Legal staffing specialist BCL Legal has hired James Hitti as senior associate.

Previously a principal consultant at global talent solutions company Hudson, his new role sees him recruit real estate and corporate lawyers in Manchester city centre.

Meanwhile, Katherine Scarff has been appointed as a consultant in the firm’s Leeds office where she will cover residential conveyancing recruitment in the Yorkshire and the North-East region.  

She joins from Celsius Graduate Recruitment where she was a senior talent manager.