MIKE PLEWS has been promoted to associate at law firm Robert Muckle.

He was a chartered civil engineer before becoming a lawyer and leads the construction team at Robert Muckle.

He has spent 22 years in the construction industry, having worked on major projects such as the Docklands Light Railway, in London, and the Thorpe Nuclear Reprocessing Plant, at Sellafield. He was also a project manager with Birse Construction before becoming a lawyer.

The construction team at the law firm has also recruited local construction lawyer ALAN ROSS as a solicitor.