Legal Matters

Lupton Fawcett lawyer Louise Connacher has spoken of her delight at officiating at the first consecration of a new bishop by the Archbishop of York at York Minster. The consecration of Revd Canon Sophie Jelley as new Bishop of Doncaster by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, was followed by

Leeds law firm Clarion is continuing to grow and develop its team with the promotion of Sophie Morley and Phil Dine to the position of partner. Heading up Clarion’s real estate litigation team, Sophie joined Clarion in 2017 as a legal director having previously worked for national and international

Eleanor Temple, chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Yorkshire and a barrister at Kings Chambers in Leeds, responds to the Government’s decision to extend its ban on the use of statutory demands and winding-up petitions, which it introduced at the end of April: “The Chancellor’s

Yorkshire law firm Lupton Fawcett has strengthened its commercial property team with the appointment of Adam Wilkinson as partner. Adam joins Lupton Fawcett from a Top 20 law firm. Adam brings with him over 10 years of experience specialising in development and retail work. His experience also spans the charity,

Leeds Law Society has selected a commercial litigation solicitor at Yorkshire law firm Gordons as one of its two new joint vice presidents. Catherine Woodward, a former treasurer and secretary of the society, will serve in the role alongside the Society’s other joint vice president, Matthew Jones, who is

A Yorkshire based solicitor has achieved a specialist qualification that only 133 lawyers worldwide have been accredited with. LCF Law’s Amjed Zaman, has been awarded the STEP Advanced Certificate in Cross-Border Estates. Amjed is an associate solicitor with over 15 years’ experience. He has specialised in wills and probate

Sheffield based law firm Wosskow Brown Solicitors has announced it has further strengthened its strategic practice development with the appointment of Ian Osborn as new Partner and Head of Commercial Property. The award-winning firm has hired Ian to build, develop and execute ambitious expansion plans which will see its commercial