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Williamsons expands Bridlington office and takes on new local lawyer

Sue Ryder Holme Hall centre gains £6,500 from fundraising walk

Williamsons Solicitors highly ranked in 2011’s Legal 500

More parents to defend themselves in court, if legal aid changes agreed

Williamsons warns on patients’ loss of damages with Legal Aid cuts

 

Williamsons expands Bridlington office and takes on new local lawyer Bridlington-born lawyer John Harrison has recently joined the town’s newly opened office of Williamsons Solicitors. The lawyer has been hired to deal with the firm’s increasingly heavy general practice, family law and criminal case load from 138 Quay Road, near the magistrates’ court.
Mr Harrison, 29, who went to Headlands School before qualifying from Teesside University with a law degree, is looking forward to the challenge in his first role as a fully qualified solicitor. READ MORE

	Sue Ryder Holme Hall centre gains £6,500 from fundraising walk Walking 1,140 miles between them, a group of more than 50 lawyers, friends and family from Williamsons Solicitors have raised £6,500 for an East Yorkshire charity.
For the second year, the Hull firm supported the Sue Ryder Holme Hall Care Centre in the Yorkshire Wolds Challenge charity walk. The centre provides compassionate long-term residential and respite care for up to 37 adults with challenging conditions including multiple sclerosis, strokes, acquired brain injuries, Huntington’s disease and Parkinson's disease. READ MORE

Williamsons Solicitors highly ranked in 2011’s Legal 500 Williamsons Solicitors has achieved its best standing so far in the Legal 500, one of the country’s leading legal guides. The Hull-based firm is ranked prominently in three key practice areas in the 2011 edition: family law, clinical negligence and crime, where it is picked out as the leading law firm in Hull and East Yorkshire.
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More parents to defend themselves in court, if legal aid changes agreed There will be a sharp rise in people representing themselves in the family law courts if proposed child contact, residence and family legal aid changes progress through parliament, local firm of solicitors Williamsons warns.

The government’s proposal of significant cutbacks to legal aid in all aspects of family law could seriously limit people’s ability to gain either contact with their children or a fair financial settlement after divorce or separation, if they are unable to pay legal costs privately, says the Hull practice of Williamsons Solicitors. “It will definitely mean we will be seeing a lot more people going through the courts representing themselves, with limited or no knowledge of their legal rights or the appropriate legal steps to take,” said Sarah Clubley, director, and head of Williamsons Solicitors’ family department. READ MORE

Williamsons warns on patients’ loss of damages with Legal Aid cuts Leading Yorkshire clinical negligence lawyers are warning that proposed government cutbacks to Legal Aid could seriously affect patients’ entitlement to damages. The coalition government’s proposed changes could adversely affect all patients who suffer avoidable injury as a result of medical errors. This may prevent patients from obtaining any compensation or, where a successful claim is pursued, being forced to accept only 75 per cent of their agreed compensation, warns Nick Gray, of the Hull firm of Williamsons Solicitors.

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Williamsons expands with new Bridlington office One of Yorkshire’s leading law firms has opened a new office in Bridlington. Williamsons Solicitors is now providing an extensive range of legal services from 138 Quay Road, near the town’s magistrates’ court.

The firm, which has a growing reputation in several fields of law, wants to enhance its service to customers in the town, who tend to be currently served from its Driffield office and Hull headquarters. Bill Waddington, director at Williamsons, said: “We already have a strong client base in Bridlington and feel this is an opportunity to form closer relationships, and new ones as well. We are now able to offer our specialist expertise to more of the town’s residents and businesses and those living in the surrounding areas.” READ MORE

Williamsons leads the way with Law Society conveyancing accreditation Williamsons Solicitors has become one of the first firms in the country to be accredited by the new Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) from the Law Society. The scheme has been introduced by the legal profession’s governing body as a way of showing to the general public that law firms meet strict criteria for residential property conveyancing.

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	Two Lawyers join Children Panel Two lawyers at Williamsons Solicitors’ Driffield office have been appointed to the Law Society’s Children Panel. Zoe Atkinson and Rebecca Lovel are the only solicitors in Driffield and Bridlington to be accredited to the panel, which allows them to directly represent children involved in child-care proceedings and family disputes.
Mrs Lovel said: “Becoming a member of the panel is a natural progression and extension of our daily work. It has taken a considerable amount of work to gain the accreditation, but the extra qualification will undoubtedly enhance the service we can provide to clients and their children.” READ MORE

Williamsons save 74.5 trees in 2010 By participating in Shred-it's shredding and recycling program in 2010 Williamsons Solicitors saved 74 and a half trees from destruction. Around 4 billion trees are cut down each year for paper so every saving we can make helps.
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	The future is bright as trainee solicitors join Williamsons. Williamsons Solicitors have appointed four trainee solicitors to support its thriving legal practice. Lucy Ordidge, Stephen Orridge, Lindsey Rhodes and Emma Wells have each signed a two-year training contract after completing their undergraduate law degree and their legal practice course (LPC).
The trainees will now each gain six months’ experience in four areas of law before they are fully qualified. READ MORE

National recognition for Williamsons. The family, and clinical negligence, departments of Williamsons Solicitors are celebrating entry in the latest edition of a respected legal guide. The Legal 500, which is an independent appraisal of solicitors’ standing and a reference tool for buyers of legal services, also highlights Williamsons’ reputation for its work in high value divorce cases.
The guide is the most in-depth survey of the UK legal market, and analyses more than 1,000 law firms and more than 220 sets of barristers chambers. Family law specialist, Zoe Atkinson, who runs the Driffield branch of Williamsons on Exchange Street, said that she was proud of the inclusion in the guide. “It’s very rewarding when your efforts are recognised nationally,” she said. READ MORE

	‘Higher Rights’ Solicitor joins esteemed family team Williamsons Solicitors has welcomed a new lawyer to its growing family department. Natalie Tindall, who has specialised in family-related legal issues for more than seven years, joins the Hull-based team of eight solicitors and 12 support staff.
Miss Tindall, who gained a Masters Degree in law in 2009 from the Leeds Metropolitan University, attended South Holderness School and Wilberforce College before studying law at Leeds Metropolitan University and the College of Law, York. READ MORE

Family expert to head historic legal society. A Hull legal institution with traditions stretching back almost 200 years has appointed a well-respected local solicitor as its new head. Sarah Clubley of Williamsons Solicitors has become president of the Hull Incorporated Law Society (HILS), a position she will hold for the next two years. Miss Clubley, who heads Williamsons’ family and childcare department and is also a director of the company, becomes the latest in a long line of solicitors to have their skills and experience recognised by the society.

Formed in 1818 ‘to encourage liberal and fair practice among attorneys and solicitors, and to support the privileges and respectability of the profession’, it is now a branch of the national Law Society, which negotiates and lobbies on behalf of solicitors and offers training and advice to members. READ MORE

Williamsons save 95 trees in 2009 By participating in Shred-it's shredding and recycling program in 2009 Williamsons Solicitors saved 95 trees from destruction. Around 4 billion trees are cut down each year for paper so every saving we can make helps.
See our certificate here.

New advocate widens scope of Williamsons’ defence advocacy. Williamsons Solicitors has strengthened its 19-strong defence advocacy department with the appointment of young solicitor, Matthew Breakell. Mr Breakell, who was brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, has stayed in the Hull area after studying law at the University of Hull and starting his career with another practice. He will assist Williamsons’ mainstream defence advocacy work including crime, road traffic and regulatory work.

The department, the largest in Hull and East Yorkshire with 11 fee earners and support staff, will also benefit from Mr Breakell’s interest in environmental law. READ MORE

Williamsons solicitor fulfils a life’s ambition. Emma Garland has achieved her ambition to become a fully-qualified lawyer after joining Williamsons Solicitors. She is now specialising in family law at the Hull firm, with a particular focus on children’s problems, care proceedings, divorce and child protection matters. Ms Garland believes that bringing up her daughter as a single mother will enhance her role as a solicitor.

“This experience inspired my career choice and will help me empathise with people who are going through similar difficulties,” said Ms Garland, who attended St Mary’s School, Hull, before starting her law studies at the University of Hull in 1997. READ MORE

Williamsons Solicitors gives personal injury boost to Driffield. Williamsons Solicitors has expanded its services in Driffield and East Yorkshire with the addition of personal injury lawyer, Jill Robinson. The move makes Williamsons the only law firm in the town to have a dedicated, experienced personal injury lawyer on site. Mrs Robinson, who has moved from the firm’s successful, well-established Hull office, is to advise and represent the Driffield and East Riding community in a comprehensive range of personal injury matters.

“I always have a great feeling of satisfaction when I successfully represent any client, and I’m looking forward to the chance of working closely with people in the region,” said Mrs Robinson. READ MORE

Williamsons strengthens its clinical negligence team. Williamsons Solicitors has strengthened its clinical negligence team with two new appointments. Solicitor Nick Gray and trainee solicitor Natalie Simkin have joined the department headed by Tim Slow.

Nick Gray, who has 10 years’ experience in clinical negligence, previously worked for the Manchester branch of international law firm Irwin Mitchell. In 2008, he concluded 12 claims with a combined value in excess of £13m. Born and raised in Norfolk, Nick read law at Nottingham Trent University. He said that a firm belief in justice for people that suffered avoidable harm from medical accidents and mistakes had led him to gain great job satisfaction. READ MORE

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