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09 May 2017
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Your Legal Friend

Firm appoints six trainee solicitors

Litigation firm Your Legal Friend has welcomed six new trainee solicitors into its industry-leading learning and development programme.

They join the firm on a two-year scheme which will see them gain experience in the clinical negligence, personal injury, professional negligence and accidents and illnesses abroad departments.

Sophie Baxter, Gurdeep Singh, Rachael Payne, Magdalena Smacka, Catherine Donnelly and Richard Roberts will work closely with Your Legal Friend’s experienced solicitors on a wide range of the firm’s cases.

The group are undertaking the programme, which is registered under the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Training Regulations 2014, after completing their Legal Practice Course (LPC).

Alison Saul, head of personal injury and training principal, commented: ‘Every year we welcome a new group of naturally talented trainees and invest significant time and resources to help them realise their full potential.

‘Compared to many other firms the programme has a strong retention rate, with the majority of those who qualified over the last few years establishing themselves as excellent solicitors at Your Legal Friend.

‘Their progression is a source

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