A TRAINEE solicitor has been taken on by Kidderminster law firm, Talbots Solicitors.

Lisa Pickering, who had previous experience with another legal practice, focuses on family, matrimonial and children issues. Her hobbies include astronomy.

Senior partner, Martyn Morgan, said: "Lisa is already proving to be a very capable lawyer and we are delighted to have been able to recruit such talent to the firm.

"It is not just her that is learning. Lisa has had the benefit of recent intensive legal training and this means that, sometimes, she is able to keep us abreast of recent legal developments, thereby saving the need for us to spend a long time on detailed research.

"Our clients benefit from this too, in that saved time equals saved expense."