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A North West law firm ranked in the top 200 practices in the country has recently established a service for airline passengers who have their flights delayed or cancelled and has broken through the €100,000 compensation barrier in less than a month.
Bott & Co Solicitors, based in Wilmslow, is a consumer law firm practicing personal injury, credit hire and now flight compensation for delayed and cancelled flights. In just a few weeks the firm has represented 200 different claimants affected by 85 flights in the EU in making a claim against the responsible airlines under the European Union legislation 261.
Launch of Bott Aviation
£1.2m of compensation expected
Bott Aviation has been launched today by Bott & Company, the specialist consumer rights law firm, and EUclaim, the leading EU flight compensation claim company, to secure justice for airline passengers in the UK.
Bott Aviation is bringing an initial 1,400 cases to court on behalf of about 3,400 passengers. The partnership estimates that these initial claimants are due approximately £1.2 million of compensation under EC regulation 261/2004 (air passenger rights).
A staggering 94% of professionals in the personal injury industry believe that injured people will find it more difficult to access justice following reforms due to come in to force in April 2013.
Government legislation aimed at reducing motor insurance premiums may have the knock on effect of preventing accident victims finding lawyers who can afford to take on their claim with fixed fees slashed by almost 60% under the proposed changes.

BOTT & CO PERSONAL INJURY SOLICITORS in Wilmslow is the latest law firm to be granted the new Alternative Business Structure (ABS) status as the delivery of legal services continues to be revolutionised.
The application for ABS status was authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on Friday 21st September and means that Paul Hinchliffe, Practice Manager, and Gary Froggatt, Finance Manager, both non-solicitors, will join David Bott as equity partners under the alternative business structure, which also opens up the legal industry to an influx of new companies providing legal services.
THE Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association closes their ‘Month of Optimism’ campaign in some style with a £15,000 donation from two North West companies.
The MND Association is raising awareness about a terminal disease that kills five people every day and leaves sufferers unable to walk, talk, eat and breathe. The MND Association is the only national charity for MND in England, Wales and Northern Ireland providing care and support to people with MND, their families and carers and June saw them target £250,000 of donations during their annual campaign a Month of Optimism.
With the economy teetering on the brink of further recession, one Cheshire law firm continues to buck the downward trend having achieved record turnover of £12.8m for the year 2011-12.
Ranking 4th in the UK for Revenue Per Lawyer (UK200) among all law firms, Bott & Co are proving that one way through economic difficulty is by working even harder.

Award winning local solicitors practice among top firms in the UK
Wilmslow based personal injury solicitors Bott & Co raised eyebrows throughout the legal profession when they broke into the top 200 law firms in the UK as compiled by industry journal, The Lawyer.
Their entry position of 160 overall represents the solid growth of an organisation that continues to recruit during the recession and has bucked trends by focusing on client care, staff training, and market-leading IT systems.
A local charity received a cheque for £10,000 this week from Bott & Co, a Wilmslow law firm celebrating their 10th anniversary.
Joanna Southgate, President and former chairman, Marion Jones, Trustee and founder member, and Helen Battilana, Trustee and Chairman of Wilmslow Wells for Africa met with David Bott, managing partner of Bott & Co Solicitors, for the handover of the donation and expressed their delight at the gesture.
Helen said: "We are thrilled to receive this very substantial donation from Bott & Co which will enable us to provide clean water to thousands more African people living in rural communities"

BOTT & CO WIN ILEX EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR 2011
The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) today announced the winner of Employer of the Year at their graduation event in Kempston, Bedford, as personal injury and conveyancing specialists Bott & Company.
The coveted award recognises the commitment Bott & Co have made to their staff training and the establishment of an Academy to support and fund colleagues on ILEX and other training courses.

A SOLICITORS has celebrated its 10th anniversary in Wilmslow by donating £10,000 to charity.
Bott & Co Solicitors, which practices personal injury law, marks it's 10th year of trading this month and has just signed a new six year lease keeping them in the town until at least 2017.
To further emphasise the firm's commitment to Wilmslow, Managing Partner David Bott committed £10,000 to the Wilmslow Wells for Africa charity earlier this week, much to the delight of the charity's trustees.

Bott & Co Solicitors Launch Personal Injury iPhone Application
Law firm Bott & Co has launched the UK's first Personal Injury iPhone application on iTunes that allows claimants to get instant access to a personal injury solicitor if they have been involved in a car accident.
The 'Car Incident Assistant' application and software developed by the IT Team at Bott & Co specialist personal injury lawyers gives car accident victims the ability to get instant advice and guidance including access to a specialist over the phone via the Bott & Co call centre.
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