Winner of the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards 2013, Ridley & Hall, has started 2014 on a high with a variety of appointments and promotions across the organisation.

Ruky Mahboob has been appointed as Practice Manager and Human Resource Lead. Ruky joins the team from Anchor Housing. She comes from a HR and Management background with over 10 years’ experience in developing and managing people to achieve business and career goals. Ruky will be working alongside Elaine Davis, formerly Practice Manager, who has now become the firm’s Finance Manager.

John Royle, formerly of Eaton Smith, joins the expanding Commercial department. John is a Senior Solicitor with a wealth of experience after many years as Managing Partner and Head of Commercial Property. John also works closely with Sarah Young and Nigel Priestley on the Huddersfield Law Society Uganda Twinning Project.

Due to growth in a variety of departments, there have been several internal promotions including Sarah Brown who has been promoted to paralegal in the Child Care and Adoption department. Sarah has been with the firm for over three years and is experienced in Residence and Special Guardianship Orders and attending meetings with the local authorities on behalf of parents. Helen Jarvis has become a paralegal in the Community Care department. Helen has been with the firm for two years and specialises in the field of Kinship Care.

Commenting on the new appointments, Managing Partner, Adam Fletcher, said, “We achieved a lot in 2013 and I am very excited by the appointments and promotions that we are announcing so early in 2014. Our recent successes are as the result of the great people we have working at Ridley & Hall and the appointments of Ruky and John only add to this. Both have a proven record of success and enthusiasm in their respective fields. The internal promotions also reiterate our aim to support home grown talent.”

From left to right; Back Row – Ruky Mahboob, Adam Fletcher, John Royle, Sarah Brown; Front Row – Helen Jarvis, Elaine Davis