Management

James Maxey founded Express Solicitors in September 2000, and as the Chief Executive Officer has overseen the steady growth of the business.

Now one of the UK’s leading independent specialist Personal Injury Law firms, James has established the firm’s reputation as tough litigators who provide an unrivalled level of customer service.

James’ vision for Express Solicitors has involved placing a huge emphasis on training new solicitors, enabling Express Solicitors to attract some of the brightest legal talent in the UK. James concurs with wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill who believed that “to improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often“.

A qualified solicitor with over twenty years experience, James was a Law Society Personal Injury Panel member for over ten years.

James is well known in the industry for having a superb success rate with uncertain and non-standard claims. These include a substantial settlement for five children who tragically lost both parents in an air crash.

Notable media appearances include appearing on BBC Breakfast TV, BBC Radio 4′s You and Yours programme as well as at an ABS seminar where he was invited to speak as an industry expert.

Originally from Southport, James now resides in Cheshire with his wife and children. Combining the roles of Managing Partner and the father of twins means his free time is at a premium, but when he does get the opportunity he indulges in his passion for scuba diving.

James Maxey in the news

BBC Radio 4 discussing the whiplash reforms

Claims Magazine Interview

Manchester Evening News – Revenues Rise at Express Solicitors

YouTube Video – James Maxey Appears on BBC Breakfast 

YouTube – James Maxey Appears on BBC Radio 4

Manchester Evening News – Express Solicitors Acquires Lavin Copitch Solicitors

The Business Desk – Express Solicitors Secures ABS License

YouTube Video – James Maxey discusses the Eclipse case management system

The Law Society Gazette – My Legal Life with James Maxey

The Lawyer Online – 35% Increase in Turnover

The Lawyer Online – James Maxey Interview

The Business Desk – Profits hit £1.36m at PI Firm Express Solicitors

Manchester Evening News – James Maxey lets us into the Secret of his Success

Manchester Evening News – Express Solicitors Fee Income Rise 28%

BBC Radio 4

YouTube Video – James Maxey speaking at ABS Seminar in Liverpool

Daniel Slade is the Chief Executive Officer (Legal) of Express Solicitors Limited and has been with the company since 2003. Daniel is head of the firm’s public liability team dealing with particularly complex cases. These include: pharmaceutical and product liability claims, group actions, sporting accidents, all types of foreign accidents, including those on aircraft’s and cruise ships, as well as cases involving complex European aspects of law.

Daniel deals with serious and catastrophic injury claims in high courts with a value in excess of £1m, having a particular expertise in brain injury, spinal injuries, cases involving amputation, pain syndromes and fatal accidents.

Daniel led the litigation in the United Kingdom against GlaxoSmithKline for type 2 diabetes sufferers, contending they suffered heart attacks, strokes and heart failures, including many deaths as a result of the medications, Avandia, Avandamet and Avandaryl, being prescribed to the majority of type 2 diabetes sufferers from 1999 for more than 10 years.

Additionally, Daniel dealt with many high-profile cases, suing Argos and other large furniture suppliers for skin conditions suffered by many individuals from their ‘toxic sofas’, suing Harvey’s for breathing conditions suffered as a result of a sofa protecting spray they sold, suing DuPuy for metal-on-metal hip replacements made, and more recently suing many cosmetic surgeries for ladies having suffered with ruptured PIP breast implants.

Daniel was classed as a Recommended Lawyer in the 2017 Legal 500 who said of him.

Express Solicitors Ltd has a ‘very professional and caring team’ that includes the ‘knowledgeable’ Daniel Slade, who ‘asks the right questions’

Daniel has represented sports personalities competing on a National level, TV personalities and even Judges.

His favourite quote comes from Chinese author on military strategy, Sun Tzu “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of 100 battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”.

In 2013, Daniel was nominated under the ‘Young Lawyer’ category for the North West Insider Young Professionals Award. The Young Professionals Award provides a superb showcase for excellence in the Manchester professional community; all nominees have to be under the age of 35 coming from a range of different professional backgrounds. Daniel is also recognised as a Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme member.

Daniel is currently representing individuals, including a gentleman in his 40’s from Manchester who lost his entire right leg (from just below the hip) as a result of a broken leg at work resulting in an infection; a gentleman in his 20’s from London who tripped on a paving slab, suffering ruptured tendons in both knees and went on to suffer negligent treatment at hospital leaving him permanently disabled and many individuals having been struck at speed by vehicles when crossing the road, causing them disabling brain injuries. He also represents individuals who’ve suffered brain injuries as a consequence of being placed on ventilators following admission to intensive care.

In the news

Express Solicitors success in Arriva North London case

The Business Desk

The Guardian

The Guardian

Daily Mail Online

John Maxey, elder brother of James Maxey, recently joined Express Solicitors’ board as a special advisor.

After graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, John started his career at Andersen and qualified as a Chartered Accountant, specialising in M&A and becoming a partner in 1995. In 2002 he joined Deloitte as a partner in London, specialising in private equity, and from 2013-17 he was a member of Deloitte LLP’s main board.

In 2017 he became a partner in leading private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, where he deals with private equity funds and investment operations. Over the years John has helped the Company’s Management Team with planning for the future of Express and now joins the Board to help Express in its next planned growth strategy.

Charles is a qualified solicitor but has worked purely in full-time leadership roles for the last 20 years. Charles is an experienced Chair/NED having operated in a wide range of Board roles for more than a decade, with roles in the legal sector always being at the heart of his work.

His recent and current roles include working across the legal, insurance and connected sectors for some of the UKs leading law firms, key suppliers to the legal market, some of the UKs largest general insurers, private equity/investors, and others.

He has an active role in influencing the future legal services sector and is continuously working with other senior industry leaders, including the UK government, policymakers, and regulators.

Charles supports the leadership of Express and brings the highest level of energy and drive to both challenge and support the business and leadership team to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously seek to improve and deliver the optimal standards of service for our customers.

Charles works very closely with James Maxey, our CEO, and the rest of the leadership team to define and execute the growth strategy for Express and ensure the business operates in a well governed and controlled manner, while continuing to be agile, dynamic, and entrepreneurial.

Chief Operating Officer, Liam Wynne is our first non-legal Partner at Express Solicitors. Since joining the firm in May 2010, he has also served as Assistant Manager and Office Manager before taking up his current role.

Liam works with all departments to make sure everyone is working together and pulling in the right direction. Liam states: “Operations is all about trying to find the most effective ways of performing all functions within a production or service environment. If you like, it’s a combination of the glue that holds things together and the oil that ensures smooth running of the business”.

Liam has a good all-round experience and knowledge of business gained from working in various management roles within both the financial services and legal sector. Operations requires a good understanding of each employees role without ever becoming a specialist and Liam’s natural desire and ability to assimilate new information has proved useful to this end.

Blessed with a good memory, Liam is able to keep tabs on everything that is going on within an extremely busy firm. A calm and analytical approach helps him give assistance and advice to other departments on opportunities for improving systems and procedures that it can sometimes be difficult to spot internally. Liam is also responsible for managing the ICT infrastructure for the entire firm.

Manchester born and bred, Liam lived in Sheffield briefly whilst at university before returning home to work in Financial Services as both a manager and financial advisor for seven years. He then changed to a management career in the legal sector and has never looked back.

The firm sponsored Liam to do a Master’s degree in Business Administration at Manchester Metropolitan University. This course included units involving; financial analysis and management; managing human performance; management for business excellence; managing customer value; contemporary issues in the international environment; corporate and business strategy in an international context; strategy implantation; and organisational renewal and change.

He is a member of the Law Management section of the Law Society, the Chartered Management Institute, and the Association of MBA’s.

With over 20 years accounting experience in the Financial Services sector, Stephen is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant.
Stephen gives a financial and commercial steer on all strategic and business decisions, including the conduct of due diligence on potential acquisitions and the commercial response to new competitors in the market.

In a prior role Stephen led the finance function through the turbulence created by sale from private equity owned business to PLC ownership and back to private equity; ensured business continuity through 3 owners, 3 Managing Directors and 4 Accounting systems in a 5-year period.

Stephen has successfully managed the sometimes conflicting priorities of private equity, corporate plc finance departments and the main board under three different owners.

With a history of running large and small finance teams, including mentoring team members through their studies and building teams to create successful and robust functions. Stephen believes strongly in ensuring the finance function has strong systems and controls in order to add value and support to the business.

Stephen likes to look beyond the confines of the finance discipline, seeking areas to add value and not afraid to recommend and take difficult decisions in the best interests of the organisation. Measured and confident, with the gravitas and experience required to manage the often conflicting interests of stakeholders, a professional who is trusted to get the job done and who inspires the confidence of his team and of the Executive. Combines functional and financial intelligence and highly experienced in the management of change.

Carole is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Express Solicitors and heads up the Human Resources department, responsible for the full employee remit within the Express Group. Her role involves everything within the employee pipeline from recruitment, planning, induction, training, assessment and talent management. Carole believes that part of her role is to raise expectations and performance in the form while helping foster an environment that is forward looking, adopting a “Can Do” attitude.

Carole is a Chartered CIPD member. She has completed a Masters in Human Resource Management and a BSc in Business. Prior to joining Express Solicitors, Carole worked within a North West Top 500 company for 2 years and prior to that for a digital media company over 5 years which consolidated her extensive HR experience in mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and management buyouts. Carole joined Express Solicitors due to the fast pace of working for an owner-led business and the firm’s strong commitment to excellence.

Bringing a wealth of experience working in different business sectors, Carole enjoys working with the Management Team and employees throughout Express Solicitors and has seen pivotal growth during her tenure at the firm. People are the most important asset to a Company and Express Solicitors takes great care and commitment to promoting and developing staff from within.

Carole is an Ambassador for Forever Manchester and leads the firm’s charitable roadmap which has led to Express Solicitors winning Corporate Supporter of the Year and a host of activities from sky diving to the 10km run. The firm has spearheaded brand new initiatives with Forever Manchester such as panel grant awards and Community Reporters to highlight the fantastic contribution we make to so many community groups. Express Solicitors are proud to make a real difference to many lives.

Carole enjoys walking at weekends and lives near the Peak District which allows for easy travel to beautiful places. She is blessed with two children and a cat, with another on the way (kitten not child!). Having taken A-level French, she enjoys torturing the good people of France on an annual basis with her franglais; usually visiting the South West of France. Also, having married a Welsh man, the family enjoys plenty of trips to beautiful North Wales. Carole keeps herself busy and enjoys reading books such as 7 habits, Blackbox Thinking, Grit et al. These books are recommended to all – they have been really important to Carole’s personal and professional life.

Robin Patey is a Principal Partner at Express Solicitors, having been with the firm for nearly 20 years Robin specialises in serious injury claims and has vast experience and an impressive success rate in complex, high-value Personal Injury claims of all kinds.

As a Principal Partner in Express Solicitors since 2002, Robin has been instrumental in shaping the firm’s vision over the past ten years as it steadily grew to become one of the UK’s leading specialist Personal Injury Law firms.

He points to the understanding he fosters with his clients as one his personal strengths. “A good understanding of my client’s needs when they face very difficult time following severe injuries is important”, says Robin. “Often this is the most difficult time in a client’s life they may have lost or face losing their job, experience relationship difficulties or breakdown, be in severe or even unmanageable pain, not be able to play with their children or follow hobbies they have spent their life enjoying”.

Robin uses his vast experience to empathise and sympathise with clients who find themselves victims of Personal Injury and does the utmost to assist them in by pursuing their rightful compensation from the responsible party.

Robin has recently take on a role as a Member of Independent School Appeals Panel.

Robin was also mentioned in the 2017 Legal 500 with Legal 500 giving him a Recommended Lawyer accolade Legal 500 said of Robin Patey.

Partner Robin Patey is also singled out for his handling of cases.

Robin is also a member of the North West Insider’s ’42 under 42′ which is a group comprising of 42 members from the North West who are all under the age of 42. The North West Insider describes members of the group as ”successful and inspirational individuals who run their own businesses or work high up in a large organisation.

In the news

Manchester Evening News

The Business Desk

North West Insider

Legal Futures

BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio Manchester

Richard Lowery has been a Partner at Express Solicitors since May 2012.

Richard is head of the firm’s Employer’s Liability Department dealing with complex cases, overseeing a team of Solicitors specialising in cases involving Personal Injury sustained in the workplace. Regarded as an empathetic and considerate solicitor, Richard invests time to foster a strong rapport with every individual and family he represents. He has a meticulous eye for detail, effortlessly examining the fine detail within each individual case, identifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of a claim from an early stage.

Richard deals with serious and catastrophic injury claims suffered in all circumstances, with experience of claims involving spinal injury, brain injury, pain conditions and claims involving amputations. Richard is also our training principle and devotes a lot of time bringing on Trainee Solicitors and those looking for a career in the law.

Richard is Accredited by the Law Society Personal Injury Panel.

Richard was also named within the 2017 Legal 500 as a recommended Lawyer Legal 500 said of RichardTop_tier_firms

Express Solicitors Ltd has a ‘very professional and caring team’ that includes the ‘knowledgeable’ Richard Lowery .

In the news

Richard Lowery on Radio 5 live discussing the proposed changes to victims of road traffic accidents and the government’s decision to deny compensation to those victims

Richard Lowery has appeared in the following online publications:

Lancashire Telegraph

North West Insider

BBC Radio Manchester

Sharon has dedicated her career to helping individuals after serious injury. In particular she has specialised in brain injury and the devastating effect this can have on the individual and their loved ones.

She has brought many actions for clients against the Ministry of Justice and the Police. Her area of expertise is Employment liability. She was part of the legal team on the case of Ziemniak v ETPM Deep Sea Limited [2003] EWCA Civ 636 bringing a right of action under the Merchant Shipping (life Saving Appliances) Regulations 1980, SI 1980/538 for a brain injured client.

Sharon is a skilled negotiator and has a reputation for getting things done. As a partner at Express Solicitors, she has headed various Departments and supervised over 30 lawyers.

Sharon currently heads up the Costs and Budgeting Department at Express, where she manages a team of skilled lawyers in this complex area of law that is now a main feature of civil ligation. Sharon trains, mentors and develops her team to a very high standard in this growing area of legal practice. Sharon cites her keen eye for detail as one of her strengths as a solicitor and her motto is “always be prepare for the worst, and then nothing can take you by surprise in this unpredictable area of legal practice”.

In-keeping with the whole ethos of Express, Sharon takes training and development very seriously. When asked for her favourite quote, Sharon recalls the classic Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw who famously said “progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”.

With 20 years experience in civil litigation, she is very well placed to lead the firm forwards to expand and grow their practice area in costs. She additionally consults with other partners on complex case decisions and has an active role in the management of the Firm.

Kimberley Kirkby is a Partner at Express Solicitors and heads up the Road Traffic Accident Claims department. Specialising for a number of years in claims involving accidents in the workplace Kimberley headed up a sub team in our Employer Liability Department before moving across to RTA, continuing to work on cases involving both accidents in the workplace and also Road Traffic Accidents resulting in serious injuries.

Hugely popular within the firm, Kimberley has been at Express Solicitors since 2007 and the people friendly skills which have endeared her to her colleagues are also used to good effect when communicating with clients.

Joining the firm initially as a paralegal, Kimberley’s rise to Partner and latterly Head of Department, reflects the firms excellent training programmes. In conjunction with her work at Express Solicitors, in 2011 Kimberley was appointed secretary of the New to Personal Injury Group, part of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Kimberley has since been appointed in the role of Secretary to the APIL North West Regional Group, a position she stepped down from after a number of years’ service.

Kimberley has extensive experience in dealing with Employer’s Liability claims, with specific expertise and interest in Armed Forces personnel cases as well as in serious injury Road Traffic cases.

Kimberley has extensive experience with Employer’s Liability claims.

Carlos Lopez is a partner and head of the Clinical Negligence Department – a department that undertakes all types of negligence claims against individual medical practitioners and institutions.

Carlos is a specialist senior clinical negligence practitioner, with over 26 years experience in clinical negligence work, who has acted for thousands of clients since qualification in 1995, dealing with a vast array of clinical negligence work, including cases of maximum severity, such as brain injury, spinal injury, oncology misdiagnosis and delayed treatment and birth injury claims.

Carlos is dual qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor and is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel, in recognition of his specialist expertise in this area of law. Additionally, Carlos is one of the few practitioners in the North West to hold dual accreditation, also being a member of the Law Society Personal Injury panel.

Due to his experience in the field of medical negligence, Carlos is also an Assessor for the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel, and is responsible for assessing solicitors who wish to become specialist practitioners.

During his career, Carlos has been involved in the creation and expansion of a number of clinical negligence departments in the North West and has supervised thousands of cases, securing over £20 million in compensation in damages for clients since qualification.

Amongst his notable cases, includes, Alder Hey organ retention group action, PIP breast implant group action, £5 million Cerebral Palsy birth Injury case, £2.5 million spinal injury claim, £1 million Erb’s Palsy claim, £1 million leg amputation claim and a cervical cancer misdiagnosis case against a GP, resulting in over £1.2 million in damages to the client. Acting almost exclusively for Claimants, he has been involved in cases against GPs. Hospital Trusts, Private Hospitals, Private Consultants, Dentists, Pharmacists, as well as a number of other health care professionals.

“At the heart of what I do, is assisting those who have been let down by trusted medical practitioners, and to assist injured people rebuild their lives following sub-standard medical treatment. “Assisting clients is about more than just securing compensation. Many clients require support and understanding, and I pride myself on acting with professionalism and empathy”, comments Carlos.

Due to his passion in representing those affected by clinical negligence, Carlos is a Trustee of Headway Central Lancashire and a Liverpool Law Society Civil Litigation Sub Committee Member. Carlos has also appeared in articles with the BBC and national newspapers.

“I am delighted to be a part of the specialist team at Express Solicitors, where the client is a the heart of everything we do. The team prides itself on offering high client service and in a way that is easy to understand and supportive.”

Before joining Express, Nyssa spent just short of 6 years working as a vital cog in a small in-house advocacy team at a Defendant law firm. Whilst there she assisted with growing the same into a much larger Chambers-esque unit, and obtained her practising certificate along the way. In December 2016 Nyssa joined Express Solicitors as their first in-house Barrister, gaining vast experience in working on the opposite side of the table as well as achieving a promotion to Partner in September 2019. Nyssa is also Head of the Advocacy Team, which she has developed so as to meet the increasing demands of the ever-expanding business.

As is perhaps evident from the above, Nyssa has over a decade of experience in civil litigation (particularly personal injury, e.g. road traffic, EL, PL, OL, fraud, disease, catastrophic injury, etc) and costs. She is also regularly called upon to assist with all manner of complex procedural disputes.

Nyssa prides herself on her fiercely conscientious work ethic and personable personality. She strives to make a difference by working to make life easier for file handlers when problems arise, offering a calm and reassuring approach whilst trying to resolve matters to the best possible outcome. She enjoys being the fresh pair of eyes that can often bring a new perspective on a case.

Nyssa receives excellent feedback from the lay clients she represents at court, who recognise her efforts to put them at ease and guide them seamlessly through what could otherwise be a confusing and stressful experience.

Ryan Postlethwaite joined Express Solicitors in August 2013 and is head of our Consumer Claims Litigation Team specialising in housing disrepair and tenancy deposit cases.

Ryan started in our new client team, before quickly being promoted to the role of Litigation Executive and then Trainee Solicitor in September 2014. Ryan qualified as a Solicitor in September 2016.

Ryan enjoys advocacy and attained his higher rights of audience in 2016, allowing him to practise as a Solicitor Advocate. He believes that court advocacy is an extremely important skill that can often make or break a case and he relishes the opportunity to put persuasive arguments before judges on behalf of his clients.

Ryan has advised Express solicitors on a number of high value transactions and has astute commercial awareness. When acting for clients in housing disrepair and tenancy deposit claims, this allows him to stay one step ahead of Defendants and provide excellent tactical advice in relation to their claim.

Ryan has a particular interest in enforcement of debts and tries to think outside of the box when trying to recover debts on behalf of clients. He says “winning a case and obtaining an order that someone must pay you compensation is only half the battle. Where a person or company is uninsured, actually recovering money can be extremely difficult. Every single attempt at enforcing a court order is individual and particular regard must be had in relation to the person that owes the debt. In disputes involving landlords, a particularly important tool to employ can be that of applying for a charging order over a property owned by the landlord.

This can give rise to a possession order which would allow a client to take possession of the property and sell it to satisfy the debt.

In relation to tenancy deposit claims, Ryan notes that “the requirement for deposits to be protected is there to protect tenants who have assured short hold tenancies and ensure that they have redress at the end of a tenancy should landlords not return a deposit.

Unfortunately too many landlords fail to properly protect a deposit and this rightly gives tenants access to a compensatory scheme which we at Express Solicitors are able to advise on.”

Ryan strongly believes that too many people have to live in extremely poor and potentially dangerous conditions due to landlords failing to adequately maintain the properties in which tenants live. Despite tenants reporting problems to landlords, issues are often left unresolved for long periods of time. Fortunately a housing disrepair claim can be brought in these circumstances and tenants can recover compensation for the conditions they have had to endure, and landlords can be forced to make repairs that are needed to the property.

Ryan and his extremely knowledgeable team are able to offer advice in relation to these issues.

Damian Bradley is a Partner and Head of Legal Operations at Express Solicitors Limited and joined the company in 2021. Damian specialises in Employers’ Liability claims with over 20 years of experience as a qualified Solicitor.

Damian deals with claims arising from all types of serious injury following an accident at work, including brain injuries, spinal injuries, and musculoskeletal injuries together with claims involving pain syndromes such as chronic pain, CRPS and cases involving amputation.

Damian is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and served for 6 years as their North West Co-ordinator.
Damian regularly lectures to various audiences on developments in personal injury law, for example, procedural rule changes, case law analysis and litigation strategy.

Damian has previously been mentioned in the Legal 500 as being ‘hugely experienced.’

Owing to his meticulous approach, that he asserts is essential in the preparation of all cases; Damian says that his favourite quote is:
“The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.” – Charles R Swindoll, pastor & author.

Damian is currently representing clients on a number of cases but one case in particular that concluded recently was particularly striking. A gentleman was working on a large construction site in London and his left leg was unfortunately driven over by a dumper truck when his co-worker negligently reversed the truck into a site walkway. The client suffered devastating injuries to his lower leg and was hospitalised for several weeks, his leg having been placed in a frame. Despite having had multiple surgeries the bones failed to knit together properly. The client had very poor mobility, was in constant pain and unable to work.

Damian recalled that the client’s partner had given birth to their first child a few weeks prior to the accident and through no fault of his own his client had suffered life changing injuries and placed the wellbeing of his family in jeopardy as he was the sole provider and could not afford to pay his rent.

Damian obtained substantial interim payments for the client to enable him to pay his bills and pay for some care and help around the home. The client was living in a rented flat with no lift access at the time of the accident and monies were obtained to re-house the client and his family in a ground floor flat. An automatic car was purchased using the funds as he could not operate the clutch in his manual car. The interim payments also paid for further private surgery and rehabilitation that eventually led to reduced pain for the client and greater mobility.

Damian’s client received treatment to help build up his confidence and vocational rehabilitation to learn new skills as he was not fit to return to construction work.

It was vital for Damian to secure interim payments for this client in order to help him rebuild himself and his life. This was also necessary to avoid unnecessary financial hardship for the client and his family until his claim was in such a position to place a final valuation on the case.

Kristian Horsfall joined Express Solicitors In March 2022.

Kristian is a Compliance Associate working within the Professional Support Department. He is the firm’s COLP (Compliance Officer for Legal Practice), DPO (Data Protection Officer) and Court Liaison Officer.

Kristian has experience across the whole spectrum of Personal Injury having previously fee earned for 8 years. During that time he brought and concluded over 700 claims for clients who had suffered injuries in Road Traffic Accidents, Employer’s Liability, Occupiers’ Liability, Medical Negligence and CICA matters

Andrew is a Consultant at Express being primarily involved in the creative development of Injurylawyers4u.

Andrew qualified as long ago as 1981. Having received a grounding in general practice, he became exclusively involved in personal injury in the mid 90s.

In 2001 he formed the first PI solicitors marketing consortium,InjuryLawyers4u and has been responsible for its creative development since, ensuring that it is the number one legal brand in the UK.

Andrew was responsible for several ground-breaking cases in the early 2000s, in The Court of Appeal and House of Lords; cases that helped form the law as we know it today.

He is the only lawyer we know who has won two lifetime achievement awards for his contribution to the legal profession.

By day, Andrew is a lawyer, by night he is a rock music journalist and semi pro photographer, having contracts to photograph rock bands throughout the UK.

What a legend!

Denise joined Express as a consultant when Express acquired fellow South Manchester personal injury law firm Amelans Solicitors in July 2023.

Denise studied geography at Durham University and went on to become an accountant, starting at a medium sized accountancy firm in Warrington and progressing to become their first female partner.

She joined Didsbury-based Amelans as Finance Director in 1999 and became one of the founding board members of InjuryLawyers4U alongside Andrew Twambley.

Denise was instrumental in Amelans becoming an ABS, which meant, among other things, she could then become a non-lawyer partner, one of the first non-lawyers in a law firm to make that transition.

Having been involved in InjuryLawyers4U from the beginning, Denise has been involved in pretty much all operational and creative aspects of the business including the marketing and the various advertising campaigns over the years.

She particularly loves collating, assessing and measuring the success of those campaigns as well as working with the external digital partners.

Outside of work, Denise is a keen traveller and notes swimming with pigs in the Bahamas and dancing in a samba troupe at the Rio Carnival as a couple of her most unusual, and somewhat unexpected, adventures to date. She’s also a keen cricket fan and will travel to watch it when she can.