Legal Appointments: Higgs & Sons; Wall James Chappell; HallmarkHulme

New trainees for Higgs & Sons

BLACK COUNTRY-based Higgs & Sons has boosted its numbers by taking on six new trainees.

Hannah Bollard, Sarah Bryan, Natalie Marsden, Mike Wong, Patrick O’Connor and Iyanu Onalaja are the latest recruits to the firm’s training programme.

More than half of the firm’s existing partners have been trained ‘in-house’.
HR director at Higgs, Joanna Parker, said: “As we continue to grow and develop as a firm, our trainee programme is instrumental in our determination to deliver a combination of the very best legal services and client care.

“We welcome Mike, Hannah, Sarah, Iyanu, Patrick and Natalie as they begin their careers with us and I look forward to seeing how they develop as professionals.”

Ms Bollard joins having worked previously at Berussi and Co Solicitors and at Asda, while Ms Bryan was previously a paralegal at HCB Solicitors. She studied at the University of Birmingham and completed her LPC at the University of Law in 2012.

Ms Marsden was formerly at the charity LawWorks, having completed her Law degree in 2008. In the intervening years she worked in a number of roles, from waitress to paralegal with some travel to South America in between.

Wong’s previous places of work include Howes Percival, Swarovski and Tucker’s. He completed his law degree at the University of Manchester in 2012 followed by the LPC, completing his LPC in June this year.

Ms Onalaja joins Higgs having also completed her LPC in 2014. As a student, she gained experience at Pinsent Masons, Lodders and Williamson and Soden Solicitors.
 

Wall James Chappell strengthens litigation team

David Ellis, Wall James ChappellSTOURBRIDGE law firm Wall James Chappell has appointed a new solicitor to strengthen its litigation and dispute resolution team.

David Ellis, left, joins the firm as a litigation solicitor and will work alongside the firm’s litigation consultants Roger Bishop and Simon Beddow.

Ellis graduated from Southampton University and attended the College of Law. He has over 16 years’ experience as a practising solicitor, and has gained a wealth of experience dealing with both civil litigation and employment matters over that period.

He said: “I am delighted to be joining the litigation team at Wall James Chappell and I look forward to providing clients with a first-rate service.”

Beeching looks to cut it in new role at HallmarkHulme

HallmarkHulme partner Lesley Bartlett, left, with family lawyer Pat Beeching AN experienced collaborative family lawyer has joined Worcester’s HallmarkHulme. Consultant solicitor Pat Beeching will focus on developing alternatives to court-based resolutions to family issues.

A former Crown Prosecutor, Mrs Beeching (pictured right) is a keen Worcestershire County Cricket Club supporter. She was born in Scotland and grew up in Stourbridge.

After studying medieval languages at Oxford, she began her career in Sussex before moving to Worcestershire in 1992.

HallmarkHulme partner and head of the family law department Lesley Bartlett (left) said: “I am very pleased to welcome Pat to the department. Her experience in all areas of family law will provide added strength to our existing thriving practice and we all look forward to working with her.”

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