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Lynda Monks Email: lynda.monks@macks.co.uk Areas of law: Wills and Probate Lynda attained her law degree at Brunel University and trained at Cohen Jackson Scott & Simon in Middlesbrough with Nick Mack, the former Managing Director of Macks. After a few years as a partner in the Wills and…
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