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Huw Worthington is the Senior partner of Worthingtons and heads up the Private Client Department.

He was born in Welshpool and educated at Caerphilly Boys Grammar and the University of Warwick.

After several years in financial services he qualified as a Solicitor in 1990 and was a Co-founder of Worthingtons in November 2003.

Huw is a Member of the Trust and Estate Practitioners Society and runs a Legal column in a Regional newspaper.

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Celia Worthington was admitted as a solicitor in 1984 having obtained her law degree from Warwick University followed by completion of the legal practice course at Chester. She trained with Eversheds Solicitors in their Birmingham office where she remained for four years post qualification within the corporate finance department.

Celia returned to the Province in 1989 to join one of Northern Ireland's leading practices where she remained as a partner until she joined Worthingtons as a partner in February 2006.

Celia specialises in commercial property, banking, telecoms and corporate and commercial law. She advises a number of UK wide corporate clients and well known local charities and is currently Chairperson of Abbeyfield (NI) a local housing association.

Celia is married to Huw, the firm's founding partner, and together they have three children.

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Ciaran is a Partner in Worthingtons Solicitors, Belfast and heads the Litigation Department.

Educated at Queens University Belfast, he qualified as a Solicitor in 1993.

Ciaran regularly advises and represents both private and commercial clients in relation to general litigation matters, including contractual disputes, adjudications, commercial debt recovery, and land & boundary disputes.

He oversees the expanding Clinical Negligence and Judicial review Departments for the firm, and has advised a number of Councils and Companies in relation to the defence of Health & Safety prosecutions.

He is responsible for the firm's IT and for the growing number of IT related legal enquiries.

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Maxine Orr is a Partner in Worthingtons Commercial Solicitors, Belfast where she heads up the Employment Law Team.

Maxine graduated from Queen's University 1997 and qualified as a solicitor in 1999. She advises and represents employers and senior executives both in the public and private sector on all aspects of employment law. A regular speaker and writer on all employment law matters and well-respected for her commercially sound and practical approach. Maxine is also an accredited Mediator and a tutor in Employment Law at Queen's University Institute of Professional Legal Studies.

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David read law at Queens University, Belfast, graduating in 1997 before moving to London to work for KPMG as a tax specialist. David qualified as a solicitor in 2000 and became a partner in Worthingtons in 2006.

David is a qualified solicitor in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and advises commercial and institutional clients and private investors on all aspects of commercial property. In addition, David acts for telecoms companies including 3, Orange, Vodafone and Everything Everywhere Limited as well as renewable energy companies. David has represented telecoms companies advising in many inter-operator installations including those at Dublin Convention Centre, Croke Park, Aviva Stadium, Dublin Airport and Dublin Port Tunnel. In 2011, David was appointed to represent the Irish Rugby Football Union (Ulster Branch) in connection with the redevelopment of Ravenhill Stadium.

Outside of work, David sits on the board of an opera company and has a keen interest in the arts. David is a former competitive downhill skier and continues to enjoy recreational skiing. David enjoys watching most sports except Formula 1 racing.

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Clare graduated from QUB with an honours law degree in 1999, qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and was made a partner in 2007. Clare heads our matrimonial, family and childcare department and has extensive experience in this area. She deals with all aspects of separation and divorce, financial settlements, pre and post nuptial agreements, cohabitation issues, civil partnerships, domestic violence proceedings, Children Order matters, and care, adoption and wardship issues.

Clare is an accredited member of the Children Order panel, a select group of legal advisors who are approved to represent children in specified proceedings.

She is also trained and qualified to practise collaborative law, a system designed to assist couples in seeking a resolution of their matrimonial issues without resorting to going to court.

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Alistair graduated from the University of Dundee in 2002 and qualified as a solicitor in 2004. He specialises in commercial property acquisitions and disposals, commercial leases for landlords and tenants and securitisation work for local lenders.

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Louise is an Associate Partner within the Employment Law Team at Worthingtons, Belfast Office. She graduated with LLB Honours from Queen's University Belfast in 2002 and qualified as a Solicitor in 2004. She specialises in Employment law and debt recovery and is a member of the Northern Ireland Employment Lawyer's Group.

Louise has seven years post qualification experience in employment law litigation and works closely with employers across the public, private and third sectors providing practical advice and assistance in respect of the application of their internal procedures to individual employee cases and further providing advice and representation in respect of all categories of employment claims before the Industrial and Fair Employment Tribunals and the civil courts. She regularly advices on restructuring issues including individual and collective redundancies and the application and implication of TUPE. She has particular interest and experience in cases involving claims of detrimental treatment for trade union activities, discrimination on grounds of political opinion relating to trade union activities and beliefs and claims of direct and indirect discrimination arising from recruitment and selection exercises.

She writes regular updates on employment law developments for both the Ulster Business and the Legal Island Email Update service. She also speaks at Seminars and provides in-house training for clients.

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Mary graduated from Queen's University in 1999 with a degree in Law and Politics and then completed a Masters in Computer Science and Applications. Mary joined Worthingtons Solicitors in 2004 and qualified as a solicitor in 2006. Since joining the Commercial team in our Belfast office in March 2006 Mary has worked with both private and commercial clients, as well as dealing with securitisation work for lenders. In 2009 Mary joined our Employment law department where she advised on all aspects of employment law, acting primarily for employers, in both the public and private sectors. Mary currently deals with our web development and IT matters.

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Catherine graduated from the University of Ulster in 2002 with a degree in Law and Government, following which she attended the College of Law in Chester and completed the Legal Practice Course.

Catherine worked as a paralegal with Hill Dickinson Solicitors for a number of months before taking up a training contract with a firm in Warrington. Catherine qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales in June 2006.

Having opted to back pack across the world for 6 months, Catherine returned to Northern Ireland in 2007 and has worked as a locum solicitor in both the public and private sectors for several years before joining Worthingtons Solicitors in July 2011. Catherine has experience in dealing with personal injury litigation from both the perspective of Plaintiff and Defendant and now works within the Commercial Litigation Department of the Belfast office, acting on behalf of developers in contractual disputes. In addition, Catherine has a growing Chancery and Commercial Court practice, with several land disputes and professional negligence matters.

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Originally from Portstewart on the North Coast, Brian studied law in Nottingham before returning home to Northern Ireland in 2006.

Since joining Worthingtons in January 2007, Brian worked as a paralegal in our Newtownards office before gaining admission to the Institute of Professional Legal Studies.

He qualified as a Solicitor in September 2010 and is currently working in our Belfast office litigation department, where he specialises in general litigation; land, property and contract disputes; defence of criminal prosecutions for both companies and individuals & disputes involving public law/human rights issues. Brian has a keen interest in Judicial Review.

Outside of work, Brian is a keen golfer, enjoys attending the gym and is involved with church and community work.

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Niall McMullan is a Solicitor in Worthingtons Commercial Solicitors, Belfast where he specialises in Employment Law. Niall graduated from University of Ulster in 2003 and qualified as a solicitor in 2008. Niall has a range of experience in advising large and small employers, both within the private and public sector on all aspects of employment law, pre and post legal proceedings. Niall also advises employees in relation to workplace disputes and has represented clients at tribunal in unfair dismissal, redundancy claims, fair employment, sex, disability, race and age discrimination claims. Niall also writes articles on employment cases and is a member of the Employment Lawyers Group in Northern Ireland.

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Toni graduated from the University of Ulster in 2007 with a degree in Law and Government and commenced employment with Worthingtons Solicitors in July 2007.

Toni qualified as a Solicitor in 2010 and works in the Employment Department of our Belfast office, advising on all aspects of employment law and acting primarily for employers, in both the public and private sector, in the defence of Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal claims. Toni is also a member of the Employment Lawyers Group.

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Jonathan worked as a paralegal for several years while studying part time for his law degree. Following admission to the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, he qualified as a Solicitor in September 2011.

Jonathan specialises in personal injury litigation, including asbestos related disease claims, clinical negligence and road traffic accidents. He also has a keen interest in Criminal Law, and represents clients in both the Magistrates' Court and Crown Court.

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Kevin is a Solicitor in Worthingtons Commercial Solicitors, Belfast where he specialises in Employment Law.

Kevin graduated from Queen's University Belfast with a degree in Law in 2006 and qualified as a solicitor in September 2012. Kevin has a range of experience advising public and private sector employers both prior to, and during all stages of proceedings in the Industrial Tribunal and Fair Employment Tribunal. Kevin advises employees on all aspects of employment law and has a keen interest in discrimination, redundancy and unfair dismissal claims.

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Una graduated from Queen's University, Belfast with an Honours degree in Law and Politics, having spent one year studying in America under the Business Education Initiative. She gained admission to the Institute of Professional Legal Studies and qualified as a Solicitor in September 2007.

Una works in the Matrimonial Department in Newtownards and specialises in separation and divorce cases as well as financial settlements and civil partnerships. She has experience in all Domestic Violence proceedings and Children Order matters both public and private law.

Una became an accredited member of the Children's Order Panel in June 2012, a select group of legal advisors who are approved to represent children in specified proceedings.

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Chris graduated from the University of Ulster with an Upper Second Class Honours degree in Law with Criminology in 2008. Chris then furthered his academic studies at Queens University Belfast in 2009 by achieving a Masters in Violence, Terrorism and Security.

Chris recently joined Worthingtons Solicitors as an Apprentice Solicitor and works in the Belfast office within the Litigation Department. Chris has experience working in areas of civil litigation that include: Land and Boundary Disputes, Medical Negligence, Personal Injury Claims, Road Traffic Accidents and with his eye for detail he hopes to bring further success to Worthingtons Solicitors.

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