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Nov
Yorkshire solicitor firm takes on 400 of Berwins' cases and 6 staff
An almost 100-year-old firm of solicitors has taken on more than 400 family and property cases from law firm Berwins after it filed notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
It has also recruited six members of the Berwins team to head up the new Harrogate office.
Ridley and Hall, which has offices in Huddersfield, Leeds, Pontefract and Barnsley, is opening its new Harrogate base in WorkWell at Copthall Bridge on Monday (November 16).
The former Berwins employees are residential property specialists Michelle Crowhurst, Rachael Fell, Alice Hoyle and Jenny Spence, and family law experts Danielle Day and Rachael Lyon.
Emma Pearmaine, managing director of Ridley and Hall, said:
We’ve recruited some exceptional legal talent and we are delighted to welcome them to the Ridley and Hall team. We know they will bring a great deal of expertise to our business and ensure our Harrogate office is established on a solid footing.
Equally, whilst it is obviously sad to see any legal firm, especially one of Berwins’ history and standing, be in a position where it has to appoint administrators, our swift action has also brought reassurance to hundreds of clients who were potentially facing significant disruption.
We have been in contact with all to inform them that their cases will now pass over to our business, and to reassure them that we have been working around the clock behind the scenes to successfully transfer their files.
Ms Pearmaine said it was an exciting new venture for Ridley and Hall, which is now in its 100th year, having been established in Huddersfield in 1927.
It employs more than 120 staff across five offices.
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