Originally a modern languages graduate from the University of Manchester, I qualified as a solicitor in 1992, after obtaining honours in the Law Society Final Examination. I completed my training with Bullock Worthington and Jackson Solicitors, practising initially in litigation, before moving to Rothwell and Evans Solicitors in 2007 to specialise in wills, probate and elderly client work. I am now a director of the firm. I am a member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and an accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly.

After following a two-year post-graduate course with University College London, I was admitted as a notary public. As a notary I am regulated by the Master of Faculties through the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. I am also a member of The Notaries Society.