Partners

Tim Bishop

Tim qualified as a Solicitor in 1987 originally working in London’s West End. He had earlier spent 4 years in the music industry releasing 7 independent dance records and doing various production and session work. Having dismally failed in an attempt at pop stardom he then returned to law, moving to Salisbury in 1996. He went into partnership with Tim Bonallack and the law firm changed its name from Bonallacks to Bonallack & Bishop. Since then Tim, as the firm’s owner and only equity partner, has spearheaded the expansion of the firm, seeing it grow by  well over 1500%.

Chris Tate

Salaried Partner, Head of Residential Conveyancing and Leasehold Property Chris is a senior solicitor, and our Head of Residential and Leasehold Property. With over 30 years experience, Chris spent most of those as an equity partner in a major regional law firm. Chris has in depth experience of managing residential conveyancing teams, developing and implementing processes all with the objective of delivering a service aimed at exceeding client’s expectations. Chris is well known and respected in this area of legal practice and is a past Executive Member of The Conveyancing Association.