NORTH East law firm Ward Hadaway has promoted six of its lawyers to the position of partner.

Associates Jamie Gamble, Paul Scope, David Dewar, Alex Wright, Alex Cox and Imogen Holland are now all partners at the firm.

Jamie Gamble and Paul Scope both work in Ward Hadaway’s employment law team. David Dewar works in Ward Hadaway’s personal injury team and specialises in a broad range of personal injury matters.

Alex Wright and Alex Cox work in the property department at Ward Hadaway and both have extensive experience of dealing with a wide range of property transactions.

Imogen Holland is a member of Ward Hadaway’s corporate finance department.

She specialises in advising upon debt and equity fundraising transactions. Jamie Martin, managing partner at Ward Hadaway, said: “These promotions are all richly deserved and demonstrate how as a firm we strive to recognise talent, hard work and application.

“They reflect the dedication, determination and wide range of skills which every one of these six newly-promoted partners brings to the firm and to our clients.

“Becoming a partner is not an easy thing to achieve so they deserve our congratulations.”

Ward Hadaway now has 63 partners and employs almost 400 people in its offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester.