Pictured above: (l-r) Alex Dettmar, Karen Shakespeare, Dawn Slow, Susan Venables and Robert Rose

Midlands law firm Harvey Ingram has continued its aggressive expansion of operations with a string of new appointments.

Personal Injury development manger Alex Dettmar joins from Blakemores in Birmingham. He is joined by fellow personal injury specialist Dawn Slow, who comes from Leicester firm Bray & Bray. Dawn is a senior legal executive with a well-established professional pedigree in overseeing catastrophic brain injury claims and medical negligence work. She is also a council member of the Institute of Legal Executives, secretary to the Child Brain Injury Trust Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Family Support Group and a trustee of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Headway. 

New Trusts & Probate associate Karen Shakespeare joins from national firm Shoosmiths, where she advised land and business owners on estate planning, wealth management and tax. Her clients included sports personalities and celebrities. She also advised lottery winners as part of the Camelot advisory panel. Karen has more than 12 years' experience and specialises in wills, tax and trusts. 

Harvey Ingram's rapidly expanding Employment team has also been boosted with the arrival of specialist personnel consultant Susan Venables. She has a wealth of experience having specialised in advising SMEs on critical HR matters.

The latest appointments follow the arrival of a host of fellow top-performers. They also help cement Harvey Ingram's status as the region's fastest growing law firm following its recent merger with Borneos.

Deputy managing partner Robert Rose says: "I am absolutely delighted with these key hires. They are all high-calibre appointments and very talented individuals with exceptional reputations that reflect Harvey Ingram's ambition and vision to continue to be at the forefront of the region's legal sector."

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