Weightmans makes its first appointment in 2010

Law firm Weightmans has made its first appointment of 2010; Sallie Harrington joins the Local Government team in London as an associate.

Sallie, who specialises in community care law, practiced in-house with local authorities before joining Creighton & Partners in December 2003.

At Weightmans, Sallie will be part of a growing team delivering comprehensive legal advice to local authorities on adult services, child protection law, education and mental health. Sallie will work alongside the already well-established Healthcare Advisory team in London led by Kiran Bhogal, enabling Weightmans to deliver an all-round service in public law to Local Authorities and the NHS.

Graeme Creer, Weightmans’ Head of Local Government: “Sallie’s appointment is an excellent way to start the year. Her extensive experience will benefit our public sector clients and add to our strength in this highly specialised area. I am looking forward to working with Sallie and I am sure she will teach me and my colleagues a thing or two.”

Sallie, who was first admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in South Australia in 2000 and qualified as a solicitor in England in 2004, says she is excited about the challenges ahead: “I am thrilled to be joining a firm that has such a fantastic reputation for public law. I look forward to getting stuck in and hope that my role will boost both the local government and healthcare offerings in London.”

Weightmans’ public line continues to surpass itself with 2009 seeing the firm appointed to both the London Borough Legal Alliance consortium panel in October and the North West Collaborative Commercial Agency’s panel (advising over 50 NHS Trusts in the North West) in December.