Solicitor Paula Gibson and associates Timothy Rankin and Judith Jones were recognised as having completed their Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Diploma at an event in Belfast.

They were recognised at the Probate Practitioners Day at the Stormont Hotel in a presentation by the Honorable Mr Justice Horner.

Director Michael Graham is already a full member of STEP, and was recently elected as a committee member of the Mental Capacity Global Special Interest Group Steering Committee of STEP.

While completing her Diploma, Ms Gibson was awarded the Trust & Estate Accounting Student of the Year (NI) Award..

She said: “I am really pleased to have been awarded the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates, which I feel has developed my specialist knowledge in this area which will be an asset to the team.

“The fact that we now have four full STEP members really sets our team apart in Northern Ireland.”