Defying winter colds and weather, Ward’s Solicitors’ Partner Gary Hope successfully competed on behalf of England in his first Masters International Cross-Country Competition in Swansea on 15th November.

Jessica Coote recently qualified as a Solicitor after eight years of studying, whilst working full-time. She joined Wards Solicitors in March 2001, having already started her Legal Executive training and joined the Family law department in December 2003. She qualified as a Legal Executive (FILEX) in 2006, and moved to the firm’s Weston-super-Mare office, and then took further exams to qualify as a Solicitor.