Watson Burton, which is based in Newcastle and Leeds, has appointed CHRIS STOREY as a property partner.

Mr Storey joins from Eversheds' Newcastle office. He specialises in landlord and tenant work, freehold acquisition and sales.

After graduating from Newcastle University, Mr Storey joined Wilkinson Marshall Clayton and Gibson, which merged with Wilkinson Maughan before coming under the Eversheds umbrella.

He has remained with the same firm since qualification 29 years ago, and has specialised in property throughout that time.