Ashtons Legal succeeds against national competition for Union contract

Posted 13/11/2008

Ashtons Legal (KCJ), has succeeded against national competition to win a contract from the UK’s largest civil service trade union, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).

PCS has a national membership of 360,000 people and over the next three years Ashtons Legal will provide advice, support and legal representation to members and their families who have been injured as a result of medical treatment. Ashtons Legal has been growing its national client base for Clinical Negligence for several years and working with PCS fits well with this strategy.

Clinical Negligence lawyer, Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, who has a long standing relationship with the union and has led the proposal on behalf of Ashtons Legal says: “The fact that Ashtons Legal was awarded this contract over three national firms, all of which have impressive track records in Union work, highlights the strength of our team and the confidence our clinical negligence specialists instil in both clients and third parties. We are passionate about what we do and when necessary push back legal boundaries to obtain justice for our clients.”

The PCS contract is announced just as the firm gains continued recognition by independent legal publication, Chambers & Partners, which rates Ashtons Legal top in East Anglia for Medical Negligence and Personal Injury for the 12th year running. The firm is credited as having “… a deserved reputation in the field and numerous impressive victories under its belt.”, with a clinical negligence team that is commended for its ”