Qualifications

• BSc in Politics and Law – University of Southampton 1972
• Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court 1977
• Diploma in Management Studies 1982
• Master of Laws (LLM) - University of East Anglia 2005

Work

• Articled Clerk (Trainee) with Andover Borough Council 1972 - 1974
• Trainee and then a Solicitor with Southampton City Council 1974 - 1982
• Assistant Clerk and then Director of Legal Services with Norfolk County Council 1982 -1996
• Head of the Local Authorities Team with Mills & Reeve in Norwich and then in Birmingham 1996 - 2003
• Founded the law firm, Nicholas Hancox Solicitors, in 2003 (and as a consultant with Birketts LLP - 2005 to date)
• Occasional consultant with Birketts LLP since 2005

Memberships

• Associate Member of ACSeS (the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors)
• Independent member of the Standards Committee of the Broads Authority 2005 - 2008

Debbie Ashton

Debbie Ashton joined the firm in 2008 from Liverpool City Council. She qualified as a Solicitor in 2004 and has experience of planning law and the law relating to village greens, as well as education law.

Visiting our office

Cavell House is 20 minutes‘ walk from Norwich railway station.  We are at the northern end of St George’s Street, where it joins (for pedestrians at least) St Crispin’s Road. 

St Crispin’s Road is better known locally as the Inner Link and the Magdalen Street flyover is nearby.

Travelling by car, you can park in St Andrew’s Multi-Storey Car Park on Duke Street, or on one that looks more temporary than it is, on Botolph Street.  The Botolph Street car park is much nearer.

Postal Address

Nicholas Hancox Solicitors
Cavell House 
St Crispin’s Road 
Norwich  NR3 1YE   

Phone, fax and email

Telephone: 01603 821012

Fax: 01603 821001

E-mail: enquiries@nicholashancox.co.uk