People: Law firm makes additions to personal injury department; Boost for Knight Frank’s industrial team; and more

A TRIO of hires have been made by Emsleys Solicitors’ personal injury team.

Solicitor John Hutchings joins the team with over 13 years’ serious injury experience, specialising in employer liability claims involving brain and spinal cord injuries and traumatic amputation. He is joined by litigation executive Alice Waddell, who joins the team from a top 100 law firm, and trainee paralegal Shaista Shahnaz, a recent law graduate from the University of Leeds.

Mr Hutchings said: “Emsleys is a great firm that focuses on high standards and every aspect of the client experience. I am delighted to be joining the Review My Claim team, a nationally-acclaimed initiative that does much to help those who feel they have been short-changed by substandard personal injury lawyers.”

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PROPERTY consultancy Knight Frank has added to its industrial property team in Yorkshire with the appointment of Richard Henley.

Mr Henley joins Knight Frank from Gent Visick in Leeds. He previously worked for Gerald Eve in Leeds.

He specialises in the disposal and acquisition of industrial, distribution and trade counter space, as well as commercial development opportunities in the Yorkshire region.

Mr Henley said: “It is an extremely exciting time to be joining Knight Frank’s strong and experienced Yorkshire industrial team, as we are involved with some of the most high-profile buildings and development schemes in the region.

“It’s also a great opportunity for myself to further enhance the team’s performance and to build on an already impressive instruction list.”

Knight Frank’s existing logistics and industrial clients in Yorkshire include Muse, Haworth Estates, Waystone, Wykeland, Marshall CDP and IDI Gazeley.

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GLOBAL recruitment agency RoS International has fired up its services to the energy sector with the appointment of two senior contract managers.

Emma Barwick joins the Hull-based agency from another recruiter, and Katie Seed has been promoted to the senior role after spending nine years at RoS.

Both will work with multi-national companies in the renewables and other energy sectors.

Managing director Carl Burgar, said the appointments strengthened RoS’s already considerable offering to the energy industry.

RoS International specialises in the supply of skilled technical and engineering personnel and has provided staff to large energy projects across the UK and overseas.

Mr Burgar said: “We are increasing our focus on the energy sector and key senior appointments such as these will really help us to provide a first-class service to both renewable projects, as well as nuclear and fossil-fuel based developments.

“I’m extremely proud of Katie and all that she has achieved during the past nine years with us, and I’m delighted to welcome Emma to the team. Between them, and the rest of the RoS team, I believe we can provide an exceptional service to the global energy sector.”