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Sunderland firm sees department blossom

WEARSIDE law firm Emmersons Solicitors has reported a 120% rise in turnover of its conveyancing department on the back of a growing client base.

Most recently, the family run solicitors firm, which has offices on John Street, Sunderland, and also on Gosforth High Street, Newcastle, assisted football fanzine A Love Supreme in securing a long term lease on its offices.

The magazine previously had no permanent lease on its premises on Stadium Way, next to the Stadium of Light, but with a new landlord in place, Emmersons managed to cement a formal fixed tenancy agreement on the office.

Emmersons Solicitors head of conveyancing John Coulter said: “It’s great news that despite tough economic times, when conveyancing has typically been at an all time low, that we have actually bucked this trend and are holding our own.

“This year we have seen a huge rise in the amount of work coming into our conveyancing department. We have been particularly pleased with the amount of commercial property work that we have undertaken. I think this comes off the back of more Sunderland-based companies realising that they don’t have to take their legal work outside of Sunderland, and that we are capable of providing all of their legal requirements.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .