In the swim

Rather than turning to a solicitor when they are in deep water, Merseyside residents who find themselves in shallow water will now have legal advice speeding towards them with this new Mace & Jones sea scooter.

That, or the firm is one of the sponsors of this River Mersey Rescue Service initiative to access parts of the river that its larger boats cannot enter.

It would probably be questionable for a personal injury law firm to sponsor the scooter, with accusations that it was some kind of aqua-ambulance chasing.

But there can surely be no problem with the north-west commercial practice shelling out to have its name to the fore when help comes a drowning person's way.

Lawrence Downey (left), managing partner of Mace & Jones, is pictured with Mike Cummins of River Mersey Rescue.