We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Mark Parr to strengthen our Leadership team and Road Traffic Accident offering with an internal promotion heading up our Road Traffic Accident departments.
Setting off from the Walton Centre to the end of the first day of cycling, here’s how Rob Fletcher and his team are getting on so far…
A class of children from a local school gathered yesterday to bid ‘au revoir’ to the intrepid team of cyclists set to take on Mont Ventoux in aid of the charity’s Home from Home Appeal.
Rob Fletcher, Chairman of Fletchers Solicitors is set to take on his toughest challenge yet. He will be cycling the length of France as well as taking on the Tour de France’s most notorious mountain to finish, alongside six other participants all in the name of charity.
Following his portrayal of Nick Tilsley and his turbulent year battling with a brain injury on Coronation Street, Headway Preston and Chorley are delighted to welcome Ben Price as a patron of the charity.
CEO and Chair of the of Southport Spinal Injuries Patient Group Ed Fletcher, has featured in a video which highlights the on-going success of a local project that combines the services of the North West Regional Spinal Unit and two local charities. The projects aim is to begin patients rehabilitation sooner and as a result enable them to return home sooner.
BBC News recently covered the settlement of one of Fletchers Solicitor’s spinal injury clients, Darren Russell.
The 40 mile journey took him between two of the north wests biggest cities. The riders set off from Media City in Salford Keys in Manchester, and travelled along the Manchester shipping canal and Mersey estuary, before ending up in Otterspool Park on the coast of Liverpool.
Fletchers Solicitors Receives Highest Award.
After holding the Investors in People accreditation for almost 20 years and was one of the first firms in the North West to obtain the award. Fletchers Solicitors have now been awarded the Investors in People Gold Award which recognises excellence at the highest level.
A major fundraising campaign has been launched to provide relatives’ accommodation and rehabilitation facilities at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust.
Congratulations to our Operations Manager Dan Taylor, former graduate of Lancaster University. Every year, the University bestows a Chancellor’s Award in honour of HRH Princess Alexandra who held the office at the university for 40 years. And guess who?s been chosen to receive this year’s postgraduate award? We’re thrilled for Dan who’s attending a ceremony today and hope we won’t have to widen the doors of our offices to accommodate his big head!
We?re active supporters of Headway, the brain injury association. As is Olympic athlete James Cracknell, who has himself had first hand experience of the catastrophic effects of an injury to the brain.
In reference to the award for Outstanding Case of the Year, in which insurers were ordered to compensate David Tolley, who was left paralysed after stopping to help a car crash victim, Ed Fletcher said: ?We are proud to have acted for a man of such immense courage, and to have been able to secure a victory for him that will enable him to better handle the injuries that he suffered and try to live as normal a life as is possible.?
If you’re visiting our office in Southport, then you’ll find we’re adding some new features. A brand new access ramp is being added, together with some new doors, to make the offices easily accessible for everyone. Watch this space for photos and updates.
The latest Chambers Directory has been launched. This is known as the most accurate and reliable directory of leaders in the legal profession around the world and we?re delighted to say Fletchers are the only recognised leaders in our field of serious injury in Liverpool and surrounding areas. Of the firm, the directory comments that “there are few who are as sufficiently specialised and committed to dealing with catastrophic injury litigation.”
