Appointments: Four new faces for solicitors

Joanne Toft will head up the industrial disease unit, assisted by Bridget Williams.

Aminder Panesar will be part of the road traffic unit while Nick Stojanovic joins the personal injury team, which is headed up by Paul Carvis

The firm has four offices across Leeds city centre, Beeston, Chapel Allerton and Garforth.

Law firm DWF has appointed a new senior legal adviser to further strengthen its insurance team in Leeds.

Sharon Sanderson joins the catastrophic personal injury department from O'Rourke Reid Solicitors.

Henderson Insurance Brokers has appointed Gordon Brain as group broking director, based at the company's Leeds head office.

Mr Brain joins Henderson from Bluefin's Harrogate office after 26 years' service.

Estate agent Beadnall Copley has appointed Nick Hudson and Daryll Digpal as associate partners.

The company has offices in Harrogate, Wetherby and Ripon.

Law firm Baxter Caulfield has added a new company and commercial lawyer to its team.

Emma Spragg joins the firm as an assistant solicitor to help serve the Huddersfield firm's clients across a range of business sectors.

Sheffield Business Park has appointed Dawn Kennedy as park manager to serve occupiers on the 200-acre site. She joins from the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.

Law firm Eversheds' Local Government Group has been strengthened by the appointment of Frances Woodhead as a consultant in Leeds.

She previously held the position of director of legal services and deputy monitoring officer for Sheffield Council where she advised on strategic issues as part of its corporate management team as well as advising on legal and governance issues.

Recruitment firm BCL Legal has appointed a number of key staff within its senior management and consultant teams.

Ben Hartridge, Ben Gates, Joe Gregory and Ify Okpalugo join as consultants, while Sarah Thomas has been appointed training and operations director at the Leeds-based firm.

Marketing agency Outside the Box has made three senior appointments.

Claire Beasley is senior account manager, Sophie Walshe is account director and Kieron McIntyre has joined the Leeds-based team as web developer.

Three specialists have joined law firm Harrowells.

Kim Daniells, Rachel Griffiths and Helen Younger are all specialists in dealing with the often complex issues faced by victims of medical negligence or other serious injury.