Douglas law firm M&P Legal has boosted its legal team with the qualification of a trainee and the addition of a senior consultant.

Amelia Quinn was recently admitted to the Manx bar after a two-year training period with M&P Legal.

She follows in a family tradition with her father and two of her brothers already qualified as lawyers and working in the island.

Her father John Quinn is the island’s Attorney General while brothers James and Josh work for other companies in the island.

Miss Quinn is now an associate advocate in the firm’s litigation department.

Meanwhile, advocate Nigel Cordwell, a personal injury lawyer, is consulting with M&P Legal to help manage its personal injury caseload.

Mr Cordwell is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and has 30 years’ medical law experience in England and the Isle of Man.

Miss Quinn said: ’I am really looking forward to developing a litigation practice and appearing in courts and tribunals for the firm’s excellent client base.’

In addition Miss Quine has just qualified as a data protection practitioner having passed the necessary exam at first sitting.

Mr Cordwell is still in private practice.

He said: ’I am impressed with the no-nonsense and common sense way M&P Legal goes about its business and I am enjoying being part of its litigation team’.

Mr Cordwell also speaks German.

The firm’s joint managing director John Aycock, head of litigation, said: ’Amelia shows all the right qualities to become an influential courtroom lawyer, whereas Nigel’s ability is known to all within the Manx bar, he is a clear leader in his field.

’Expanding at both ends of the experience spectrum helps give good balance to the firm.

’It also means we now have lawyers qualified in five jurisdictions (Isle of Man, England and Wales, Spain, Republic of Ireland and Turks and Caicos Islands) with language capability in four tongues - English, Spanish, French and German.’