Commercial Property Experts

Kerry Carter

Partner

Chartered Legal Executive

Residential Property

Commercial Property

Office : Cranbrook

01892 502 304
kcarter@bussmurton.co.uk

Profile

Kerry is a Chartered Legal Executive in the Property and Private Client departments. After obtaining a First Class BA degree in Politics from Southbank University in 1993, Kerry went on to study Law and qualified as a Fellow in 2004 whilst working at a firm in Chancery Lane, London, specialising in property matters. Kerry became a Partner in 2017. Kerry has recently been accredited as a CILEx Conveyancing Practitioner.

Kerry has many years experience advising in all areas of residential property work including: freehold and leasehold property, unregistered land, equity release advice, new-build developments, shared ownership, declarations of trust, powers of attorney, transfers of equity, sales of land, auction properties, leasehold enfranchisement and the Help to Buy scheme. She has extensive experience in dealing with high value transactions and the accompanying complexities of dealing with listed buildings together with associated land.

Kerry also advises on all areas of Private Client work including Wills, Probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney, as well as post death Deeds of Variation in relation to Inheritance and Capital Gains Tax.

Expertise

Residential Property
High value transactions and the accompanying complexities of dealing with listed buildings together with associated land
Sale and Purchase of Freehold and Leasehold properties
Unregistered land
Equity release
Newbuild developments
Shared ownership schemes
Declarations of Trust
Transfers of equity
Sales of land
Auction properties
Leasehold enfranchisement
Help to Buy scheme
Bridging finance
All non-contentious residential property work

Commercial Property
Commercial leases
Lease assignments
Option agreements
Promotion agreements
Commercial mortgages
Bridging finance

Private Client
Wills
Probate
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Post death Deeds of Variation in relation to Inheritance and Capital Gains Tax

Daldeep Jaswal

Partner

Solicitor

Commercial Property

Office : Tunbridge Wells

01892 502 324
djaswal@bussmurton.co.uk

Profile

After obtaining an LLB honours degree in Law at the University of Kent at Canterbury in 2000 and successfully completing the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in London, Daldeep joined Buss Murton in September 2001 as a Trainee Solicitor and qualified in 2003.

Daldeep set up Buss Murton’s first standalone Commercial Property Department and a short time later became one of the youngest Solicitors to be appointed Partner at Buss Murton.  Daldeep is now the Partner in charge of the Property Department across its three offices, the firm’s Senior Responsible Officer for its Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation and he is also the Training Supervisor for the firm’s Trainee Solicitors.

Daldeep specialises in advising commercial clients on their property needs, in particular, landlords, tenants, developers and financiers.

Expertise

Commercial Property
Acting for landlords and tenants in relation to commercial leasehold premises
Acting for developers acquiring, disposing or refinancing land and in relation to site assembly
Acting for banks, independent lenders and other financiers in relation to property financing
Sales and purchases of freehold and leasehold business premises
Advising both developers and land owners on option agreements

Residential Property
Advising in relation to the residential conveyancing process and matters

Jennifer Goodyer

Paralegal

Commercial Property

Office : Tunbridge Wells

01892 502 361
jgoodyer@bussmurton.co.uk

Profile

Jennifer joined our Commercial Property team as a Paralegal in September 2025.

Jennifer graduated from the University of Kent with a Joint Honours Degree in Law and Politics in July 2025. She has been accepted into the University of Kent’s Masters in Advanced Legal Practice and hopes to take her SQE exams in the upcoming year.

Jennifer has excelled at Mooting competitions like the George Pulman Civil Advocacy Competition and the Boys and Maughan Mooting Competition and has competed in Commercial Awareness competitions such as BUICAC in 2023.  Jennifer’s most valuable modules at University were “The Skills of Argument, How to argue and win” and “Banking Law.”

Jennifer enjoys all activities related to the water and spends her time outside of work waterskiing, surfing, sailing and scuba diving.

Olusola Makinde

Solicitor

Commercial Property

Residential Property

Office : Cranbrook

01892 502 355
smakinde@bussmurton.co.uk

Profile

Olusola (Sola) is a Residential and Commercial Property solicitor, who joined our Cranbrook office in March 2024. Sola attended the university of Hertfordshire in 2012 and obtained a First Class Law BA Law Degree. Sola went on to study for her Legal Practice Course at BBP Law school in 2015. Sola gained many years of experience as a paralegal before training and qualifying in 2021 as a property solicitor.

Sola gained experience in Residential Property whilst training in all areas of Residential Property work; including sale and purchase transactions of freehold and leasehold properties, new build developments, shared ownership, transfers of equity, Mortgages and re-mortgages, auction properties and Help to Buy scheme.

Shortly after qualifying, Sola made the transition to a Commercial Property department expanding her knowledge and skills. She gained further experience in Commercial Property transactions including acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold commercial properties, public sector and charities work, acting for retail and commercial banks in relation to high value secured lending transaction, acting on behalf of both landlords and tenants in leases of various types of premises, including industrial units, retail units and office space and corporate support work on share purchase/sale agreements and acquisitions and mergers