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Express Solicitors Group increases turnover to £27.4m
21 October 2020Manchester-based personal injury law firm, Express Solicitors, has announced its best ever financial results, with group turnover reaching £27.4m.
Changes to treatment for post traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain following injury
4 October 2020After suffering from a significant spinal injury while taking part in Channel 4’s show, The Jump, British gymnast Beth Tweddle had to seek the support of a psychologist to help her deal with her debilitating injury
Express Solicitors and Frenkel Topping joint venture
11 June 2020Express Solicitors and Frenkel Topping have announced a joint venture to provide settlement advice to clients of Express solicitors who have been awarded compensation after an accident.
Express Solicitors Group increases turnover to £21m
20 September 2019Manchester-based personal injury law firm, Express Solicitors, has announced its best ever financial results, with group turnover reaching £21,004,530.
Exceptional circumstances: an escape from fixed costs?
15 April 2019Claimants solicitors are well accustomed to the fixed costs regime as set out in Section 45 Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). The recent ruling in Hislop v Perde & Kaur v Committee of Ramgarhia Board Leicester [2018] EWCA Civ 1726 confirms that a Claimant cannot escape fixed costs purely by the late acceptance of a Part 36 offer by the Defendant.
Vicarious liability in the UK following Cox and Mohamud
17 May 2016Earlier this year the issue of vicarious liability made its way to the Supreme Court in the cases of Cox v Ministry of Justice and Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC, leading to an increase in the scope of what employee activities their employers can be found liable for.
Express Solicitors is proud to join the ethical marketing charter
1 September 2015Express Solicitors has signed up as a signatory to support the Ethical Marketing Charter in a bid to help stamp out poor marketing practices within the legal sector.
Key courtroom etiquette
25 June 2014Being in a courtroom isn’t a pleasant for anyone, regardless of whether you’re a witness, defendant, member of the jury or the claimant – although, obviously it’s more unpleasant for the defendant.
Why do we continually have a problem with elderly care in hospitals and care institutions?
7 October 2013Elderly care has been the subject of considerable focus in the last few years from both the Care Quality Commission and the press.