A NEW law firm has opened an office in St Helens.

DTM Legal is bucking the economic trend by expanding.

The firm doubled in size in its first year in Chester in 2008 and is continuing to flourish.

Julie Mogan, partner at DTM Legal, said: “St Helens has a strong, commercial heritage and presents a great opportunity for us.

“We have served clients here for a number of year and we are really excited about having a local base from which we can both support clients and continue to grow our own business.”