Legal firm Fletchers Group has made its first move into family law with the acquisition of a practice with bases across the South and Midlands.

It’s the 10th acquisition by Fletchers in the past four years and sees the North West group move into the family law arena it calls ‘a people-centred, high-growth area ripe for consolidation’. Fletchers is best known for its serious injury and clinical negligence operations.

Its new business Rayden Solicitors (Raydens) was founded by Katherine Rayden in 2005 in St Albans and today employs 113 people with bases in Buckinghamshire, Essex, central London, and Birmingham. Ms Rayden will join the executive committee at Fletchers Group and Raydens will retain its brand, offices, and leadership team.

Earlier this year, Fletchers acquired Scott Rees a

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