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28 July 2017
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell boosts its private wealth practice

Two new senior associates and one senior associate have joined Irwin Mitchell’s will, trust & estate disputes team.

Senior associate Nazia Nawaz joins the Leeds office. She qualified in 2003 and is an experienced dispute resolution and litigation solicitor. She will handle complex disputes between executors and trustees, contested wills and proprietary estoppel cases as well as disputes involving financial abuse and maladministration.

Associate Kelly Wharin joins the Sheffield office. She is experienced in contentious probate work. She started her legal career at HLW Keeble Hawson as a trainee in 2005.

Senior associate Stephen Ireland joins the Chichester office. He qualified in 1991, and is experienced in litigation, including contentious wills and probate matters, with a wider background in employment, residential and civil disputes.

 

 

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