Ramsdens Solicitors promotes first licensed Conveyancer to partner

Kirklees and Calderdale - based law firm, Ramsdens Solicitors LLP, is paving the way in the region by becoming one of the first local law firms to promote a Licensed Conveyancer to the role of partner.

Lynda Shackleton heads up the Holmfirth office and has been with the firm since 1997 – Lynda became a partner on 1st February.
She has spent the last 13 years with Ramsdens where she started as a Conveyancer in the Residential Conveyancing department. Since then, she has managed and helped grow the Holmfirth office.

Speaking on her promotion, Lynda commented: “It’s a huge honour to be made partner in Ramsdens and to be allowed to to take an active role in the management of the business.”

Paul Joyce, managing partner at Ramsdens, added: “We welcome the new reforms that aim to make the legal industry more competitive and law firms more transparent. The Legal Services Act 2007 gives us the freedom to reward talented individuals who would not normally have the opportunity to manage a law firm.

“Ramsdens must be one of the first local law firms in the to do this, if not the first. We pride ourselves in being one step ahead in adapting to the changing legal marketplace. I am confident that Lynda will help drive the business even further and will comfortably rise to the challenges.”

About Ramsdens Solicitors LLP

Ramsdens is the leading legal firm in Kirklees and Calderdale. With its principal office in Edgerton and five branch offices in Huddersfield, Halifax, Holmfirth, Slaithwaite and Elland, Ramsdens is perfectly placed to build on its heritage in the area.
Offering the full spectrum of legal services to organisations and to the individual, Ramsdens adhere to the highest standards of legal excellence and the highest standards of service. We are widely respected for the depth of our industry knowledge and for being responsive, efficient, and easy to work with. A local team……setting new standards in legal services.