KEOGHS Solicitors have taken on a new partner to further strengthen the firm's personal injury team.

Globe-trotting Martin McAleer, pictured, who has joined from James Chapman, specialises in defendant personal injury litigation.

Mr McAleer, who was previously with Keoghs for six years, left in June, 2000 for a trip which took in South America, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Cambodia, India and Vietnam.

Originally from Warrenpoint in Ireland, he now lives in Didsbury, Manchester, and will be based at the Parklands office near the Reebok Stadium.