Enoch Evans, a Black Country law firm with headquarters in Walsall, has opened its first branch. The firm has been in operation in Walsall for over 130 years. 

 

The firm now employs more than 80 staff and considered now a great time for growth. It has chosen Mill Street in Sutton Coldfield as the location for its new branch.

 

Managing partner David Evans said: "This is the first expansion outside of Walsall for the firm since the opening in 1884 by Enoch Evans himself.

"We are well-established in Walsall with a good understanding of the value of being embedded in a community and we plan to take this approach over to Sutton Coldfield.

 

"We’re proud to offer traditional legal services in a new way; servicing individuals and business clients in a modern fashion which puts service first.

"As a business, the opening of the Sutton Coldfield branch proves we’re not standing still; we’re growing and developing whilst retaining our long-standing family values."

 

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