A NEW solicitor has been appointed at a Wrexham firm. Surges in private client work, brought on in part by the coronavirus pandemic, has resulted in law teams across the country taking on new members of staff. The latest announcement in this region is the appointment of a new solicitor at the Wrexham head office of GHP Legal. Frances Cartwright joins GHP Legal, which as a member of the Legal 500 register ranks among the top 500 law firms in England and Wales, from Bartletts Solicitors in Chester. Wrexham born and bred, Frances qualified as a solicitor in 2018. After gaining a 2:1 degree in law from Liverpool John Moores University, she completed her Legal Practice Course remotely whilst working full-time as a legal secretary, and was later offered a two-year training contract with the same firm.