RDP Law based in Newport, welcomes two new additions to its Dispute Resolution team – Sarah Porter as a partner and new head, and Liz O’Connor as a senior associate.

Having initially trained and qualified at RDP in 2008, Liz returns with more than 14 years’ experience in dispute resolution matters, working for private, commercial, and agricultural clients.

Liz’ areas of expertise include dealing with wide-ranging commercial disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, construction disputes, property litigation, contentious probate, and agricultural disputes including planning and environmental issues.

Sarah, who also qualified in 2008, has almost 15 years of dispute resolution experience, having been involved in a variety of types of litigation matter, both for private individuals and commercial clients.

She specialises in property litigation, with a focus on boundary disputes, trespass claims, rights of way, restrictive covenants, adverse possession, and professional negligence claims but also has significant experience in dealing with both private and commercial, landlord and tenant disputes.

In a joint statement, they said: “We are both delighted to be joining such an established and well-respected practice. We will be developing and growing the Dispute Resolution department to continue to provide our clients with the service they have come to expect, and we are grateful for the support we have already been given by the RDP team.”