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Legal jobs in the north west have been given a boost with the news that personal injury law firm Express Solicitors has received £3.5m in funding, intended to allow for the recruitment of an additional 40 members of staff over the next 12 months. This recruitment drive is expected to include both fee earners and [...]
Co-founder of Manchester law firm Gunnercooke, Sarah Goulbourne was awarded the Association of Women Solicitors’ Legal Businesswoman of the Year title, at the Law Society Excellence Awards in Billingsgate, London. With over 20 years’ experience in commercial law, Sarah was selected as the winner, with the Law Society commenting: “Her vision is to challenge and [...]
A leading Yorkshire-based lawyer has been shortlisted for the Corporate Businesswoman of the Year award, held as part of the annual Women in Business Awards, hosted by the Leeds-based networking group, Forward Ladies. Helen Thewlis is the head of family law and a partner at the Huddersfield office of Ramsdens Solicitors. A qualified family mediator [...]
Established Liverpool law firm Morecrofts has announced the promotion of solicitor Heather Lally to Associate Solicitor. Heather, previously of Aaron & Partners and Dickinson Parker Hill where she specialised in high net worth estate planning and private client work, joined Morecrofts in 2010. Since then, she has demonstrated considerable expertise in asset protection, farming estates and [...]
John McKenna, partner at Merseyside law firm Paul Crowley & Co, says that proposed government cuts to legal aid funding, will have a “massive effect on people who rely on legal aid”. There are real concerns among legal professionals that in many cases, clients may choose not to pursue a case or decide to represent [...]
One of the north’s biggest players in the field of legal service provision, Ward Hadaway is expanding its insolvency and corporate recovery team at its Chapel Walks office in Manchester, with the addition of partner Dermot Preston from HBJ Gateley Wareing, associate Matthew Robinson, and consultant Gareth Dodds , both previously of Kennedys. Dermot Preston [...]
North west law firm Stephensons is continuing to grow its commercial team, with the appointment of insolvency specialist, Kathryn Maclennan. Kathryn joins the Bolton team from DWF, specialising in personal insolvency and has been recruited to cope with the increase in insolvency cases currently being handled by the commercial team, brought about as a result [...]
DLA Piper was in celebrating mood recently, after taking away three awards from the 2012 Yorkshire Lawyer Awards, held in Savile’s Hall, Leeds. The firm won the Law Firm 31+ Partners, and Corporate & Commercial categories, with Sheffield-based litigation and regulation solicitor Michael Lawlor taking the Rising Star award. The Yorkshire Lawyer Awards was launched [...]
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