Our people

Our people are our greatest strength. Our experienced solicitors provide clear, commercially astute legal advice and practical legal services for businesses, individuals and families. As a full-service law firm, we support your business growth while delivering trusted personal legal advice you can rely on.

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Courtney Armstrong
Courtney is a Trainee Solicitor seated in the Commercial Contracts team, as well as Insolvency and IP.
Georgia Cuthbert
Georgia is a Paralegal in the Divorce & Family team located in Wallsend.
Leigh Ferguson
Leigh is a Dispute Resolution Partner with over twenty years experience. She is experienced in resolving a wide range of commercial disputes including claimant and defendant work involving breach of contract claims, negligence, misrepresentation, IP Infringement and brand protection.
Athena Fernyhough
Athena is a Trainee Solicitor who sits in our Divorce & Family team.
Alice Holman
Alice recently graduated from Durham University Law school, she has joined our family team at our Wallsend office.
Kerry Johnston
Kerry is one of the most thorough and able Paralegals in our region. Not only has she acquired a reputation as “a safe pair of hands”, but she is regularly praised by professionals and clients alike for her excellent people skills.
Kerry Kelso
Kerry is an expert in public and private children law matters and is head of the family team at our Wallsend Office.
Phoebe Murphy
Phoebe has recently joined our Family team after previously working as a Business Consultant within the Software industry.

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‘Hay & Kilner’ and ‘Hay & Kilner Law Firm’ are both trading names of Hay & Kilner LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales with registered number OC418767. Our registered office is at The Lumen, St James' Boulevard, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5BZ and we are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (Authorisation number 643191). We use the word ‘partner’ to refer to a member of Hay & Kilner LLP. A list of the members is available at our registered office.