Law firm Ward Hadaway has expanded its private client team with the appointment of three solicitors across its Newcastle and Leeds office.

Joan Russell, Sarah Adamson and Lily Lynch will advise on all aspects of private client services including estate planning, wills, family trust creation and administration, inheritance tax, succession planning, lasting powers of attorney and probate.

Based in the Newcastle office, Ms Russell has experience of advising clients in connection with the advising and preparation of their wills. She had been with the firm for two and a half years as part of the personal injury unit before j...