Spike Lacey

Paralegal

Spike Lacey is a Paralegal at James & West LLP.
Spike’s first step into the legal world was at thirteen years old doing work experience as a receptionist in a law firm in Dalston. Three years later he undertook a mini pupillage shadowing barristers from Five Paper Buildings and gaining first-hand experience of the British criminal court system.

After leaving sixth form he worked as an Office Assistant and soon Office Administrator across a half-dozen departments at Switalskis Solicitors, a legal aid firm in Yorkshire. At these same solicitors he became a Paralegal working on group litigation cases for survivors of institutional child abuse.

Spike later graduated from UCL with a first-class BA in Comparative Literature. He then worked as a Marketing Executive for a legal technology start-up which endeavoured to connect people with affordable legal services. Here he managed their social media presence and wrote and designed newsletters, blogs, and advertising content.

At James & West, Spike combines this experience with his strong belief in the necessity and integrity of the act of whistleblowing. The public interest is a personal passion of his and Spike is glad to be working to further it with the highly experienced professionals at James & West in supporting whistleblowers in their legal actions.