Edward Smethurst
Managing Partner @Prosperity Insurance
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Managing Partner @Prosperity Insurance
Manchester, GB
Prosperity Insurance provides a range of insurance products to the legal services sector, namely Conveyancing Policies, Probate Policies and legal expenses insurance and After the Event (ATE) insurance. With an extensive knowledge of the legal expenses’ insurance market, we can provide an informed and tailored approach to the needs of your firm.
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ABOUT EDWARD SMETHURST
Clients are looking to send more of their legal spend to those law firms where the whole of the relationship between lawyer and client is one in which value is discussed, defined, and delivered.” – 2023 State of the UK Legal Market, Thomson ReutersValue is the key determiner of our success at Prosperity Law. Defined as worth, importance, or usefulness – we deliver value through our broad range of expertise, hard-working team, and working relationships based on transparency and honest advice. Your team will come to understand your business and offer guidance that’s focused on driving commercial advantage and becoming a valued legal partner. As Managing Partner, I ensure that we all deliver exactly this. Across my now longstanding and admittedly varied legal career, I’m most proud of the following achievements and roles:• Awarded Cancer Research UK’s Flame of Hope award for raising over Perennial Chairman of the Law Society C&I Group North West, from 1993 to date.• Youngest Solicitor to have been awarded The Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award by the Manchester Law Society.• Instrumental in achieving the first ever front-page apology and the largest ever libel/defamation award at that time on behalf of my clients.As Chairman of the wider Prosperity Group, I am responsible for leading the board, overseeing strategy, and ultimately ensuring each company therein delivers and thrives. The wider Prosperity Group includes: • Prosperity Insurance: providing tailored insurance solutions to Lawyers, Law Firms, and their clients. • Prosperity Property Ltd: specialising in Landlord services to both commercial and residential properties.• Prosperity Childcare: comprising nine children’s nurseries, all rated ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ by OFSTED.• Prosperity Childrens’ Services: providing vital care and support to society’s most vulnerable children.Specialisms include commercial law, commercial litigation, employment law, tribunals, risk management, transport security, fraud investigations, asset tracing, professional sports managementProsperity Law is headquartered in Manchester, and you can also find us at our offices in London, Liverpool and Leeds. To find out more about how we can help drive commercial advantage and minimise your business risk, email me at E•••@prosperitylaw.com.
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