Meet The Team

Need to find a solicitor in Shirley?

At Eric Bowes & Co we can match you to the right person. Contact us for help with a range of complex legal matters.

Our team

Our team of legal experts have years of experience in various legal disciplines including family, conveyancing, wills and probate and property disputes. We will take time to listen and understand your situation in order to provide you with a personalised service.

David Wade

David qualified as a Solicitor in 1988 and joined Eric Bowes & Co shortly after. He became a partner at the firm in 1995 and is now the sole principal and heads the firm's family department. He has over 20 years experience specialising in the area of family law. He undertakes work in the high court, county court and family proceedings court. He is experienced in all aspects of marriage and relationship breakdown.

David's clients value his practical, friendly and personable approach and much of his work results from personal recommendation.

He is an advanced member of the Law Society Family Lawyer Panel and an accredited member of Resolution.

To contact David, please email:davidwade@ericbowesandco.co.uk - Read David's reviews

David Wade is listed as a Leading Lawyer by Wiselaw.

Elaine Townsend

Elaine joined the firm as the conveyancing manager in February 2008. She has been involved in conveyancing for over thirty years. She is an extremely well organised and friendly conveyancer offering a personal and efficient service to all her clients. Elaine prides herself on her excellent communication skills. She deals solely with residential conveyancing which includes sales, purchases, remortgages and transfers of equity.

Elaine has proved to be an excellent addition to our residential conveyancing team and her work has been highly complimented by clients since she joined the firm.

To contact Elaine please email: elainetownsend@ericbowesandco.co.uk

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Maninder Phull

Maninder is a Chartered Legal Executive specialising in private client work. She has a wealth of experience in probate applications and the administration of estates, drafting of wills, preparing lasting powers of attorney and dealing with court of protection matters. Maninder treats all her clients with the same high level of professionalism whilst tailoring her advice to each of their individual needs. She is friendly and approachable and is very popular with her clients.

To contact Maninder email mp@ericbowesandco.co.uk

Gurbinder Gill

Gurbinder Gill is a senior solicitor and is in charge of our housing department. He qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and has been at the firm since being admitted. He is a housing law and litigation expert and is a member of the Housing Law Practitioners Association.

Gurbinder has been involved in a number of important cases to the higher courts in housing law and the more recent unanimous decision of the European Court of Human Rights in McCann -v- United Kingdom [2008] FLR 899 ECHR. The landmark ruling in the McCann case will probably lead to a change or clarification of English law in respect of property rights. The judgement was described by one leading property barrister as "the most important UK housing law judgement in over 100 years".

To contact Gurbinder please email: gurbindergill@ericbowesandco.co.uk

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