Robin Slade
Senior Civil & Family Clerk
Robin Slade
Contact
T: 01274 722560 or 0113 246 2600 [Option 2 (Civil/Family Clerks)]
Robin has worked at Chambers for 30 years. Alongside his colleagues Helen Craven, Kelly Bacon and Valerie Verity, they have a total which exceeds 100 years working at Broadway House Chambers.
Robin’s responsibilities include managing the Civil and Family Clerking Team, managing Counsels diary, fee negotiation, practice management as well as liaising with Courts, Solicitors and Clerks from other Chambers.
Robin and the Team have consistently been recognised within legal directories:
"Robin Slade is the Senior Civil and Family Clerk. He manages the barristers very tightly and is accommodating." "The clerks are great and friendly and weathered COVID-19 particularly well with no interruptions. The clerks always take time to get to know their solicitors, which is remarkable given how fast-paced things are." "It is easy to get hold of the clerks and they respond promptly and efficiently. This has not changed during the lockdowns or pandemic generally, and a high standard of service has been maintained. Broadway House is a pleasure to deal with and they will go out of their way to ensure continuity of representation, even at very short notice." "They make instructions easy and are clear in respect of their costs and timescales for payment, making sure there is clarity for clients and no misunderstandings." (Chambers and Partners, 2022).
Kelly Handforth
Civil & Family Clerk
Kelly Handforth
Contact
E: khandforth@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722560 or 0113 246 2600 [Option 2 (Civil/Family Clerks)]
Kelly has worked at Broadway House Chambers for over twenty years and has extensive clerking experience within civil and family law. Kelly’s responsibilities include managing Counsels diary, fee negotiation, practice management as well as liaising with the courts, solicitors and clerks from other chambers. Prior to this, Kelly had experience working at the County Court.
Rebecca Clayton
Civil & Family Clerk
Rebecca Clayton
Contact
E: rclayton@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722560 or 0113 246 2600 [Option 2 (Civil/Family Clerks)]
Beccie has worked within a Barristers Chambers since 1999, having previously worked at Zenith Chambers for 21 years before joining Broadway House Chambers in 2020.
Her responsibilities include managing Counsels diary, fee negotiation, practice management as well as liaising with the courts, solicitors and clerks from other chambers.
In her spare time Beccie enjoys spending time with her many animals including riding her horse Gypsy and fostering Guinea Pigs Alba and Copper from the local rescue.
David Richardson
Civil & Family and Administration Clerk
David Richardson
Contact
E: drichardson@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722560 or 0113 246 2600 [Option 2 (Civil/Family Clerks)]
David possesses around 10 years clerking experience and started working at Broadway House Chambers in 2016. He has various IT qualifications such as Microsoft Technology Associate Security Fundamentals, HP ATA Designing & Deploying Connected Device Solutions and CompTia A+ Technician.
His responsibilities include managing Counsels diary, negotiation of fees, practice management and liaising with solicitors, clients and the courts.
He is also a Mental Health First Aider which helped him in creating Broadway House Chambers’ Wellbeing Policy and he is a physical First Aider (with oversight of the other First Aiders within Chambers). His qualifications in IT have also assisted him in co-creating the Cyber Security training for his colleagues. He also performs various other duties such as Risk Assessments.
His hobbies include travelling, reading and gaming.
Conor Allen
Civil & Family Fees Clerk
Conor Allen
Contact
T: 01274 722560 or 0113 246 2600 [Option 2 (Civil/Family Clerks)]
Conor joined Broadway House Chambers in July 2016 as the Civil and Family Fees Clerk after previously working at Leeds County Court.
During Conor’s time at Broadway House Chambers, he has been responsible for the billing of Counsel Fees in all Civil, Family, Immigration and Employment cases. Over this time, Conor has amassed a high level of knowledge of the different billing schemes, such as; Family Advocacy Scheme, Controlled Legal Representation (Immigration), Very High Cost Cases and Privately Funded cases just to name a few. Conor is very knowledgeable of the Legal Aid’s Client and Cost Management System (CCMS) and has often assisted solicitors in assigning Counsel’s fees on CCMS to enable him to claim their fees from the Legal Aid Agency.
Working closely with Senior Civil and Family Clerk, Robin Slade, Conor has been able to tap into Robin’s 20+ years of experience to build strong working relationships with instructing solicitors and other clerks across the north east region. This has helped ensure that billing is done in a timely manner and the fee chasing process is completed professionally, open and honestly.
Olivia Arnold
Junior Clerk
Olivia Arnold
Contact
E: oarnold@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722560 or 0113 246 2600
Olivia joined Broadway House Chambers in September 2023 as an apprentice office assistant at our Leeds Office. In April 2024, Olivia commenced her training to become a Clerk. Olivia is now a Junior Clerk and covers all practice areas within Chambers.