Fletchers Solicitors

Overview

Fletchers Solicitors is a UK-focused, specialist personal injury and clinical negligence firm with a national footprint and multiple regional offices. The firm markets itself as one of the UK's most trusted and respected personal injury law firms, securing millions in compensation across high-value, complex matters (spinal cord injuries, amputations and traumatic brain injuries) and running award-winning clinical negligence work. Fletchers operates a No Win, No Fee approach for many clients and combines legal services with a dedicated Rehabilitation & Wellbeing Team and partnerships with charities (including the Spinal Injuries Association and Back Up) to deliver client-focused rehabilitation and long-term planning.

• Headquarters: Manchester, St James’ Tower
• Offices: 10

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Private Client & Wealth
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Insurance & Reinsurance
• Transport & Logistics

Geographic Focus: Strong UK regional presence with multiple offices across England (Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Reading, Southport, Bolton). The firm pursues national work in serious personal injury and clinical negligence and runs international-injury litigation (airline, cruise-ship and holiday-accident claims) via travel litigation teams that liaise with overseas lawyers and authorities.

Training Contract

A structured training contract to qualify as a solicitor. Hands-on experience in one of our specialist legal departments. Flexible working opportunities in a supportive and growing firm. Exposure to a variety of legal cases and expert mentorship.

• Application Deadline: 2026-04-10

Apply on the Fletchers Solicitors website →

Notable Matters

What Fletchers Solicitors Looks For

Key Competencies

• Client empathy and strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage complex, high-value personal injury and clinical negligence matters
• Attention to detail and strong case-management ability
• Resilience and stamina for long-running cases
• Commercial awareness of rehabilitation and care planning costs
• Teamwork and multidisciplinary collaboration (working with medical and rehabilitation specialists)

Evidence Signals

• Experience or interest in clinical negligence, rehabilitation or healthcare settings
• Volunteering or charity work (particularly with injury/health charities)
• Experience supporting vulnerable clients or casework demonstrating empathy
• Demonstrable experience of client-facing roles, case management or working with expert witnesses
• Commercial awareness of how compensation supports long-term care and rehabilitation

Benefits & Wellbeing

• Access to a dedicated Rehabilitation & Wellbeing Team for client-focused care planning
• Partnerships with charities and support organisations (Spinal Injuries Association, Back Up, Headway, Champions Charity)
• Client portal for case access
• Lexcel accreditation

Wellbeing

Fletchers works with an accredited mental health service and a network of BACP-registered therapists to provide rapid-access counselling for clients and their immediate families; the firm publishes Responsible Business and Gender Pay Gap reports, indicating formal reporting on people and wellbeing matters.

Awards & Recognition

• Best Law Firms 2026
• Chambers Top Ranked UK 2026
• Top Tier Firm Legal 500 (Top Tier)
• Head Injury Solicitor 2025
• PI Awards Case of the Year (image shown on site)
• AUMA Lawyers Service 2024-25
• Lexcel accreditation
• SIA Trusted Partner

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Championing better maternity care through every family's story; Maternity Grants Scheme (training grants for maternity professionals).

• Gender Pay Gap Report 2026
• Responsible Business Report 2024
• Maternity Training Grants Programme
• Partnerships with charities and support organisations (Spinal Injuries Association, Back Up, Headway)
• Champions Charity Trusted Partner

Pro Bono

Fletchers publishes a Responsible Business report and partners with multiple charities (Spinal Injuries Association, Back Up, Headway, Champions Charity). The firm runs community- and client-focused initiatives including support for inquiries and group actions; specific pro bono hour targets or detailed programmes are not listed on the extracted pages.

Innovation

Quick Application Angles

• Emphasise direct interest or experience in serious injury/clinical negligence and rehabilitation (mention knowledge of spinal or brain injury issues and the role of rehabilitation in compensation).
• Reference Fletchers’ group-action work (e.g., County Durham & Darlington, Oaklands ACL) or medical-product cases (Allergan, pacemaker recalls) to show familiarity with the firm’s case types and regional group-action approach.
• Demonstrate empathy and client-focus: give examples of supporting vulnerable clients, charity or hospital/healthcare volunteering, or casework that required sustained client contact.
• Mention the firm’s partnerships with charities (Spinal Injuries Association, Back Up, Headway) and commitment areas such as the Maternity Training Grants Programme to show alignment with its Responsible Business priorities.
• Highlight willingness to work across regional offices and in multi-disciplinary teams (legal, medical, rehabilitation) — Fletchers is regionally dispersed and values collaborative casework.