Solicitor David Liddell Retires After Over 30 Years

David Liddell, a partner for Ware & Kay incorporating Sykes Lee & Brydson with offices in York and Wetherby was today marking his retirement after over 30 years with the firm.

David, celebrated an evening with family, friends, colleagues, clients and former clients at the Ware & Kay offices at Sentinel House, Peasholme Green, York, on 28th March.  He has built up a long and distinguished reputation as one of the leading litigation and dispute resolution lawyers in Yorkshire with particular expertise in personal injury.

Having qualified in 1980, David joined Ware & Kay as an Assistant Solicitor in 1983. After running the branch office in Acomb for 3 years he returned to York and became a partner of the firm and remained at Ware & Kay for the whole of his working career. David is a well-known member of The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and was Assistant Deputy Coroner for York.

David said "It is with a mixture of excitement, gratitude, disbelief and just a touch of sadness that I arrive at the end of 30- years-plus as a solicitor with Ware & Kay and start on a new chapter.

Excitement about, I hope, now having the opportunity to do a lot of the things which work commitments have not left enough time for (such as spending more time with my wife, Val and our family and friends, travelling, hiking, cycling, attending concerts and the cinema and improving my guitar-playing).

Gratitude to my family and friends, clients, business partners and colleagues who have supported me throughout.

Disbelief at the prospect of never again having to account to anyone but myself (and, perhaps, Val!) for my time or to try to keep up with the ever-changing laws, rules and regulations under which solicitors operate.

The touch of sadness is at knowing that I will never again have the satisfaction of contributing towards a good resolution of a client's dispute and in losing the day to day contact with clients and colleagues which makes the hard work of being a litigation lawyer so worthwhile".

Published: April 2014