The Team

John Atkins

Head of Practice

John originally qualified as a barrister, and is now a solicitor-advocate with rights to appear in the Higher Civil Law courts. John heads the practice after twelve years in the law and has been involved in such high profile miscarriage of justice cases such as that of Stephen Downing. He is a highly experienced tribunal advocate. John now specialises in the areas of employment, immigration, and prison law as it affects life sentenced prisoners. 

John has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes, and is frequently asked to comment on current legal issues by the BBC and other broadcasters locally and nationally.

Coming to the law later in life, John has qualifications and experience in psychology, teaching, management training and administration. He has been a full member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. John has also written extensively on aspects of the law, in addition to lecturing in the subject to post-graduate level professionals.

He adds a personal message below and asks you to contact him at any time if you would like to speak to him about anything you see on this site, or indeed about anything at all where he can help you.

Our practice has developed very markedly over the past year, and it has brought tremendous benefits to our staff, and to our clients as a consequence. We are all committed to providing the best possible service and so we have all been delighted how our move to the Red House has allowed even greater development in terms of our client care than even we expected.

At Atkins Law, we have been careful to recruit only the finest quality people to work with our clients. This recruitment strategy has always gone beyond whether a person is a good lawyer or not. Our lawyers are excellent and therefore that aspect goes without saying. What makes the difference for us working here, and for our clients, is that all of our staff are all nice people to deal with. They are sympathetic without being patronising. They are terrific communicators so that our clients always know where they stand. Above all, they all place the client at the very heart of their dealings so that the client becomes a part of the team that deals with their case.

I am very privileged to work with the people I do. I am also privileged to be involved with our very successful Art At The Red House project (see the "Arts" page on this site) which goes from strength to strength. Our links with the arts community are a part of our visible commitment to the people of the south-west as a whole. We are a community based regional firm and are rightly proud of the interaction we enjoy with the all of the people we are here to serve.”

John Atkins

email: john@atkinslaw.co.uk

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