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13 April 2017
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Liane Press—Lawyers Inc

ABS appoints personal support lawyer

Alternative business structure Lawyers Inc has appointed Liane Press as a personal support lawyer.

Liane will work in a supporting role to individual lawyers, teams and legal practices who become part of the Lawyers Inc. organisation, as well as liaising with joining firms. She will help provide back up to the firm's four groups of lawyers, monitoring client files and helping to reduce professional negligence risks, acting as confidant and support and providing an unprecedented level of care to lawyers and their clients.

Liane, a lawyer of 30 years' experience, initially trained in commercial law and property. She then moved into criminal law, working for firms including Tranters solicitors, Manchester's Betesh Fox (now Ralli solicitors) and Gruber Garratt. She has been involved in the Hillsborough Inquest, working on the preparation of the case on behalf of senior police officers.

Liane has also worked on behalf of Central Law Training as an external assessor on accreditation courses for duty solicitors and police station representatives and as an agent for the Crown Prosecution Service.

Lawyers Inc director David Tucker commented: "Having spent many years as a practising lawyer, Liane has superb insight into, and understanding of, the issues that law firms are facing. This, combined with her excellent communication skills, makes Liane the perfect choice to work closely with our lawyers to help them provide excellent service and feel supported and as an ambassador to law firms who are interested in looking at how to take their firm forward."

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