Partners & Management

Find out below the list of partners and managers at Scott Rees & Co who are responsible for leading their effective teams and departments, as well as managing the efficiency of how our day-to-day business is ran.

Charlene Mann is the Managing Director of Scott Rees during its transition into the wider Fletchers Solicitors group. With over 20 years of experience in change management, mergers, acquisitions, and business transformation, Charlene is responsible for ensuring a smooth and seamless transition for both clients and colleagues alike.

Her priority is to maintain the highest levels of service for Scott Rees’ clients, leveraging the resources and scale of the wider Fletchers Group to enhance client care and support the team during this period of change.

Charlene’s experience in leading transformation projects, along with her commitment to clear communication and collaboration, will ensure that Scott Rees clients continue to receive exceptional service while the team benefits from the expanded opportunities within Fletchers.

Tim is the Client Care and Compliance Partner for Scott Rees and Co. He is responsible for ensuring that our service for our clients remains excellent and beyond expectations.

Tim studied law at Bristol University and at the Chester College of Law.

After becoming a fully qualified lawyer, Tim worked at various legal practices to broaden his knowledge and experience of the personal injury sector.

Tim specialises in multi-track and fast-track claims, which includes employer’s liability, public liability and road traffic accident claims. He also works closely with the road traffic litigation department and outlay recovery teams.

In 2007, Tim Allen became a partner of Scott Rees & Co.

If you have any issues or complaints regarding your case or solicitor, then it would be best to contact Tim as early as possible so that changes can be made, if possible to do so.

Lucie is responsible for the day to day running of the catastrophic and serious injury team and handles her own complex and serious injury cases. Such cases include brain injuries, amputations, orthopaedic and spinal injuries. Lucie has a wealth of experience in complex employers liability disputes.

Lucie is a long-standing member of staff having joined the firm in 2002 as a legal assistant. She undertook her training contract with the firm and progressed to a partner in 2012.

Some of Lucie’s successful cases include:

• J v H. Motorcyclist involved in a collision with another vehicle. Damages of £510,000 were recovered for shoulder injuries, a severe ligament disruption to the knee and complex regional pain syndrome.
• G v T. Motorcyclist involved in a collision with another vehicle. Damages of £320,000 were recovered for a complex shoulder injury involving a massive rotator cuff tear and chronic pain.
• R v M. Army officer involved in a military vehicle collision. Damages of £235,000 were recovered for serious spinal injuries resulting in the claimant’s discharge from the army.
• T v M. Roofer involved in a fall from height at work. Damages of £120,000 were recovered for serious wrist, head and jaw injuries.

David graduated from the University of Manchester in 1995 in Economics. Whilst working in the financial services sector, he completed a Graduate Diploma in Law and qualified as a Solicitor in 2003.

He joined Scott Rees & Co in 2010 and was made Partner in 2012. In September 2016, David assumed responsibility as Head of the Employers and Public Liability Department.

Jeanette joined Scott Rees and Co in 2015 to head up the firm’s newly revamped medical negligence department.

Jeanette is a solicitor who has dedicated her career to personal injury work since 1996. She has been involved in several high profile cases and is regularly interviewed by the press on TV and radio in relation to her support for better care and treatment.

She has also provided training to other companies on issues surrounding medical negligence by passing on her experience in providing the best quality legal service and support to victims of medical negligence.

Since her arrival at Scott Rees and Co, Jeanette has overseen the development of the medical negligence department. With the inclusion of nurses to the firm, we are now capable of dealing with claims involving pregnancies and births, cosmetic surgery, eye injuries, surgeries gone-wrong, delays in diagnosis cases for cancer and other serious diseases.

Jeanette’s good work was recognised when she was offered the role of partner in 2016, almost a year on from her initial arrival.

Ben Gill, from Merseyside, originally studied Biochemistry and Management at Liverpool University before doing a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) to begin his journey into the legal industry. This was quickly followed by completing his Legal Practice Course (LPC) in 2003 and joining the solicitor’s roll in 2010.

In 2013, Ben joined the family of Scott Rees & Co to work within the RTA litigation department. Starting as a fee earner, Ben has enjoyed the role of Deputy Team Manager and then Team Manager within the department before becoming an Associate in 2017. His time as Team Manager has helped Ben to further develop his leadership skills and responsibilities.

Within 6 years at Scott Rees & Co, Ben Gill became a Partner at Scott Rees & Co.

Here are some of Ben’s successful cases:

• Ghodrati v Rahim & the Coop Insurance: The Defendant insurer accused the client of being fraudulent, being complicit in staging the accident in-order to make a claim, the matter went to Trial and the Claimant was successful satisfying the Court that he was an innocent victim and was awarded compensation accordingly.

Emma, from Lancashire, completed the Level 6 Ilex Course and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2009. She joined Scott Rees & Co in 2011 as a file handler for the RTA department before being promoted to Team Manager in 2013.

Her hard work and dedication made her an easy candidate for promotion to Associate in 2016. In December 2018, she took on further responsibilities as she was made Head of Outlay. In this line of work, she deals with the complex and higher value personal injury cases, credit hire cases and cases where fraud is alleged.

In June 2019, her accomplishments and outstanding contributions finally paid off as she was promoted to Partner at Scott Rees & Co.

Peter Bland is a Costs Lawyer with nearly 20 years experience in the specialist field of Legal Costs. He is also a member of the Association of Costs Lawyers and a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

He joined us in 2005 after previously working as a manager and principal negotiator for two well-known local firms.

At Scott Rees & Co he is the Head of Costs & Debt Recovery and is responsible for the day-to-day management of Scott Rees & Co’s Costs and Debt Recovery departments.

Peter became an Associate at Scott Rees & Co in 2014, and a Partner in July 2020.

Paul Harrison joined Scott Rees & Co in 2007 after a switch in career from sales.

He dedicated himself to both studying and work during his early years at Scott Rees & Co and received funding from the firm towards the Graduate Diploma in Law, on his way to becoming a fully qualified solicitor in 2012.

Initially joining the firm in the conveyancing department, he soon moved to the road traffic accident department before settling in the clinical negligence department in 2015, where he still works today.

Paul was promoted to Partner in 2021 and handles a complex and varied medical negligence caseload, as well as working alongside Jeanette Aspinall (Head of Clinical Negligence), where he has taken on more supervisory responsibilities.

Louise Dempsey joined Scott Rees & Co in 2017 and started as a solicitor in the road traffic accident department.

Her dedication and hard work resulted in her promotion to team manager within 3 months of joining!

With more responsibilities now she continued to deliver success with her team and became a candidate for the vacant Head of MOJ role, which we soon secured.

From managing a team of 5 members, she suddenly became the head of a 45 person department.

In 2 years, Louise’s incredible work and outstanding contribution to the firm led to her promotion and recognition as an Associate of Scott Rees & Co.

Lorna is a Partner, Personal Injury Solicitor and Head of Employers Liability and Public Liability at Scott Rees.

She has worked in Personal Injury for 16 years and specialises in employers and public liability cases involving technical liability disputes. Over the course of her career, Lorna has a successful track record in securing maximum compensation for her clients, taking great care to update her clients on any developments throughout the duration of their claim.

Gemma who is from Liverpool,  graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a 2:1 in Law LLB (Hons) before moving onto Manchester Metropolitan University where she completed the Legal Practice Course.

After completing her training contract at a firm in Chester, she was admitted as a Solicitor in 2009. She began practising in Personal Injury and joined Scott Rees in 2013, where she started in the Fast Track team, specialising in Employers Liability, Public Liability and Occupiers Liability claims valued up to £25,000.

Gemma progressed into the role of Team Manager in 2019 and was Promoted to Associate Solicitor in September 2021.  Gemma was then promoted to Partner in October 2023 due to her hard work and commitment to the firm and to her clients.

Gemma remains a Team Manager where she continues to specialise in Employers Liability, Public Liability and Occupiers Liability claims, with a value of up to around £100,000.  As well as running her own caseload, Gemma supervises a team of Solicitors, Legal Executives and Litigators.