South Wales law firm has joins forces with RCN Wales
Published: 16 May 2007
A leading South Wales law firm has joined forces with the Royal College of Nursing to become the organisation's official provider of legal services for its Welsh members.
Leo Abse & Cohen will offer legal advice to the 23,000 members in Wales represented by the RCN, the UK's largest professional nursing union.
The firm won the contract following a competitive pitch and will represent nurses, health care assistants and nursing students on all of their legal requirements, from employment issues and personal injury in the workplace claims, to personal matters such as buying a home or making a will.
Tina Donnelly, Director RCN Wales, said: "Part of our membership package is entitlement to legal advice and we want to be able to offer our members in Wales access to the best possible legal services. Leo Abse & Cohen is a modern, multi-discipline law firm whose professionalism and experience speaks for itself."
Leo Abse & Cohen has more than 50 years experience of offering clients in public and private sector institutions a multi-service legal package.
Ian Hopkins, Managing Partner at Leo Abse & Cohen, added: "To win the contract to represent as prestigious a body as the Royal College of Nursing is a big coup for us. We have a well-established history of supplying services to major institutions across Wales and we look forward to working with the RCN and its members to provide across the board legal advice."
Leo Abse & Cohen has offices in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea and offers legal advice to a broad range of private clients, companies and institutions.
For information on how to take advantage of the free half hour legal advice services offered by Leo Abse and Cohn, please contact Georgina Weeks by email on georgina.weeks@rcn.org.uk or call RCN Wales HQ on 0845 456 7875. For help and advice on legal matters that relate to work based problems please contact your local steward and for general RCN enquires please contact RCN Direct on 0845 772 6100.