SOUTHAMPTON-based Lawcomm Solicitors has appointed a national account manager to assist in the development of its mortgage lender and introducer services department.

Jonathan Woodcraft, pictured, joins the firm with more than ten years experience gained in the mortgage industry.

His most recent position was as a client account manager for a leading title insurers, where he managed a panel of 23 firms of solicitors across the UK handling more than 70,000 conveyancing transactions a year.