LAW firm Ramsdens Solicitors has appointed licensed conveyancer Lynda Shackleton as a partner.

Ms Shackleton (pictured) heads the Holmfirth office and has been with the firm since 1997. She has spent the past 13 years with Ramsdens, where she started as a conveyancer in the residential conveyancing department.

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

Paul Joyce, managing partner, said: “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.”