Appointment.

Margaret Harvey has joined Applebys Solicitors with offices in Marsh and Bradford.

Ms Harvey, who was born in Durham, worked for many years in Zimbabwe. She joined the country's Ministry of Justice in 1975 to work in the register of deeds. In 1984, she joined the legal firm Wintertons in Harare and worked there until 1996 doing extensive work in conveyancing and administration of deceased estates. While working full time, Ms Harvey studied law with the University of South Africa and gained her degree in 1996. She joined law firm Byron Venturas and Partners in Harare and continued her studies at the university before gaining her LLB degree specialising in civil law in 2004. In 2008, Ms Harvey gained her LLM degree in commercial law, specialising in insurance law and the law relating to security documents.

She was admitted as a legal practitioner in Zimbabwe in 2001 with right of appearance in court. She moved back to the UK in 2008 and enrolled as a solicitor of England and Wales last September. At Applebys Solicitors, she specialises in consumer law, representing clients on all such matters and particularly issues involving mis-sold personal insurance protection policies and unenforceable loans..