Clive Broe

Clive is a Partner and Head of our Immigration Department. He was admitted in 1980 and has over 28 years experience of criminal Law. He is an Immigration Judge, accredited Immigration advisor and has special interests in Human Rights matters. He was formerly an authorised Public Prosecutor of Zimbabwe and spent nine years working on legal development projects there.

Clive was a Consultant to the Home Office Research Programme into the Criminal Procedures Act 1996 and with a Diploma in training and development teaches Judicial Administration at the Royal Institute of Public Administration. He trains the Police on the role of the solicitor at the Police Station.

Clive is a member of the VHCC (Very High Cost Case) Panel, as well as being a Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor.

Jim Hennessey

Jim is a Partner and Head of our Criminal Department. Before becoming a solicitor Jim was a Probation and Court Welfare Officer. He has also lectured in Criminal Law and trains the Police on the role of the solicitor at the Police Station.

Jim is a keen criminal advocate and a member of the VHCC (Very High Cost Case) Panel, as well as being a Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor.

Martin Oldham

Martin is a Partner and Head of our Childcare and Family Department and is also a leading Criminal Practitioner. Martin qualified as a Solicitor over 30 years ago. Crime and Childcare law have dominated his practice since then. Two of his more high profile cases have been filmed and broadcast, the last involving Charles Bronson who he represented for 2½ years.

He is a Recorder of the Crown Court and has higher rights of audience enabling him to appear in all of the criminal courts in the land. He also sits as a Recorder in the County Court dealing with Family and Childcare law. Martin is Deputy Coroner for Bedfordshire and South and west Cambridgeshire.

Martin is a member of the VHCC (Very High Cost Case) Panel, as well as being a Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor.

Nick Oldham

Nick joined Oldhams in 2008 and now runs our Employment Department, providing specialist advice. Having trained and qualified as a Solicitor in London, he regularly appears as an Advocate in the Magistrates Court and has also represented clients in care proceedings and at parole board hearings in prison