Staff information

All lawyers working in the LSO (apart from trainees) are qualified solicitors or barristers holding current practising certificates.

Jonathan Anelay

Director of Legal Services
Address: Wellington Square
Email: jonathan.anelay@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 280668 Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read History at New College, Oxford: qualified in 1972: practised with Ashurst Morris Crisp and then with the Oxford firm of Morrell, Peel & Gamlen: came in-house in 1997, and started the LSO in 1998.

Carolyn McKee

Deputy Director
Address: Wellington Square
Email: carolyn.mckee@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 280697 Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read Modern Languages at St John’s, Oxford: qualified in 1997: practised with Bevan Ashford: and joined the LSO in 1999.

Paresh Jasani

Isis Solicitor
Address: Isis Innovation Ltd, Ewert House, Summertown
Email: innovation@isis.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 280830; Fax: 280831

Other Info

Read Law at Wolverhampton, then a Masters in Law at Queen Mary College, and an MBA at City University. Qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and worked on privatisation of the railways: then held senior roles at Fujifilm, Amersham plc, GE Heathcare and Allergan and joined the LSO in February 2009.

Sarah Escritt

Senior Solicitor
Address: Wellington Square
Email: sarah.escritt@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 270410 Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read Modern Languages at Trinity College, Cambridge where she was both Junior and Senior Scholar: practised with Manches and trade union law firm Russell Jones and Walker; and joined the LSO in 2007.

Ben Hegedus

Solicitor
Address: Wellington Square
Email: ben.hegedus@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 270162 Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read Anthropology at University College London: qualified in 2003; practised with Thompsons Solicitors, a trade union law firm; and joined the LSO in 2008.

Elizabeth Liddiard

Estates Office
Address: The Malthouse, Tidmarsh Lane
Email: elizabeth.liddiard@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 278765; Fax: 288573

Other Info

Read Classics at New Hall, Cambridge: qualified as a barrister in 2003: practised with CMS Cameron McKenna: admitted as a solicitor in 2006; and joined the LSO in 2008 as a construction and planning solicitor. Based at the Estates Directorate.

Robert Bough

Solicitor
Address: Wellington Square
Email: robert.bough@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 270163; Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read Jurisprudence at Oriel College, Oxford: qualified in 1999: practised with US law firm WilmerHale and then with Eversheds: joined the LSO in 2011.

Geoff Hemmings

Solicitor
Address: Wellington Square
Email: geoff.hemmings@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 270138; Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read History at University College, Oxford: trained with Charles Russell LLP: qualified in 2009; and joined the LSO that year.

Kathryn Grant

Solicitor
Address: Wellington Square
Email: kathryn.grant@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 280645; Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read Law at Girton College, Cambridge; and joined the LSO in 2007.

Jeanette Ferguson

Office Manager and Executive Assistant
Address: Wellington Square
Email: jeanette.ferguson@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 270126; Fax: 280569

Sarah Garmston

Solicitor
Address: Wellington Square
Email: sarah.garmston@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 270117; Fax: 280569

Other Info

Read Law at the University of Nottingham.  Qualified in 1995, practised at Wilde Sapte then moved in-house to the Wellcome Trust in 1998.  Following a career break, joined the LSO in 2011.

Stella Chaulk

Admin. Assistant
Address: Wellington Square
Email: stella.chaulk@admin.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 270132; Fax: 280569