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28 May 2026
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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mfg Solicitors—Five newly qualified solicitors

Firm celebrates promotion of five trainees on qualification as solicitors

mfg Solicitors has announced that Rachel Pick, Oscar McCracken, Lauren Collins, Emily Stancer and Sara Southall have qualified as solicitors after successfully completing their training contracts with the Midlands firm. The newly qualified solicitors will now take on expanded roles across several practice areas and offices.

Pick joins the private client team in Kidderminster, while McCracken will focus on corporate and commercial law from the firm’s Birmingham office. Collins, Stancer and Southall will be based in Worcester, specialising in agriculture and rural affairs, commercial property and employment respectively.

Iain Morrison, partner and chairman at mfg Solicitors, said the five trainees had ‘excelled and impressed at every turn’ during their training contracts. He added: ‘They have exactly the kind of talent, passion and professionalism we are looking for in our team.’

Morrison said all five solicitors ‘deserve their success’ after the ‘lengthy and detailed process to train as a solicitor’, adding that he had ‘no doubt they will go from strength to strength’ in their future careers at the firm.

Image caption (L-R): Oscar McCracken, Emily Stancer, Rachel Pick, Sara Southall, Sam Pedley and Lauren Collins

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