Services
Jerome & Co., Newport offer
a comprehensive range of legal services
to clients including specialist expertise
in the following:
- Commercial
- Conveyancing
- Wills and Probate
- General non-contentious work
- General Litigation
- Matrimonial and Children Act
cases
- Licensing
- Magistrates’ Court Work
Partner in charge: Clive
Wiggins, Solicitor and Arbitrator
Clive qualified
in 1979 and joined Jerome & Co.
in 1982, having spent the previous
three years working as a Crown Prosecutor
at Portsmouth. Clive has been a Partner
since 1985. He is a Member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
and has a Higher Courts qualification.
He also sits as a Deputy District
Judge and has many years experience
in civil litigation work.
Solicitor heading Matrimonial
and Child Care Department: Edwina
Colegate-Stone
Edwina joined
Jerome & Co.
in November 1989. She is an experienced
family lawyer and has been an Accredited
Member of the Solicitors Family Law
Association since August 1999. Edwina
is also a Member of The Children
Panel and an SFLA trained Family Mediator.
Commercial
Advice and assistance on establishing
new business ventures including partnership
agreements and  setting up limited
companies, responsibilities of directors,
guarantee and indemnity agreements
and related commercial transactions.
Commercial Contacts
Clive Wiggins
assisted by Nicki Verserli, who has
worked for Clive since 1984, and
George Colegate-Stone who joined
Jerome & Co. in July
2004.
Conveyancing
 Buying and
selling of leasehold and freehold
flats and houses. Advising on and
setting up management companies for
blocks of flats. Commercial conveyancing
of leasehold and freehold titles,
including transfers of businesses
as a going concern with a conveyance
of premises. General advice on leases
and other issues relating to titles
to land.
Conveyancing Contacts
Clive Wiggins
assisted by Emma Gifford who joined
the firm as a Trainee Solicitor in
August 2004. Mary Saunders, who
has been with Jerome & Co. since
1981, and Pauline Johnson, who joined
the firm in September 2000, having
previously worked here on leaving
school, provide secretarial support
in the conveyancing department.
Wills
and Probate
Advising
on and drafting wills for UK residents,
capital tax advice, preserving the
home as an asset, executor and trustee
services, either by sole appointment
or with co-trustees.
Wills
and Probate Contacts
 Clive Wiggins
advises and drafts wills assisted
by Hilary Dyer and Nicki Verserli.
Hilary Dyer is our Probate Executive.
Hilary qualified as a Legal Executive
in 1995 and has worked for Jerome & Co.
since 1984.
General non-contentious
work
Contracts
of employment, general domestic contracts,
trusteeship and advice and assistance
in most areas of non-contentious
business
General
non-contentious Contacts
Clive Wiggins
assisted by Nicki Verserli and George
Colegate-Stone.
General Litigation
Bringing
or defending cases in the High Court,
County Court and Employment Tribunal.
A complete litigation service for
most types of claim including commercial
claims, personal injury claims, claims
for unfair dismissal/redundancy,
disputed wills, claims relating to
leases/boundaries and other actions
relating to land.
General Litigation Contacts
Clive Wiggins assisted by Nicki
Verserli and George Colegate-Stone.
Matrimonial and Children
Act Cases
Petitioning
or responding to a petition for divorce,
bringing or defending claims for
financial provision, referral to
mediation where appropriate, public
and private law matters relating
to children, including contact, residence
and adoption.
Matrimonial and Children
Act Contacts
Edwina is assisted
by Carolyn Ward, who joined Jerome & Co.
in 1992, and Sarah Rand, who returned
to Jerome & Co. in 1998 after
time off to bring up a young family.
Licensing
Applications
for liquor licences for off sales/hotels
and restaurants and public houses
Licensing Contacts
Clive Wiggins
assisted by Nicki Verserli.
Magistrates’ Court
Work
Advising
on and defending clients prosecuted
for any matters being dealt with
in the Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrates’ Court
Work Contacts
Clive Wiggins
and his support staff.
Contact Details
Commercial, General Non-contentious,
General Litigation, Licensing
Clive Wiggins e-mail:
Nicki Verserli e-mail:
Telephone: 01983 522664
Facsimile: 01983 527424
Conveyancing
Clive Wiggins
e-mail:
Emma Gifford e-mail:
Pauline Johnson e-mail:
Mary Saunders e-mail:
Telephone: 01983 522664
Facsimile: 01983 527424
Wills and Probate
Clive
Wiggins e-mail:
Hilary Dyer e-mail:
Nicki Verserli e-mail:
Matrimonial and Children
Act
Edwina Colegate-Stone
e-mail:
Carolyn Ward e-mail:
Sarah Rand e-mail:
Telephone 01983 522664
Facsimile 01983 527474
Magistrates’ Court
Work
Clive Wiggins, Nicki Verserli,
George Colegate-Stone
Jerome & Co. Shanklin
and Jerome & Co. Sandown
Both offices deal with non-contentious
matters and offer specialist services
in:
Commercial and Residential
Conveyancing
Trusts and Probate
Wills |
