Our Directors
Dennis Malcolm Brewer
SENIOR SOLICITOR / MANAGING DIRECTOR
Dennis Brewer qualified in 1978 and started work in the Midlands and moved with his family to East Yorkshire becoming a partner with Max Gold and in 1998 becoming a Director in Harland Turnbull & Roberts and now a Director in Brewer Wallace. Dennis specialises in all types of property matters and specialises in Company acquisitions and mergers. He lives in Hedon and manages the firm’s head office at Shackles Chambers, 7 Land of Green Ginger as well as supervising our Parliament Street Office. He also attends weekly at the firm’s Hornsea office and sees clients at Bridlington or in their own homes by appointment. Dennis is a “Cruse” certificated bereavement counsellor and has in his private time been vice chair of Burstwick C.P.School, Chairman of Hedon Rangers F.C, Director of Bridlington Town F.C, Trustee of Pickering and Ferens Housing Association and Financial Committee member of St Mary and St Joseph R.C.C.Hedon.
Tel: 01482 221130
Robert Grant Wallace
SENIOR SOLICITOR / DIRECTOR
Bob Wallace was born and grew up in Bridlington and started working for Guy Shackles at his family firm “Shackles & Co” based in Hull’s Land of Green Ginger and a small branch office in Hornsea. After working as a clerk and study at Hull University he qualified in 1992. He lives in Hornsea and became a Director in Harland Turnbull & Roberts in 1998 and now a Director in Brewer Wallace. Bob manages the firm’s Hornsea Office and visits Bridlington on a weekly basis to see clients at the firm part time branch office at 22 Quay Road or in clients’ own homes (he also sails weekends from Bridlington Harbour). He specialises in Wills, Probate, Estate Management and Administration with emphasis on Inheritance Tax and Care Home Fees planning. Bob is a “Cruse” certificated bereavement counsellor.
Tel: 01964 537856
Senior Lawyers & Staff
Deborah Taylor
CHARTERED LEGAL EXECUTIVE (FCILEx)
Debbie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, and has worked at our Hornsea office since 2015, under the supervision of our Director, Bob Wallace. Having spent a total of 32 years in the legal profession, she now specialises in wills, probate, Court of Protection applications, lasting powers of attorney, and landlord and tenant issues. She enjoys all aspects of her work, but takes particular pride in knowing that she helps people who are having extreme health problems to sort out their affairs, and put their minds at rest.
Office : Hornsea
Tel: 01964 537856
David Stowell
HEAD LEGAL CASHIER / COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
David has worked in the legal profession since around 2010, and joined Brewer Wallace when it first started in 2012, as Head Legal Cashier. David’s work has been key in helping Brewer Wallace to obtain places on the panels of key mortgage lenders, and following a long period assisting our previous Compliance Office for Finance & Administration, David was authorised by the SRA to himself assume the role in 2020. When not studying for his degree in accountancy, he supports Hull City.
Office: Land of Green Ginger (Hull)
Tel: 01482 221130
Shackles Chambers (Land of Green Ginger – Hull)
Paul Smith
COMMERCIAL ASSISTANT
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
Paul works as a Commercial Assistant to our Managing Director, Dennis Brewer, assisting him with work such as mergers and acquisitions, business sales, business agreements, commercial property matters, and some residential conveyancing , all of which he has experience of from over 10 years working with solicitors’ practices in the Hull area.
Amanda Bottomley
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
Amanda honed the attention to detail which is so crucial for her legal work through her study of science at university, and her work as a scientist for 12 years before she joined Brewer Wallace in 2016. She now undertakes post-completion conveyancing work (under the supervision of our Managing Director, Dennis Brewer) as well as Wills and Probate work. When not studying for her Chartered Institute of Legal Executives qualifications, she enjoys following the various snooker tournaments.
Laura Guy
CONVEYANCER / ASSISTANT LEGAL CASHIER
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger Office, Hull
Tel: 01482 228808
Laura has been with Brewer Wallace since February 2018, and has already completed her AAT Level 2 in Accounts since then, and moved on to begin to study for her Certificate in Law and Practice from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She is supervised in her conveyancing work by our Managing Director, Dennis Brewer (with the assistance of Jemma Tonkiss, Senior Conveyancer). She enjoys working with her colleagues at Brewer Wallace, and the opportunity which she has been given to take her studies further with a view to developing her career.
Chris Payne
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
Chris first started work as a Legal Secretary in the mid 1970s, and joined Brewer Wallace in 2015. She currently provides support as a Legal Assistant in the Wills and Probate department as well as some admin support to our Directors. The main thing which she enjoys about her job is the interaction which she has with our clients.
Emma Smith
RECEPTIONIST
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
Emma is one of the main receptionists at our Shackles Chambers office in Hull, where she also undertakes work for our Managing Director, Dennis Brewer, assisting mostly in the areas of residential and commercial conveyancing.
Ricky Walker
ADMIN ASSISTANT
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
Ricky assists our Head Legal Cashier (and COFA) David Stowell with general admin tasks and archiving.
Kevin Ward
POST COMPLETIONS CLERK
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
Kevin has previously worked for another local law firm, as an administrative assistant, and joined Brewer Wallace in 2022 as a post completions clerk, assisting Amanda Bottomley under the supervision of Dennis Brewer (Senior Solicitor and Managing Director).
Rachel Livingston
CONVEYANCING ASSISTANT
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
Rachel has previously worked for other local law firms, and joined Brewer Wallace in 2022 as a Conveyancing Assistant, assisting Laura Guy under the supervision of Dennis Brewer (Senior Solicitor and Managing Director).
Keiron Casey
ASSISTANT RECEPTIONIST & ADMIN ASSISTANT
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
After successfully completing his apprenticeship, Keiron provides reception cover and also admin support for our Managing Director, Dennis Brewer.
Levan Joyce
WILLS AND PROBATE ASSISTANT
Office : 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull
Tel: 01482 221130
After previously working for another local law firm, Levan joined Brewer Wallace in 2023 as a Wills and Probate assistant working under the supervision of our Managing Director, Dennis Brewer.
Hornsea
Claire Sims
CONVEYANCER
Office : Hornsea
Tel: 01964 537856
Claire has been with Brewer Wallace since the very start in 2012, and brings with her the experience and knowledge that comes with having worked for law firms since the late 1980s, all of which means that she is able to see conveyancing work through from initial instruction, right the way to the end of transaction. She enjoys being part of the team and community at our Hornsea office, where she works under the supervision of our Director, Bob Wallace. In her spare time she enjoys watching motorcycle racing with her family.
Stephen Baker
CONVEYANCER
Office : Hornsea
Tel: 01964 537856
Stephen had a previous career in law enforcement, but upon retiring, decided to pursue a lifelong interest in property and retrain to work in conveyancing. He is based at our Hornsea Office, under the supervision of Bob Wallace (Senior Solicitor and Director).
Nikki Fox
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Office : Hornsea
Tel: 01964 537856
Nikki has over 15 years experience in the legal profession, and joined Brewer Wallace in 2017 to work under the supervision of Director, Bob Wallace, at our Hornsea office. Her proudest moments at work are when she receives thanks from clients for the service which she has helped to provide. In her spare time she enjoys Rugby League and football, and supports both Hull FC and Hull City.
Diane Swash
RECEPTIONIST AND ADMIN ASSISTANT
Office : Hornsea
Tel: 01964 537856
Diane is one of the receptionists at our Hornsea Office, where she also provides admin assistance to Bob Wallace and Deborah Taylor with with probate, wills and trusts work. She has been with Brewer Wallace since 2017.
Harriet Storrer
APPRENTICE ADMIN ASSISTANT
Office : Hornsea
Tel: 0-1964 537856
Harriet works as an apprentice admin assistant to the staff at our Hornsea Office, under the supervision of Bob Wallace (Senior Solicitor and Director).
Laura Marchant
RECEPTIONIST
Office : Hornsea
Tel: 01964 537856
Laura joined Brewer Wallace in 2023 and is the main receptionist at our Hornsea office.
Parliament Street (Hull)
Jemma Tonkiss
SENIOR CONVEYANCER
Office : 2 Parliament Street, Hull
Tel: 01482 228808
Jemma has been with Brewer Wallace since 2016, working as a conveyancer under the supervision of our Managing Director, Dennis Brewer, and now also assists Dennis Brewer to supervise our Parliament Street Office as a Senior Conveyancer. She previously spent around 2 years working for another firm of Solicitors in Hull. Jemma has been very much involved in the setting up and running of our online conveyancing quotation system, which has proved an enormous success with many of our clients. She still gets a great deal of pleasure from being able to notify clients when their purchase has been completed, and that they can go and collect the keys to their new home.
Kamila Bukowska
CONVEYANCER (LL.B (Hons.))
Office : 2 Parliament Street, Hull
Tel: 01482 228808
Kamila joined Brewer Wallace in 2019, after completing her Law Degree. She works as a Conveyancer, under the supervision of our Director, Dennis Brewer (assisted by Senior Conveyancer, Jemma Tonkiss), at our 2 Parliament Street office in Hull.
Sinyin Wong
CONVEYANCER
Office : 2 Parliament Street, Hull
Tel: 01482 228808
Sinyin has worked for Brewer Wallace since January 2018 and provides valuable admin assistance to our conveyancing team, under the supervision of Dennis Brewer (our Managing Director), assisted by Jemma Tonkiss (Senior Conveyancer).
Leigh Crowther
CONVEYANCER
Office : 2 Parliament Street, Hull
Tel: 01482 228808
Leigh previously worked at another firm of solicitors in Hull before moving to Brewer Wallace as a Conveyancer in 2022, under the supervision of Dennis Brewer (our Managing Director), assisted by Jemma Tonkiss (Senior Conveyancer).
Hannah Dougherty
CONVEYANCER
Office : 2 Parliament Street, Hull
Tel: 01482 228808
Hannah previously worked at another firm of solicitors in Hull before moving to Brewer Wallace as a Conveyancer in 2023, under the supervision of Dennis Brewer (our Managing Director), assisted by Jemma Tonkiss (Senior Conveyancer).
Sonia Calvert
RECEPTIONIST
Office : 2 Parliament Street, Hull
Tel: 01482 228808
Sonia is an experienced Receptionist who joined Brewer Wallace in 2022. Based at our Parliament Street office, Sonia also provides cover for our Land of Green Ginger office.