South: Access Legal launched nationwide
National law firm Shoosmiths has made it easier for people to get advice by launching Access Legal from Shoosmiths.
It brings together more than 100 legal services for consumers grouped under seven headings:
• conveyancing
• employment law
• legal disputes
• medical negligence
• motoring law
• personal injury
• wills, family and wealth
The top 30 firm’s new brand aims to provide people with easy access to legal advice, whilst at the same time offering high service levels.
Research amongst consumers showed they wanted the reassurance of a law firm alongside modern service delivery that fitted around their busy lives.
From its offices in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Nottingham, Reading and Southampton – and via its website at www.access-legal.co.uk – Access Legal from Shoosmiths will offer nationwide coverage. A helpline will operate seven-days-a-week.
Partner and head of consumer services Judith Dorkins said: “Consumers lack easy and reassuring access to legal advice and services.
“The consumer legal market doesn’t have a leading legal brand, and we think we’re ideally placed to put our stake in the ground as the professional law firm that can offer the public the service they demand.”
Shoosmiths already has a track record of providing legal services such as conveyancing for house buying and selling, wills writing, and personal injury claims, but wanted to bring them together under the Access Legal from Shoosmiths name.
“Marketing to consumers and to commercial clients requires different approaches, and we felt the time was right to wrap up our distinct consumer services in a stand alone brand that’s accessible and friendly, yet highly professional, and which has over 150 years’ history and experience to back it up.
“Access Legal from Shoosmiths is for people who take responsibility for their lives, and who recognise the value of specialist professional advice. Our pricing is competitive, but we will not be the cheapest and we have no desire to compete with a DIY law kit that can be bought from a retailer.”
