Stephen Wood

Solicitor

• Stephen undertakes work in the following areas:
• Employment Law
  • Settlement Agreements – advising upon for employees and drafting for employers
  • Drafting and advising on Contracts of Employment
  • Bringing and defending claims before Employment Tribunals
  • Advising on enforceability of restrictive covenants
• Landlord and Tenant
  • Drafting and advising upon Notices
  • Possession proceedings at Court
• Litigation
  • Inheritance and contentious probate disputes
  • Boundary disputes
  • Breach of contract
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Property disputes
• Agreement Drafting
  • Shareholder Agreements
  • Partnership Agreements
  • Terms of Business
• Mediations
  • Representing parties at civil and commercial mediations
  • Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator
  • Accredited Workplace Mediator
• Prior to Consulting with SP Law, Stephen was a Consultant in Wellingborough with Ryan & Frost Solicitors.  Before that Stephen was a Partner and Head of Litigation with Hoben Johnson Solicitors in Wellingborough and Rushden.  Stephen handles a range of civil litigation matters, and as well as appearing in the County Courts, has appeared in Employment Tribunals, the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and the British Horseracing Authority.
• Stephen is an accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator and also an accredited Workplace Mediator and has mediated over 95 mediations.
• In 2017 Stephen was appointed to the Panel of Chairpersons for the Valuation Tribunal of England hearing appeals concerning Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rates.
• Before being admitted as a Solicitor in 2002 Stephen was Called to the Bar in 1998.
• Outside of the law Stephen is a Parish Councillor and a member of the Daventry and South Northants Police Independent Advisory Group.
• Memberships and Offices
• Solicitor
• Chairman of the Valuation Tribunal of England
  • Registered Mediator with the Civil Mediation Council
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
  • ADR Group Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator
  • ADR Group Accredited Workplace Mediator
• Education
  • Certificate in Advanced Negotiation – Harvard University
  • Undergraduate Certificate in International Relations – University of Cambridge
  • Undergraduate Certificate in Social and Political Science (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) – University of Oxford
  • Postgraduate Certificates in Advanced Litigation, Pension Law, Applied Contract & Construction Law, and Employment Law – University of Bristol
  • Qualified Lawyer Transfer Test – BPP Law School
  • Bar Vocational Course – Inns of Court School of Law
  • LLB (Hons) – Brunel University