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We have a vacancy for a hardworking, quick thinking Legal Secretary to support a busy fee earner in our Property team. Based at our Halifax office and working alongside the fee earner, you will need a good knowledge of residential conveyancing....

We're delighted to welcome Trainee Solicitor Grace Smith to our growing legal practice. Grace graduated with a First in 2021 after completing her Degree, Masters and Legal Practice Course at Northumbria University. After a short spell in the...

We're delighted to welcome Solicitor Afreen Mhar to our Property team. Afreen qualified as a solicitor in 2015 after graduating and completing her Legal Practice Course at the University of Huddersfield. Having gained experience as a commercial...

This month we were delighted to present awards to the University of Huddersfield’s top law graduates. On 14 July 2022, students from the University's Law school were recognised for their outstanding academic achievements at the annual Law...

Congratulations to our Care Proceedings specialist Robert Scott who this week marks forty years as a qualified Solicitor. Robert was born and raised in Halifax and joined Wilkinson Woodward as an articled clerk in July 1980, after graduating from the...

We're pleased to announce that Insha Khan has secured a training contract with Wilkinson Woodward. Having gained some early experience in litigation, Insha completed her Legal Practice Course at the University of Huddersfield before joining...

We have a vacancy for a hardworking, quick thinking Conveyancing Assistant to support a busy fee earner in a fast paced team. Based at our Huddersfield office and working alongside the fee earner, the ideal candidate will have a good...

Congratulations to our Managing Director Maureen Cawthorn who marks thirty years’ service at Wilkinson Woodward this month. After studying at Manchester University and the College of Law at Chester, Maureen qualified as a Solicitor in 1989,...

Congratulations to Director Roy Dunn  who marks ten years’ service with us this month.  Roy’s first legal role was as a trainee solicitor in Shrewsbury back in the 1990s and, since qualifying as a solicitor in 1992,...

Congratulations to conveyancing supremo  Gill Rothwell who marks fifteen years’ service with us this month.  Gill’s career in property law began at the tender age of seventeen when she became a legal secretary in...

We're delighted to welcome Solicitor  Aneesah Ansar   to our Family team. After completing her Law Degree and Legal Practice Course at Leeds Beckett University, Aneesah began her legal career in 2018, initially working on a mixed caseload of...

Update 31 March 2022: Thank you to everyone who applied for this role; applications are now closed. We have a vacancy for a hardworking, quick thinking Conveyancing Assistant to support a busy fee earner in a fast paced team. Based at our Halifax...

Update 15 March 2022: Thank you to everyone who applied for this role; applications are now closed. We're looking for a reliable Driver/Handy Person to carry out general maintenance and to transport documents between our three offices in Halifax,...

Congratulations to Gill Rothwell who has been awarded her Conveyancing Technician certificate. This is the first stage of Gill's licenced conveyancing qualification. Gill’s career in property law began at the tender age of seventeen when...

Congratulations to Head of Wills and Probate Hayley Meskimmon who marks fifteen years’ service with us this month.  Hayley qualified as a solicitor in 2010 and handles a full range of matters including  wills ,  lasting...

Update 2 February 2022: Thank you to everyone who applied for this role; applications are now closed.   We're looking for a part-time Archivist to provide critical administrative support to our busy Wills and Probate team. Based at our town...

Update 10 February 2022: Thank you to everyone who applied for this role; applications are now closed. We're looking for a special someone to join the reception team at our town centre office in Huddersfield. In this busy and varied...

Once again  we are pleased to announce our support of Huddersfield Literature Festival, which runs from 24 March to 3 April 2022. This year's festival promises another varied programme of entertaining and insightful literary events....

Congratulations to our wills, probate and residential property specialist Linda Heaton, who marks fifteen years’ service with us this month.  Linda began her working career as a junior secretary at a large legal firm in Leeds City...

Our offices will close at 12.30pm on Friday 24 December 2021. We reopen at 9am on Tuesday 4 January 2021. Merry Christmas from everyone at Wilkinson Woodward Solicitors!...

Miss Pickles is an eight-year-old British Bull Dog currently being cared for by the RSPCA Rehoming Centre in Halifax. It's a charity very close to our hearts. Miss Pickles is suffering from Grade 3 Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome...

We welcome expressions of interest from suitably qualified candidates who are interested in undertaking potential future training contracts with our busy and expanding legal practice. Our next intake will be in September 2023. During...

We're looking for a suitably qualified and experienced family law professional to join our busy and dedicated Family team. Based at one of our town centre offices in Halifax, Huddersfield and Brighouse, you’ll have experience in the full...

Congratulations to Dan Cawthorn in our Property team, who has qualified as a Solicitor today. Dan studied at Bradford Grammar School and gained a degree in History from the University of Newcastle before completing a law conversion course in 2018...

Workers on the minimum wage will get a pay increase from April next year when the rate for those aged over 23 will rise to £9.50 an hour (from £8.91). For a full-time worker, this equates to an extra £1,074 per...