Based in Liverpool, Warrington and Runcorn, Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors has grown its headcount by 33% as it celebrates its 200th year

Liverpool city region law firm Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors has relocated its Runcorn office and grown its team by 33% to 56 team members.

The Runcorn team of the firm, with this year celebrates is 200th year, has relocated to a new, upgraded space in Millbank House, close to its original workplace. BLJ also operates from Liverpool and Warrington.

It new team members cover all of its legal departments, including residential conveyancing, family law, criminal law, commercial litigation and wills and probate to name a few.

Managing Partner Mike Leeman said: “After what has been a difficult and uncertain period, we are delighted with our end of year results which shows an increase in volume of cases and turnover across all of our departments.

“Delivering such a high volume of work while the team have been operating flexibly with a mix of home and office working is truly a credit to them and is a demonstration of our commitment as a firm to both our employees and our clients.

“Over the years we have invested in market leading technology that allows clients to work with us digitally whilst allowing the team to benefit from increased agility across all areas.

Millbank House includes an open plan workspace, boardroom, interview rooms and a number of breakout areas alongside communal gardens.

Mr Leeman added: “Due to the rapid growth of the firm in the last several years, we’ve invested into our team and in the last 12 months alone have brought on 22 new recruits across all departments including three apprentices.

“With so much uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and what it would mean for the legal sector, it would have been easy for us to minimise our outgoings and simply get through it, but we believe that investing into people and into technology is worth the risk and for us, that’s been the case.”