Liam Brooke has joined Ramsdens Solicitors as a partner to lead its growing will, trust and estate disputes practice.

Ramsdens Solicitors is continuing to build its real estate team with the appointment of Ian Hartley as partner based across the firm’s Leeds and York offices.

We are happy to announce that we have recently promoted two of our team members; Ian Miles to Senior Associate and Kirsty Dunn to Associate.

With over 20 years’ experience as a private client lawyer, Mr Knowles joins from the York office of Knights, where he was a partner in the tax and wills and estates teams. He also spent more than two years as a partner with Langleys Solicitors and over six years at Weightmans.

Ramsdens Solicitors is strengthening its Company and Commercial practice by appointing Adam Cockcroft to step up to take the reins of the nine-strong team, supported by former head Stephen Newman.

Ramsdens are delighted to announce the promotion of Jennifer Slater, Katie Sharp, Jane Holroyd, and Rosanna Drewery to the position of Partner and Jolene Briggs to the position of Conveyancing Manager for the Calderdale region.

Ramsdens Solicitors is continuing to strengthen its Court of Protection practice with the appointment of Hanna Whitehead as an associate.

The Government plans to implement its Responsible Actors Scheme (RAS) under the Building Safety Act and has now published draft secondary legislation. The RAS will restrict certain residential property developers from developing properties in England if they do not sign a developer remediation contract with the Government.