Legal Matters

A leading law firm based in Leeds has made a key strategic appointment with the creation of a new role to help drive further growth. Alistair McDonald has been promoted to the position of business development director at Ward Hadaway, following a competitive recruitment process. The appointment marks a key

Ward Hadaway, a leading law firm in Yorkshire, has announced a total of 19 promotions across the firm with a trio of those in its fast-growing Leeds office. The team is continuing to expand, growing by 16% in the last 12 months. As part of its commitment to providing a

Specialist legal enterprise and digital innovator rradar has announced the appointment of David Walsh as Head of Business Development, a newly created role which is part of the firm’s strategic vision for further expansion. This is a key appointment for rradar that will support its growth of services which

Harrogate-headquartered IDR Law has announced a £3.25 million growth capital investment from BGF – one of the largest and most experienced growth capital investors in the UK and Ireland. IDR Law is the only UK law firm to specialise solely in the resolution of contentious wills, probate and trust disputes.

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