Fletchers Solicitors wins Personal Injury Team of the Year award

At the Personal Injury Awards 2008 ceremony held in London on 4 November, the Serious Injury team at Southport-based specialist RTA and serious injury law firm Fletchers Solicitors was voted Personal Injury Team of the Year.

Accepting the award on behalf of Serious Injury team, Fletchers managing director Rob Fletcher commented: “This award should have been collected by the serious injury director Ed Fletcher but he is recovering from surgery. So without fear of immodesty I can say this award is richly deserved. I honestly don’t believe there is another team in the country that can match Ed and his colleagues for knowledge, experience, empathy and personal motivation. Their true reward is helping injured clients get a fair settlement and rebuild their lives. But this award – and the peer group recognition it signifies – are certainly very welcome. I believe this industry is making real strides towards a more enlightened and constructive way of treating seriously injured people. And I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the many companies and individuals who have worked in that spirit with Ed and his team to make possible the work they do.”

In deciding the award, the judges were specifically looking at the variety and type of work covered by the winning firm, good communication with clients and other parties to claims, innovations in management/systems, team-member job satisfaction, contribution to the wider legal community, and a principled approach to resolution, rehabilitation and costs management.

More than 300 PI professionals including solicitors, barristers, insurers, rehabilitation providers, and claims management companies were gathered for the ceremony held on 4 November at London’s Café Royal. The event was hosted by former BBC Legal Affairs Correspondent Joshua Rozenberg, Legal Editor of the Daily Telegraph and regular contributor to The London Standard and The Law Society Gazette.

Established in 1987, Southport-based Fletchers Solicitors employs around 100 staff and handles RTA and serious injury claims on behalf of a range of clients in the insurance sector, specialising in particular in motorcycle injury cases.