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Christopher Cumberbatch

Christopher is a solicitor and senior lecturer in law.  He was one of the founding trustees of Suffolk Law Centre, and his research interests are in charity law, equity and trusts, while his work as a solicitor is in probate and cross border succession. He seeks to make the law accessible to students, putting what they are learning into the context of daily working life, and is driven to use the law to benefit wider society and those most in need of support.

Megan Bailey 

Megan is the Legal Assistant for the Legal Advice Centre. Megan completed her Bachelor of Law with Criminology Degree in 2022 at the 麻豆 receiving a 1st Class degree, and during her final year, helped to establish the Legal Advice Centre, advising clients in both Family Law and Business Law. Alongside her position as Legal Assistant, she is also completing her Solicitors Qualifying Exam, and training to become a solicitor. Megan has also taught as an Occasional Lecturer on the Family Law module and Contract Law modules at the 麻豆.

Dr Atilla Kasap

Dr Atilla Kasap is a law and technology scholar who joined the 麻豆 as a Knowledge Exchange Fellow in Law in March 2026.  Atilla’s research aims to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and the law, focusing on the intersections of intellectual property, artificial intelligence and robotics, legal liability for emerging technologies, and data privacy. In recognition of his contributions to the field of law and technology, he was endorsed as an exceptional talent by the British Academy.  Prior to joining Suffolk, he secured prestigious funding from the Japan Patent Office and conducted research as an Invited Researcher at the Institute of Intellectual Property in Tokyo.

Logan Vidalet

Logan is our placement student for the Legal Advice Centre this year. Logan is in the second year of his degree and volunteered in his first year at the Legal Advice Centre too. He is eager to broaden his knowledge further during his placement and to assist with the supervision of our student volunteers.

Our student volunteers range from first year students to third year students, all of whom are very enthusiastic about gaining experience in advising clients about different issues. The students have played a crucial role in selecting the areas of law we provide advice in. They are very passionate about these areas of law, as they believe they are relevant and beneficial to the public and community in Suffolk.

Richard Port MBE

Richard is our volunteer solicitor who helps to support us with Family Law clients. Richard qualified as a solicitor in 2015 following the completion of his LPC at Staffordshire University and specialises in complex child arrangement cases and matrimonial matters. Richard is passionate about helping individuals who have experienced domestic abuse and in April 2021, he joined the Family Department at George Green LLP as Partner. He was made an MBE in the Queens New Years 2022 Honour's list for Legal Services to domestic abuse victims. He was also awarded Solicitor of the Year 2022 in the Birmingham Law Society awards. Richard joined MFG Solicitors as Head of Birmingham Family in December 2025.

Paul Whittingham

Paul is one of our volunteer solicitors who was previously a Partner at Ashtons Legal in the Corporate and Commercial Team where he was Head of Business Services. He is experienced in the acquisition and disposal of companies and businesses, as well as advising franchised businesses. Paul has provided legal advice to small businesses frequently throughout his career and continues to do so on a volunteer basis through our Legal Advice Centre, for which we are hugely grateful.

Andrew Tubb

Andrew is one of the volunteer solicitors who supports our Legal Advice Centre with our business clients. Andrew is a Partner at Birketts Solicitors in the Corporate Finance Team. Andrew’s corporate finance practice involves acquisitions, disposals, MBOs and reorganisations (including international transactions) acting for sellers, buyers and other investors. Andrew also has experience of structuring and negotiating investment and joint venture agreements.

Benjamin Hargraves

Ben is one of our volunteer solicitors who supports our clients in relation to business matters. Ben is a Partner at Keystone Law and specialises in Commercial Law. Prior to joining Keystone, Ben worked in both private practice and in-house in the energy, infrastructure, facilities management, NGO, environmental, finance, and automotive sectors.