Adelle Walker has joined from Digby Brown, while Peter Littlefair has been recruited from Lyons Davidson.

The personal injury team is part of Balfour and Manson’s 15-strong litigation department.

David Short, head of litigation at Balfour and Manson, said: “We are delighted to welcome two excellent young Associates to our Personal Injury team. Balfour and Manson has a long-standing reputation for excellence in its personal injury work and the arrival of Adelle and Peter adds more firepower to an already strong team.”

Ms Walker, who has eight years’ experience working in personal injury claims, trained at Thorntons in Dundee, qualifying in 2014, and then at Digby Brown in Kirkcaldy from 2015-2019. She has specialist experience dealing with complex and high-value work accidents and fatal accidents.

Mr Littlefair worked as a paralegal before his legal traineeship with Lyons Davidson, joining their litigation team after qualification in 2014. He takes a keen interest in the developing role of technology in the legal market.