Law firm Blake Morgan appoint new Partner

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Stephen Emerson

Blake Morgan has appointed Thomas Middlehurst as a new partner to lead their Contentious Trusts and Estate Team.

The law firm have offices in has offices: Reading and Southampton, as well as Cardiff, London and Oxford.

Qualifying as a solicitor in 2008, Thomas has held positions at Moore Barlow, DAC Beachcroft, and DMH Stallard (formerly AWB Partnership).

Middlehurst was Moore Barlow's youngest partner when he was promoted to the position in 2015.

Blake Morgan's latest employee specialisms include Inheritance Act disputes, trust disputes, charity legacy disputes, mental capacity issues, and claims against executors and trustees, as well as Trust of Land and property ownership disputes.

Chris Potts, Partner and Head of the Commercial Litigation Practice at Blake Morgan, said: “Thomas’s arrival adds knowledge and expertise to our contentious trusts and estates practice at a time when it is going from strength to strength.

“The team is primed for continued growth under his experienced leadership, as he brings learnings across from the many complex cases he has acted on, and the excellent service he has always provided to his clients.”

Thomas Middlehurst new partner at Blake Morgan.

Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset. Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users. He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.