A Bury law firm made 11 new appointments and promoted four members of staff in the last half of 2022 to cater for growing demand from clients.

Butcher & Barlow, which has its head office on Bank Street in the town centre, had interest for its services "across all departments" last year.

The Legal 500 firm, which has 10 offices across the North West, made six fee earner appointments and took on three trainee solicitors and two paralegals since August.

And four paralegals have been promoted to trainee solicitors.

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Associate solicitor, Tom Newman, who joined the corporate and commercial team in October, after two years at his previous firm, said: “Having worked alongside Butcher & Barlow on a number of deals in my previous role, I was aware of the quality of their work and jumped at the opportunity of joining them.

“They have the in-house expertise and size of clients that you’d find in a larger city centre firm but without the impersonal corporate manner you find in large city firms.

“I’m relishing the opportunity of working with larger clients and being part of the shared decision making and collaborative approach Butcher & Barlow are so good at.”

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Helen Chadderton, a private client solicitor who joined in September, also has high praise for her employer.

She said: “We’re often dealing with very personal, private and sometimes painful information in this area of law and it’s important that clients feel they can trust us.

“We need to become part of their trusted inner circle as quickly as possible and the collaborative way of working and decision making that Butcher & Barlow employ suits this extremely well.

“It gives me the confidence to do the best I can for each client knowing I can call on expertise from other departments if needed.”

The business "places great emphasis on developing and nurturing young talent" and has a successful young lawyers programme, which has led to the recent recruitment of six paralegals.

The firm "understand that effective mentoring and training forms a key part of a young solicitor’s professional development".

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Senior partner Jonathan Aldersley added: “We place great emphasis on attracting and keeping the best staff, at every level.

"We pride ourselves on understanding our clients' needs and providing sound commercial advice and for that we need the right calibre of staff.

“These new appointments do just that and are a further indication of Butcher & Barlow’s ambitions for growth and excellence.”