Australian law firm complete acquisition of John Pickering and Partners

Australian law firm Slater & Gordon have completed their acquisition of North West and Yorkshire law firm, John Pickering and Partners.

John Pickering and Partners operate offices in Manchester, Halifax, Liverpool and Sheffield - specialising in asbestos disease compensation.

On the same day Slater & Gordon have committed more than half a million pounds to help fund research in to the social and medical issues that impact their clients.

The newly created Slater & Gordon Social and Medical Research Fund will be a not-for-profit research and educational fund established to support information sharing amongst healthcare professionals in both the UK and Australia.

Neil Kinsella, head of UK at Slater & Gordon, said: “Today is an important day for us as John Pickering and Partners becomes part of Slater & Gordon and to mark this we have decided to also announce the news that we will be launching an international fund for research in to the social and medical issues which impact clients of the firm.

“Not only will we be combining our experience and talents to mean that we are in the best possible position to offer clients world class legal services, we will also be in a position to use the Slater & Gordon Social and Medical Research Fund to support information sharing amongst healthcare professionals and provide us with a platform to advocate for change of behalf of our clients.”