In brief: Barrister joins SJ Berwin's advocacy team

Barrister Andrew Leitch has joined law firm SJ Berwin & Co's advocacy group. Leitch, who was called to the Bar in 1991, joins from the chambers of Neville Digby in Reading. He is also a part-time lecturer in company law at Holborn College, London. Richard Slowe, head of the advocacy group, says Leitch will re-qualify as a solicitor before applying for rights of audience in the higher courts.