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22 May 2018
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Sills & Betteridge—Nick Flatt

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Firm appoints family law specialist as partner

East Midlands firm Sills & Betteridge has welcomed Nick Flatt as a partner in its Nottingham office.

Nick qualified to practise in 2006, and joins the firm after over nine years with Family Law Group. He focuses his practice on the field of family law, and offers particular expertise in cases involving children who have suffered serious injury or death. He is a qualified mediator and an accredited specialist in public and private law Children Act cases and domestic abuse.

Nick commented: ‘I believe that clients are best served if the Solicitor that they see in the office is the Solicitor who represents them in Court. I Iook forward to continuing these traditions in my new role at Sills & Betteridge.’

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