of the RICS Residential Faculty. He is also a Fellow of the NAEA and holds an MBA from Reading University.

Justin Parkinson

Decision First

Justin is the Managing Director of Decision First – the company behind Lender Exchange which manages and maintains information on some 5500 law firms on behalf of leading lenders.

Jennifer Davies

Practical Vision

Jennifer is the Legal Services Director of the Practical Vision Group incorporating Lawyer Checker, Todays Conveyancer, Todays Wills & Probate, Solve Legal Marketing & The Move Exchange. Jennifer graduated from University of Liverpool with a degree in Law, then moving on to work within Family Law for Morecrofts LLP. She has since worked for the Practical Vision Group, taking a leading role in engaging with the legal sector with a particular focus on Conveyancing. Her work has played a pivotal role in developing the leading Conveyancing publication, Today’s Conveyancer, along with providing strategic support to Lawyer Checker, a valued supplier to the industry.

Jody Evans

Legal Eye

Jody is the Director of Business Development for Legal Eye, market leader of outsourced risk and compliance services. Jody has 11 years’ experience working in the legal sector, leading in house risk and compliance teams for a top 50 law firm and Private Equity backed legal services provider from 2012 before joining Legal Eye in December 2017. Legal Eye work with a variety of law firms, legal services providers and related businesses across the UK to help provide practical solutions to the ever changing risk and regulatory landscape.

Richard Hinton

Pitsford Consulting Limited

The principal of Pitsford Consulting is Richard Hinton who has spent 27 years working in strategic and business development roles in the conveyancing industry, first with a 12-year stint as Business Development Director of national law firm Shoosmiths solicitors then as Head of Residential Property for LexisNexis Visualfiles and then as Head of Product Management and Business Strategy for Decision Insight Information Group, the owners of Searchflow, the conveyancing data business.

LFS Conveyancing Conference & Awards

The Judges