National firm Simpson Millar has closed its Liverpool office and made the branch's five staff redundant.

Until midday, when the office shut and the phones were disconnected, the Leeds-based firm had 205 employees across 13 offices.


A spokesman told RollOnFriday that the firm recently undertook a review of its clinical negligence structure and decided to shunt the Liverpool office's work to the Leeds and London sites, "where the majority of our senior clinical negligence specialists are located". Certainly now, anyway.

The move follows Simpson Millar's purchase by listed financial services company Fairpoint Group last year, which seems to have discovered the opportunity for precious synergies. “This has unfortunately led to the decision to move all case files from Liverpool to these sites", said the spokesman, which has "affected [i.e. ended the jobs of] five employees who operated solely from the Liverpool site".

But dry your eyes, because, "We believe the new operating structure for clinical negligence will ensure our clients receive the best possible service from Simpson Millar". Hurrah!