Headquarters Wilmslow Date founded 2009 | No. of offices 1 Founded 2009 | |
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Major practice areas Industrial Disease, Work-Related Illness Key people Karen Jackson (Director), Oliver Jackson (Director), Lorna Vanderkamp (Associate Director), Gladys Swaim-Rutter (Associate Director) Founders Karen Jackson, Oliver Jackson | ||
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Roberts Jackson Solicitors is a law firm headquartered in Wilmslow, Cheshire in the United Kingdom. The firm was founded in 2009 by Karen Jackson and Oliver Jackson and currently employs over 200 members of staff. Karen Jackson gained notability in 2011 when she helped to popularise the phrase 'BlackBerry Thumb', referring to repetitive strain injury resulting from "overuse of a mobile phone for work purposes".
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Three years after being founded, the firm moved from its original premises at the Blackbox Business Centre in Wilmslow to Orbit Developments' Sandfield House, investing £200,000 in the relocation and taking a 9,231 sq ft, 10-year lease in a deal that, according to the developers, represented Wilmslow's biggest office letting for five years.
In August 2013, the Manchester Evening News reported that the firms fee income had doubled, increasing from £3.5m turnover in 2012 to £7m in the same period of 2013. Firm director, Karen Jackson also told the MEN that they have their sights set on an increase to £23m revenues by 2014/15. Further to this, the Legal Futures website also reported that the industrial disease firm were eyeing up the option of an "Alternative Business Structure".
In 2014 the firm secured £15m investment from NorthEdge Capital. Grant Berry, managing partner at NorthEdge Capital, director Jon Pickering, and investment manager Phil Frame led the deal. Berry and Pickering have joined the Roberts Jackson board as non-executive directors while Frame has joined as an observer.
The Sunday Times recently listed the firm 27th in their annual Top 100 Virgin Fast Track category which evaluates the UK's most successful private companies and lists them accordingly.
The firm specialises in industrial disease and workplace illness, prosecuting cases across conditions such as mesothelioma, dermatitis and occupational asthma.
Charity & Fundraising
The firm regularly takes part in charity events and spends at least 10% of business hours coordinating and running events to raise money for various organisations. In 2014 the firm took part in a charity event organised by Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which saw members of staff play a Football tournament on Manchester United F.C ground - Old Trafford to raise money for new facilities at The Christie hospital. The event managed to raise more than £30,000 which will go towards rehabilitation of teenage cancer patients at the specialist cancer centre through The Christie's partnership with Manchester United
Awards
In 2013, Leila Bridgett, who is head of the firm's Musculoskeletal Department, overseeing 12 fee earners, won the Trainee Solicitor of the Year award at the Manchester Legal Awards, organised by the Manchester Law Society. The firm has also been shortlisted for the 'Excellence in Learning and Development' award at the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2012, Regional Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2012 and Legal Services Team of the Year for firms of 1-10 partners at the Claims Innovation Awards 2013. In 2013, associate director Gladys Swaim-Rutter was nominated in one of two Grand Prix categories at the Lawyer Management Awards, the Law Firm Management Individual of the Year.
In January 2014, one of the firms associates Jennifer Corris was short listed for "Associate of the Year" at the Manchester Legal Awards. This was Roberts Jacksons 4th consecutive year of nominations at the awards hosted by the Manchester Law Society.
On 5 May 2014 the firm announced it had been short listed for another award, this time in the category of "Boutique Law Firm of the Year" at The Lawyer Awards 2014
In May 2014 the Firm won Legal Services Team of the Year (1-10 partners) at the Claims Innovation Awards, an award the firm has been short listed for in previous years.
CEO, Karen Jackson was recently named "Legal Business Woman of the Year" by The Law Society at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2014.
In early 2015 the firm added to their previous awards after being named "PI/Clinical Negligence Team of the Year" by the Manchester Law Society at the Manchester Legal Awards 2015
2016 was another hugely successful year for Roberts Jackson as they were named Boutique Law Firm of the Year by The Lawyer Magazine and then Business of the Year (Turnover Over £5 Million) at the North East Cheshire Business Awards.
The firm has also been listed in The Legal 500.