Law firm Bromleys has welcomed four paralegals to its ranks as part of its ongoing expansion amid a period of rapid growth.
Claire Billington and Sophia Khan-Iqbal specialise in domestic violence, divorce and children matters as part of Tameside-based Bromleys’ family and divorce team, which is headed by Keith Bull.
Claire has nearly 10 years’ experience in the field of family law. Sophia, who graduated in 2019 with a law degree from the University of Leeds, previously worked at a Manchester city centre firm where she specialised in cases of historic child abuse.
Olu Balogun and Sadaf Idrees have joined Bromleys’ Court of Protection and Powers of Attorney team, which is led by Francesca Rigby.
The pair are working with clients and their families to support them in managing the financial affairs of those who lack capacity due to illness or injury.
Sadaf has more than five years’ experience in Court of Protection work and is undertaking the Solicitors Qualifying Examination this year.
Olu graduated in law at Durham University in 2019 and completed her legal practice course at BPP University in Manchester, achieving a merit, and has recently been awarded a training contract reflecting the hard work she has put in since arriving at Bromleys.
Bromleys’ senior partner Mark Hirst said: “The arrival of the four new paralegals in both the Family and Court of Protection teams shows the upward trajectory here at Bromleys. The Family team under Keith’s leadership has gone from strength to strength in the last four years and the addition of Claire and Sophia mirrors this. Having Olu and Sadaf join our Court of Protection team also shows the positive progress of the team, Olu is a wonderful asset to Bromleys and we are excited that she has accepted a training contract with us.
Over the next few months we have further recruitment in line with growth across many of our services including commercial, litigation, care, court of protection and the wills teams. It truly is an exciting time to be a part of the Bromleys team.”