About Us
The team at Harold & McCormack Law is led by Ashleigh Harold, a solicitor with 25 years’ experience representing corporate clients and individuals with critical incident management and legal advice.
Ashleigh has been involved in some of the UK’s leading cases in the field of regulatory law. She is featured in the legal guides, recognised by independent publications and has been nominated and awarded Best Regulatory Health and Safety Lawyer UK and for Excellence in Regulatory Defence Law.
Prior to setting up Harold & McCormack Law, Ashleigh worked exclusively in top 50 law firms before running her own consultancy practice. This experience inspired a desire to establish a high-quality boutique law firm without the distractions found in traditional firm structures and to create a team of like-minded experts who each share a vision to provide the very best outcome for their clients.
Values
Client Care to the Standard We’d Expect Ourselves
Clarity and Transparency at Every Step
Expertise
Ownership
Founding Principle
Our founding solicitor, Ashleigh Harold launched the firm with one clear principle in mind: that clients deserve the standard of representation that she would want for herself. A solicitor who listens, is transparent and fights with absolute skill and dedication. Over years of working in high-pressure regulatory and investigative environments, Ashleigh saw how easily people can feel lost, overlooked or treated like a case number. She wanted to change that.
The firm is built around the level of care and commitment she would demand if she was in her clients’ shoes because when the stakes are high, nothing less is acceptable.
What clients say:
Owner - National Logistics Company
“We had the best team at the end of the day. Ashleigh and her team all did a great job for us, and we are all so very grateful. The outcome was a testimony to that.”
Westgreen Construction Ltd
“Ashleigh is an exemplary health and safety legal representative, and I can think of no better legal ally to proactively and reactively support you and your business – the star of her profession.”
Hayley Saunders – Partner Shoosmiths LLP
“Not only is she a true expert in her field ... She achieves the best outcome for her clients, I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending her.”
Typical clients include:
- Businesses and individuals facing regulatory investigations and criminal proceedings
- Business directors, officers, and senior management
- Individuals facing professional discipline action
- Clients requiring advice regarding public inquiries/inquests and judicial review challenges
- HNW individuals and entertainment figures
Reasons to get in touch:
- Experts at crisis management – retained by clients for an ability to instantly regain control, strategise and manage circumstances.
- Recognised award-winning service.
- Decades of experience.
- Access to services 365 days a year.
- Prosecution and defence experience, providing a 360 viewpoint.
- Advice and representation that is easy to understand.
- Meticulous preparation of casework and granular attention to detail.
- We care, we support and we get results.
Our Team
Ashleigh Harold -
Founding Solicitor
Ashleigh qualified as a solicitor some 25 plus years ago and has built a solid reputation for achieving the best possible outcomes for her clients. Her vast experience in the field of criminal and regulatory practice and her down to earth, compassionate manner, enables an easy rapport with clients and makes her a go to partner in times of crisis.
Andy Nightingale -
Forensic Investigations and Case Work
With over 25 years’ experience working as a Senior Police Detective, Andy has experience handling the most serious of criminal investigations, conducting interviews under caution and preparing case files for prosecutions. He brings an unparalleled insight of the inner workings of the criminal justice system to his case work. Andy has particular expertise in the world of online security and physical protection and is an invaluable resource to both businesses and individuals who require support with business continuity and those facing media attention.
David Greenhalgh -
Employment and Workplace Investigations
Employment Solicitor, David Greenhalgh, has over 35 years experience dealing with workplace investigations for senior executives, employer and employee clients. David's experience and knowledge advising on every aspect of employment law safeguards our clients from the potential ramifications which can arise following a regulatory and criminal investigation.
Carolyn Osbourne -
Early Years, Education and Social Care
Carolyn Osbourne is a highly experienced solicitor with a longstanding practice focused on the education and social care sectors. With over 20 years' experience, she advises clients navigating complex regulatory frameworks, particularly in matters involving local authorities and other public bodies. Carolyn has extensive experience challenging public authority decisions and regulatory panels, including cases concerning exclusions, admissions, professional conduct and safeguarding allegations. She regularly represents clients in court proceedings and has experience pursuing matters through judicial review where necessary. Carolyn is a trained mediator and adopts a pragmatic and client-focused approach, combining strategic regulatory challenge with practical solutions wherever possible.
Gill Parkins -
Central Support
Gill Parkins services the firm’s central support which provides a wide range of organisational and administrative resource. Gill has worked extensively for over 20 years in the legal profession and has a comprehensive working knowledge of both contentious and non-contentious legal practice. She is adept at dealing with high profile cases which require the utmost discretion, faultless secretarial and organisation attention.
Trusted Partnerships -
Professional Investigators
Through its affiliation with the Association of British Investigators (ABI) our team has a network of trusted partnerships to assist clients with the intelligence capabilities to support their cases from securing evidence involving intellectual property, asset tracing, obtaining expert reports through to providing highly bespoke and discreet services to clients. The ABI is the only association to partner with the Law Society of England & Wales and is included within the approved supplier scheme of the Law Society of Scotland.