Legal Matters

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

Yorkshire law firm Gordons has successfully advised the start-up film production company behind Netflix’s hit Paralympics documentary, Rising Phoenix, on its first two funding rounds. The funding for HTYT (which stands for Harder Than You Think) was originally secured to enable the company to produce its first documentary charting

Shanika Varga, Solicitor at Stowe Family Law LLP (Stowe) in Leeds, is a finalist in the Women in Law 2020 awards in the Rising Star - private practice lawyer of the year category. In its inaugural year, the Women in Law Awards will honour the achievements and innovations of women

Business owners in Yorkshire who are concerned about the fast-approaching end of the furlough scheme need to act quickly to give their company finances the best chance of staying on an even keel. Eleanor Temple, chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Yorkshire and a barrister at Kings