About Us

The Team

The team at Manleys have gained a wealth of experience at some of the UK’s leading law firms and came together to create a niche legal practice dedicated to giving first class service, building rapport with clients and focusing on achieving results.

Manleys lawyers feature as UK leaders in their fields of law in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 directories.

Legal 500 | Hall of Fame
Mark Manley

Mark Manley

Managing Director

Mark has more than 35 years’ experience obtaining outstanding results in disputes and litigation for clients.

He is nationally renowned for his work in reputation management, defamation, brand protection and privacy matters, on behalf of high profile individuals, corporates and organisations. 

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Mark was appointed to sit as a Deputy District Judge on the Northern Circuit in 2004. Mark became an accredited mediator in 1999 and has since successfully mediated over 700 disputes including many sports-related cases, contract/commercial cases, libel actions, professional negligence claims, intellectual property issues, and substantial shareholder disputes.

Mark is a member of CEDR Chambers (the set of the UK’s leading Mediators) and is also a mediator and arbitrator on the Sports Resolutions Panels. He has arbitrated several cases including an Olympic Games selection dispute and a large case between the FA and a football Club.

Mark has successfully won litigation cases at every level including in the House of Lords (now Supreme Court) and Court of Appeal including the landmark confidentiality/injunction case of Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee and Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd [2004] HL.

Clients

Mark’s clients include: Members of the Royal Family, the Government, several NHS Trusts, national and regional newspapers, TV companies, magazines and radio stations, football clubs, (managers and players), boxers and musicians, to name just a few of our clients within the general business, entertainment, music and sports sectors.

Some of the individual clients Mark has represented include Members of the Royal Family, Kylie Minogue, Tyson Fury, Amir Khan, Steven Gerrard, Trent Alexander Arnold, Jamie Vardy, Rebekah Vardy, Kyle Walker, Benjamin Mendy, Vicky Pattison, Charlotte Crosby, Michael Owen, Megan McKenna, Dawn Ward, Ricky Whittle, Kerry Katona, Robbie Kean, Ricky Tomlinson, Stan Boardman, Claire Sweeney, Micah Richards, Marouanne Fellaini, Joe Hart, Juan Mata, Marcos Rojo, Carlos Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville, Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Ji Sung Park, Edwin Van der Saar, Joey Barton, Sven Goran Eriksson, Thaksin Shinawatra, Jamie Carragher, Simon Webbe and many others.

He has also handled a variety of cases for various media and sports organisations including Trinity Mirror, Bauer Media, Insider Media, Lime Pictures Ltd, ITV, Sunday Sport, Baron Publications and football clubs and players from the English Premiership and other Leagues.

Mark has also chaired or served on several footballer testimonial committees including Leon Osman’s Testimonial Committee (Everton), Jamie Carragher and Ronnie Moran.

Recognition

Mark continues to be recognised in Chambers & Partners UK and The Legal 500, where he is described as “media savvy” and a “great litigator” and is the Legal 500 “Hall of Fame”

What our clients say about Mark
Rebekah Booth

Rebekah Booth

Chief Operations Officer

Rebekah was appointed the firm’s COO in May 2022. Her role involves, managing the overall operations and resources of the company, setting the strategy for the future, building and maintaining relationships, as well implementing existing plans and policies. 

Rebekah is analytical, driven, extremely motivated, and has a strong desire for not only her own success, but that of the firm. 

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Along with her Honours degree in business management, Rebekah utilises her wealth of financial management and leadership experience from a variety of business sectors within her role at Manleys. 

In supporting all areas, Rebekah ensures Solicitors within Manleys are free to offer clients the best possible service in managing their case, as well as safeguarding the overall success and growth of the firm.

Jessica Turner

Jessica Turner

Associate Solicitor

Jessica became the firm's Associate Solicitor in May 2023. 

Jessica helps her clients protect their reputations, intellectual property, private and confidential information and commercial interests. She advises on a broad range of legal issues including Reputation Management, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Defamation, Privacy, Breach of Confidence, Harassment, Data Protection, Advertising Law and Shareholder Disputes.

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Jessica acts for a wide variety of individuals and corporate clients, including celebrities, agents, social media influencers, footballers, media organisations, political parties and medical professionals.

Jessica is highly results-driven. She always has consideration for her clients' commercial interests and reputations.

Jessica has a First Class Honours Degree in English and History (graduating first in her class), a Graduate Diploma in Law and an LPC MSc in Law and Business Management.

What our clients say about Jessica
Sehar Hussain

Sehar Hussain

Associate Solicitor

Sehar joined the team as an Associate Solicitor in September 2023.

Sehar is an experienced litigator and advises a diverse range of clients from small businesses to corporate entities. Her clients include high net worth individuals and high profile clients who value her expertise, discretion and commercial approach to solving their disputes. 

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Sehar advises clients on a wide range of legal issues including shareholder disputes, intellectual property, defamation and reputation management and is experienced in acting for both claimants and defendants. Sehar is personable with excellent client care skills and gives pragmatic solutions to her clients on a wide range of commercial legal issues.

In addition to her law degree, Sehar has a BSC (Hons) in Applied Biological Sciences. Sehar trained and qualified with Tucker Turner Kingsley Wood LLP in London but moved back to the North West to be closer to her family.

George Leeming

George Leeming

Solicitor

George qualified as a Solicitor in March 2024.

George has a varied commercial litigation caseload that covers several different industries. He is regularly involved in complex litigation including multiple claims before the High Court and other judicial bodies.

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His experience includes shareholder disputes, various contractual disputes for businesses and individuals, negligence cases, breaches of leases, breaches of restrictive covenants and intellectual property disputes, specifically involving passing off and copyright infringement. He also acts for multiple high-profile clients including Premier League footballers, other athletes, celebrities, and large corporations in relation to media disputes and reputation management issues, regularly securing the removal of a substantial amount of defamatory online content.

Aside from general commercial disputes, a substantial portion of his work involves acting for individuals within sport. George regularly advises some of Europe’s leading football agents in matters relating to transfers (including those between top-flight European clubs), contracts such as commission agreements and for the provision of pre-season friendlies, representation agreement disputes including associated Rule K Arbitration proceedings and disciplinary proceedings brought by the Football Association following regulatory breaches.

George was part of the team that was recently successful in resisting an appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport concerning a significant contractual dispute for an internationally capped footballer against his former club. George was also successful before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee in obtaining an international transfer ban against the same club.

Emma Howe

Emma Howe

Paralegal

Emma joined Manleys in August 2023. Prior to joining the team, she read law at university before going on to complete the LPC (LLM) at The University of Law.

Emma assists all fee earners on a wide variety of matters, ranging from shareholder disputes to phone hacking claims. She is a tenacious individual who provides invaluable support and continually strives to achieve the best possible result for clients.

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Emma has a particular interest in sport law which she has developed through her own experiences competing in Athletics at an international level, most notably achieving third place at the Commonwealth Youth Games.

Sally Fowles

Sally Fowles

Office Administrator

Sally is responsible for the day to day running of our busy office. 

Sally ensures front of house is covered, she meets and greets visitors to our office, and is always available to help at the end of the phone. Sally also carries out vital administration duties to ensure our new client files are opened promptly and are compliant.

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Sally has a wealth of administration experience and her work ensures the Solicitors within Manleys are free to handle clients instructions, ensuring we provide the best possible service at all times.

Sally is bright, warm and will go the extra mile to help those around her, she is a real credit to our team.

Jennifer Yates

Jennifer Yates

Senior Consultant Solicitor

Jennifer specliases in Employment Law, discrimination at work, and Special Educational Needs Tribunals, offering representation and support to both employees and individuals, and employers and educational settings.

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Jennifer qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and spent ten years practising law in a top 40 law firm. As a consultant solicitor at Manleys, Jennifer has built a reputation as a trustworthy and committed representative coming alongside clients in difficult times.

In addition to legal practise, Jennifer is a qualified mediator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators focussing on workplace and commercial disputes.

What our clients say about Jennifer
Eleni Iles

Eleni Iles

Senior Consultant

Eleni joined Manleys in 2012, having spent the previous 3 years working as a professional support lawyer dealing with regulatory/quality compliance at a North West firm. At Manleys, she is a consultant specialising in advising the practice on its compliance, risk and quality issues.

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Eleni qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and spent the first 8 years of her legal career as a property solicitor at a law firm in the North West, dealing with all aspects of commercial and residential property. She focused on commercial freehold and leasehold, commercial lending, business sales/purchases linked to property, and all types of residential property work.

Eleni gained an MA in modern history from Corpus Christi, Oxford before undertaking a Post Graduate Diploma in Law at the College of Law, Chester.

Stephen Lea

Stephen Lea

Consultant Solicitor

Stephen qualified as a Solicitor in 1979 and started representing musicians the following year. The clients he has represented are some of the music greats from the past 25 years and include Take That, New Order, The Charlatans, Tears For Fears, Teenage Fanclub, Russell Watson and James.

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As well as musicians, Stephen has also represented actors, TV presenters, songwriters, record and production companies, publishers and promoters and he is recognised as one of the leading Solicitors in the music industry.

For all enquiries, please call 01244 230000 and a member of our team will be happy to help. Alternatively, you can fill out a quick form on our contact page.

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