Legal Matters

Louise Longley and Ian Royle have been promoted to the position of partner in the Yorkshire region by leading rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor. Having joined Begbies Traynor’s Leeds office in 2004 as an insolvency administrator, Louise qualified as an insolvency practitioner in 2011 and rose to the

President of the Law Society of England and Wales, Lubna Shuja, visited law firm Gordons to discuss the legal sector with a particular focus on diversity and inclusion. Alongside being only the seventh woman to lead the Society since it was founded in 1825, Lubna is the first Asian and

Two privacy and data protection practitioners at law firm Gordons have passed professional exams to further qualify them in this complex and constantly evolving area of the law. Solicitor Lauren Wills-Dixon has achieved a Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection (PC.dp) whilst paralegal Tosif Bahir passed the Certified Information Privacy

The last few months have been exciting for Levi’s Solicitors Private Client Department, which has seen continued expansion across our offices. They welcome two lawyers Leanne Parkinson and Nafisa Hussain, who have recently joined Levi’s Private Client team. Leanne and Nafisa both advise clients on a wide variety

National specialist pensions law firm Arc Pensions Law is delighted to announce the promotion of Claire Goodby to senior associate. Claire joined Arc in November 2019 as an associate and is based in Leeds. Claire advises employers and trustees on all aspects of pensions law, including in relation to compliance

Yorkshire Law firm, Chadwick Lawrence, has appointed four new trainee solicitors. Several employees applied for training contracts with the firm earlier this year as part of the annual Fee-earner Progression Scheme. And three have been awarded the contracts and promoted to Trainee Solicitor from 1 April 2023. Abigail Capstick within

Law firm Gordons has appointed a senior solicitor to its dispute resolution service after achieving year-on-year fee income growth of more than 10 per cent. Phillip Feather joins from law firm where he worked for four years. His appointment to the 11-strong dispute resolution department makes it one of the