Business Defence Team

Nicola
Hornby
BA
Partner & Head of Business Law
Nicola has been with the firm since September 1990, 2 months after The Johnson Partnership was first formed. She qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and was one of the first solicitors in Nottingham to become a Higher Court Advocate (Solicitor Advocate) and regularly appear in the Crown Court. She has conducted cases of all levels as both a litigator and an advocate in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court and the Court of Appeal.
Nicola leads the Business Defence Department and specialises in dealing with all aspects of business crime and fraud. She is also a Peer Reviewer for the Legal Aid Agency, reviewing the work of other solicitors. In her spare time Nicola is the Chair of Governors of a local primary school.

Aaron
Watson-Weinberg
Business Defence
Details will appear here

Andrea
Cowie
LLM
Business Defence
Andrea started her training as a mature student earning her LLB and LLM from the University of Derby. Andrea is now waiting to complete her LPC and started working at Johnsons in January 2019 as a member of the Fraud Team. Andrea also attends the police station advising clients.

Sian
Barber
LLB
Business Defence
Sian joined The Johnson Partnership’s Business Defence team in December 2017 as a Paralegal. She is now a Trainee Solicitor due to qualify in April 2021.
Sian graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2012 with a LLB Law Degree. She then worked in Finance and Recruitment roles before embarking on the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at Nottingham Law School in September 2016.

Annie
Brown
Business Defence
Annie first came to The Johnson Partnership on work experience when studying her A-levels. She has now started a legal apprenticeship here at the company and is studying a level 7 solicitors degree at Nottingham Trent University.

Clare
Hodgkinson
Business Defence
Claire deals with the administration and billing in the department.