ABD HISTORY
DID YOU KNOW??

Did you know that in times gone past ABD acted for a Prime Minister?
Yes a Prime Minister...

ABD is likely to have one of the longest lines of succeeding partners in the Country whereby you can trace the firm back to as early as 1750. They have also acted for a distinguished line of clients who can be traced back to 1804 and earlier!

We are busy creating a time line which will show you the history of the firm and will be on our website for you to see.

The firms original founder was William Salmon (1) who started out in Devizes as a young attorney and was the first of 3 generations of attorneys who served successively as Town Clerk to the Borough of Devizes. He started the firm in 1750. He was then joined by his son William Salmon (2) a shrewd and successful man who owned most of Devizes Castle in 1809 and was known in Devizes as "King" Salmon because not only did he have a successful law practice but he also became a partner in Devizes' first bank called Salmon Tylee and Co.

Henry Addington around the same time was the first British Prime Minister to emerge from the middle classes. He was the son of Doctor Anthony Addington, a leading Physician who had treated King George III. He joined the Government and served under Pitt The Younger. Soon after, he secured a seat in the Commons as the Member for Devizes, Wiltshire. In March 1801 Henry Addington became Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He also had family connections in Devizes. It was during this period that Salmon and Son acted for Addington in various legal and business matters.

NEWEST RECRUIT ON MARLBOROUGH BUSINESS PARK HEADS UP LITIGATION TEAM!






ABD's Marlborough Office
are looking forward to
Solicitor Wayne Elliott
heading up the Litigation Dept.

His role will be to manage the Marlborough Office Department which includes;-

-Personal Injury work

-Financial Miss Selling

-General Civil Disputes

-Professional Negligence

-Sports Law and Equine


ABD was one of the first businesses to open on this Salisbury Road Business Park which has been developing and expanding over the last few years and has become a "happening place".


Born in Bristol and trained at Plymouth University, Wayne is very much looking forward to working in Marlborough and the wider locality as well as becoming involved in the local community.


Wayne will be running FREE NO OBLIGATION initial consultations from
25 February 2011.

ABD NEWSLETTER HAS A WINNER!

ABD Newsletter gives regular info on current legal developments, latest law trends, the firm and what they do, blogs, interesting cases, as well as loads of other stuff!

Because more and more people are logging onto our website and signing up to read our ABD Newsletters we thought it would be a great idea to have a Draw! The Draw took place recently.

The lucky winner was Mr Nigel Adams! Mr Adams was chosen from a Draw of all the people who have signed up for ABD Newsletters on our website since the last winner was announced. So MANY CONGRATULATIONS to Mr Adams who has won a luxury Fairtrade Hamper.

If you would like to receive regular interesting info by way of a newsletter from us please let us know and you may receive a luxury hamper!!

ABD AND BREWIN DOLPHIN TAKE STOCK OF CURRENT MARKET CLIMATE!




ABD'S modern Marlborough based Office on the Marlborough Business Park was well attended yesterday morning by staff to listen to a presentation given by Brewin Dolphin team - Myles Palmer, Oliver Findlay, Alex Minoudis and Matthew Guillaume.








ABD Partner Andrew Douglas welcoming the Brewin Dolphin Team!

(pics left to right Andrew Douglas, Matthew Guillaume, Myles Palmer, Oliver Findlay and Alex Minoudis).

Brewin Dolphin who are one of the UK's largest private client investment managers did an informative presentation to ABD on financial planning and money management.

Useful info! The staff take note!














Open Floor! Q and A time!

The seminar ended with an "open floor" question and answer session which provided good interaction and a useful understanding of the current market conditions.








Outside the offices of ABD, Marlborough.

Alistair Everett (ABD Partner), Myles Palmer (BD), Matthew Guillaume (BD), Alex Minoudis (BD), David Sutton (ABD Partner) and Oliver Findlay (BD).
Pics from left to right.

ABD FESTIVE GATHERING 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

A huge thank you goes to ~Andrew Douglas, Tony Awdry and Alistair Everett for providing a really enjoyable Christmas Party at the Bear Hotel last week. Approx 100 people gathered which was great to see!

The evening started with a glass of Christmas Cheer upon arrival and a catch up.

Cheers! Smartly dressed for the occasion!

Time to eat! Everyone sat down to enjoy a 3 course meal followed by coffee.

Ok, which table are we on?

Uh oh.. water water everywhere and not a drop to drink!! Ian and Rachael sharing a joke.

"Would you like some water Rachael?" Ian asks "No thanks I've just had some!" replies Rachael mopping her dress and the table.

Before the first course heads and tails were played and thereafter timely speeches were made!!

Some great prizes were won in a raffle. Grace was given by Joe Phelan, and everyone tucked into their christmas food.

AFTERWARDS tables were cleared for a 10 piece band to assemble, and dancing began!

enjoying the music.

For those that didnt want to dance it was a great opportunity to catch up on news and have a good time!

A great time was had by all!

A big thank you goes to Dave Turley for the hard work put into organising such a great party.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

TEAM EFFORT!

The pink ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness.... it is also used by legal firms to tie up a brief for delivery to a barrister!!

Each October - breast cancer awareness month - hundreds, if not thousands of products are emblazened with pink ribbons, or coloured pink.

People raise money by organizing different activities such as "Pink Day"whereby each employee wears an article of pink clothing, ribbon or accessory at work to signify their intention to support/raise money in aid of breast cancer.

Talk about team effort, a VERY BIG THANK YOU goes to Claire and Liz from ABD's Accounts Department for organising once again "dress down day including something pink." This was in support of breast cancer charity which took place on 29th of last month! All the office staff took part! THAT IS - Devizes, Calne, Wootton Bassett and Marlborough Offices! Its the taking part that counts!!



Their day not only included dressing down and wearing something pink, for £2.00 each, but also a buffet lunch whereby each employee provided food and everyone ate a plate of lunch for £1.00! a tombola, a raffle, cakes were made for sale and more!!



At the end of the day, an amazing total of £197.60 was raised! These proceeds will go towards helping to find a cure, breast cancer care, or research programmes.



As for the historical lawyers pink ribbon, that will just continue to tie up briefs!!

A WORTHWHILE CASE.

Mesothelioma - meaning - "a malignant tumour of the lining of the chest or abdomen often caused by
asbestos dust".


Mr X had been employed by Islington Borough Council as a Clerk of Works. His job was to oversee the removal of asbestos from Council owned properties which he did for approximately 10 years. He then retired.


20 years later, he began to develop shortness of breath followed by a variety of other unpleasant symptoms that became increasingly more unpleasant and also painful

He had contracted MESOTHELIOMA

Sadly, he died 5 months later after diagnosis.


HIS WIFE AND FAMILY WERE DEVASTED...

Some months later after much discussion, his family decided to contact Peter Shah -Personal Injury Lawyer and Partner at ABD. They wanted to know whether they should sue because they were extremely unhappy with how and why Mr X had died. They felt that Islington Borough Council were to blame.


Peters job was to claim compensation for the loss of a loved one.


After a period of time, as a result of Peters hard work, an out of court settlement was finally reached with the Councils insurers. Mr X's family received £80,000 and Islington Borough Council admitted defeat.


Mr X's wife and family were extremely happy with the outcome that Peter had achieved for them and they felt that justice had been done.


A very worthwhile case.