The Top 40 law firm said the appointment would bolster its private wealth disputes and commercial litigation team. Crawford will work closely with Helen Briant and the firm’s private wealth team in Birmingham.

A qualified lawyer of 12 years, she will be joining Trowers from Stephens Scown. Crawford, who has featured regularly in both Chambers and the Legal 500 in recent years, has been noted as being a "formidable litigator who works incredibly hard and is unbelievably thorough.” She was named lawyer of the week in The Times in 2020.
 
The firm said that Crawford would bring knowledge and experience to the team and play a key role in its growth and development. 

Crawford specialises in private wealth disputes and contentious asset protection issues including trust disputes, removal of trustees, removal of executors, financial abuse claims, Court of Protection work, contentious deputyship and attorney issues, claims between unmarried partners and the preparation of cohabitation agreements, claims against estates including will validity claims, the doctrine of proprietary estoppel, claims under the Inheritance (provision for family and dependants) Act 1975 and other estate matters including claims under the Forfeiture Act as well as dealing with contentious estates out of jurisdiction assets.

BNP Paribas
, based in London, has appointed Siobhan Lomasney as a partner in its family law team. Lomasney has acted for high net worth and high-profile individuals, their families and partners. She has been recognised in Legal 500 for her “excellent client engagement.”

Lomasney’s expertise includes divorce and the dissolution of civil partnerships, matrimonial finance claims, complex children law matters and disputes between unmarried couples. She joined the law firm Fletcher Day in January 2020.

Allard Bailey Family Law was founded in 2016.