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South West legal firm Amicus Law has appointed James Armstrong as its third equity partner, marking a strategic step to strengthen the firm’s commercial offering.

With immediate effect, James, who is the Head of the Commercial Property team, takes an equity stake in the business, becoming the youngest equity partner in the firm’s 20-year history. Qualifying in 2016, James joined Amicus Law in 2020 and is based at the firm’s Southernhay West office in Exeter, where he leads a team of commercial property specialists across the South West.

James comments: “I’m incredibly...

National law firm Foot Anstey has reinforced its commitment to the region with the promotion of two Exeter-based lawyers to the firm's partnership, as well as the relocation of its Exeter office to a new city-centre base at Broadwalk House on Southernhay West.

Emma Clayton and Dominic Cromwell, both in the firm’s Corporate & Private Equity team, have been promoted to partner. The promotions come as the firm marks a major milestone in Exeter relocating, after more than 20 years at Senate Court, to a modern, purpose-designed workspace that supports collaboration, flexibility...

The Devon-wide health and wellbeing charity, Westbank Community Health and Care, is delighted to welcome lawyer Henry Cross as its newest Trustee. Henry is a Senior Associate at Michelmores, specialising in employment law.

A father-of-two from Exeter, Henry already had a broad awareness of the charity when he met Westbank’s Head of Carers Services, Andy Hood, at a networking event a few years ago. When he subsequently learnt that Westbank was looking for a law-oriented Trustee to join its Board, he was quick to express his interest in the role.

Henry says, “I knew I...

Plans for two brand new South West hubs have been revealed by leading logistics network, Pall-Ex Group , as it earmarks an £8 million investment for strengthening its services across the region.

The South West peninsula, often known as the ‘final frontier’, has historically been one of the most challenging delivery locations in the UK due to its landscape. In spite of that, the region has been dubbed a ‘logistics hot spot’ , with brands like Pall-Ex continuing to see year-on-year growth .

Now, businesses throughout the region will soon benefit from the launch of two new...