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RNS Number : 2497C  Anexo Group PLC  07 February 2024

 For immediate release  7 February 2024

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Anexo Group plc

 

('Anexo', the 'Group' or the 'Company')

 

Thirlwall Inquiry and Covid Action

 

Anexo (AIM: ANX), the specialist integrated credit hire and legal services
provider, is pleased to provide details of two high profile actions in which
the Group's legal subsidiary, Bond Turner, has a leading role: the Thirlwall
Inquiry and Long Covid Doctors for Action.

 

Thirlwall Inquiry ("the Inquiry")

 

On 21 August 2023, after a trial at Manchester Crown Court, Lucy Letby was
sentenced to life imprisonment and a whole life order on each of seven counts
of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. The offences took place at
the Countess of Chester Hospital, part of the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust.

Lady Justice Thirlwall has been appointed to chair the Inquiry, which will
investigate three broad areas:

A. The experiences of the Countess of Chester Hospital and other relevant NHS
services and of all the parents of the babies named in the indictment.

B. The conduct of those working at the Countess of Chester Hospital, including
the board, managers, doctors, nurses and midwives with regard to the actions
of Lucy Letby while she was employed there as a neonatal nurse.

C. The effectiveness of NHS management and governance structures and
processes, external scrutiny and professional regulation in keeping babies in
hospitals safe and well looked after.

 

There are seven firms of solicitors acting for a total of seventeen individual
parents of children named in the Indictment. The Group's legal subsidiary,
Bond Turner, is acting for four of these parents. It has been appointed a Core
Participant in the Inquiry and will receive professional fees in respect of
its contributions.

Separate to the Inquiry, Bond Turner is pursuing claims of clinical negligence
against the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of
these clients. Bond Turner expects to reclaim all the legal costs of bringing
the action but, given the circumstances of the litigation, the Board has
resolved not to charge any success fees in the event of a successful
conclusion.

 

Covid Negligence Action

 

A group called Long Covid Doctors for Action has been advocating for an action
for negligence against various NHS Trusts and the Government. Bond Turner
assisted in securing a limitation extension for such claims in November 2023
and is now acting for a number of doctors and other medical professionals in
this litigation, which involves employer liability around the failures with
personal protective equipment ('PPE') and which will seek to explore the
requirements and provisions adopted by the NHS Trusts and the extent to which
these were driven by Government edict.

 

Alan Sellers, Executive Chairman of Anexo Group, commented: "We are pleased to
announce these new legal actions. The Thirlwall Inquiry and the Covid
Negligence Action will be high profile and are expected to receive widespread
media coverage. The Board believes that Bond Turner's leading role in both
cases will reinforce its position as one of the leading clinical and
professional negligence law firms in England and Wales. Having successfully
concluded high profile class actions in the past, we are pleased to be able to
offer victims our services and support in these new cases and we are committed
to fighting for justice for them."

 

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Notes to Editors:

 

Anexo is a specialist integrated credit hire and legal services provider. The
Group has created a unique business model by combining a direct capture Credit
Hire business with a wholly owned Legal Services firm. The integrated business
targets the impecunious not at fault motorist, referring to those who do not
have the financial means or access to a replacement vehicle.

 

Through its dedicated Credit Hire sales team and network of over 1,100 active
introducers around the UK, Anexo provides customers with an end-to-end service
including the provision of Credit Hire vehicles, assistance with repair and
recovery, and claims management services. The Group's Legal Services division,
Bond Turner, provides the legal support to maximise the recovery of costs
through settlement or court action as well as the processing of any associated
personal injury claim.

 

The Group was admitted to trading on AIM in June 2018 with the ticker ANX.

 

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