Legal Matters

Yorkshire law firm, Blacks Solicitors LLP, has demonstrated its commitment to nurturing future legal talent in the region by confirming five new training contracts and welcoming two new apprentices into the team. The firm has also retained five newly-qualified solicitors since the beginning of 2023. The firm is celebrating newly

Award-winning law firm Schofield Sweeney has welcomed a new cohort of solicitor apprentices and trainees this month. The firm is recognised as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work and saw a record number of applicants this year for its pathways into law. The firm advocates social mobility, ensuring its

Eaton Smith Solicitors is delighted to announce that Sam Crich has joined the firm as a partner in its Commercial Team. With a wealth of experience in commercial law, Sam's appointment strengthens the firm’s ability to offer comprehensive and strategic legal advice to businesses of all sizes. Sam brings

Yorkshire-based Blacks Solicitors has recently supported Andy Taylor, Director of Andy Thornton Worldwide Interiors Limited (ATWIL) on the management buy out of his specialist interiors business. The leading commercial interior business, which turned over more than £3 million in the last financial year, recently completed the self-funded management buy out,

Leeds law firm Ward Hadaway has welcomed 14 new trainee solicitors and one solicitor apprentice. The appointments form an ongoing part of the firm's ambitious growth strategy, spearheaded by new managing partner Steven Petrie, who stepped into the role in May 2024. The 15 recruits are based across the firm’

Law firm Gordons has appointed an employment lawyer and a hired a newly qualified solicitor for its property disputes practice. Jessica Smith joins the firm’s employment and HR team whilst Arran Crump has become part of Gordons’ property disputes practice after qualifying as a solicitor this September following his

Yorkshire-based Blacks Solicitors has recently advised the brothers behind Leeds’ Roland’s bar on the share purchase of The Woods, an independent bar and restaurant venue in Chapel Allerton. Owned by brothers Alexander and Jonathan Neil through parent company Palagander Limited, the purchase of The Woods takes the pair’s