Legal News: Fletchers expands & DTM Legal & more

FLETCHERS Solicitors, the Southport-based medical negligence and serious injury law firm, has expanded again.

It has spent around £750,000 on taking the final floor of Dukes House on Hoghton Street, Southport. Now the law firm occupies all 24,000 sq ft of the property.

Over the last 12 months the firm has appointed 20 lawyers, a number of graduate and trainee solicitors and 15 apprentices.

Chief executive Ed Fletcher,  said: “It’s an exciting time for the business at the moment and it’s fantastic to see it continue to grow and prosper. Over the past 12 months, we’ve expanded rapidly and to support this growth and manage our increasing workload, we’ve been able to invest in high quality talent to ensure we provide the best possible service to our clients.
 
“With all these new faces, it was clear that we needed to either move or acquire more space in our office to fit everyone in. Fortunately, the first floor in Dukes House had been unoccupied for a number of years, so it made perfect sense to purchase and renovate the available space.”

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DTM Legal, the Chester and Liverpool based firm, says it has made a strong start to the year, with 45 new client wins secured in the first quarter.

It is now seeking recruits to join the company as it targets expansion.
 
The firm serves a corporate client base across the North West, North Wales and beyond.

The new business secured brings the total of new clients which have appointed DTM Legal in the last six months to 113.

Recent client wins include high-profile brands such as Typhoo Tea and Alcontrol UK, the largest independent laboratory in the UK; construction company Mellwood Construction; and the Atmore Group, a privately owned group of investment companies. 

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DOMINIC Buckley, a commercial property lawyer at the Manchester office of law firm Browne Jacobson, advised on a project to create a national landscape discovery centre in the North East.

Buckley’s client, the YHA, is a partner with the Northumberland National Park Authority on the scheme to create the centre in the heart of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage site in Northumberland National Park.

The project,  expected to attract over 100,000 visitors each year, is offering an all-weather and year-round facility including hostel accommodation, retail facilities and a café.

He said: “This is a project of national significance and we are delighted to be involved. It speaks volumes for the professional services sector in the North West that we are acting on some of the country’s most iconic property projects.”