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Victims of botched vaginal mesh surgery are, in increasing numbers, asking specialist surgical mesh implant solicitors to help them make medical negligence compensation claims, after having their lives turned upside down. The government has stopped all vaginal mesh operations pending the outcome of a review. Continue reading →
Many people fear a visit to their dentist, but apparently dentists themselves fear an increase in dental negligence claims. This is according to Dental Protection, an indemnity insurance company for dental practices, which surveyed 1,100 dentists and found that 89% of them were ‘increasingly fearful of being sued by patients’. Continue reading →
A recent judgment handed down by the Technology and Construction Court in the case of Freeborn & Another –v- Marcal [2019] EWHC 454 TCC is of wide-spread significance to those who commission construction professionals. Continue reading →
The Care Quality Commission has set out guidance for care home operators as to best policy concerning the rights of residents to receive visitors. Continue reading →
If you are injured as a result of your employer’s failure to match up to health and safety obligations, it is important to seek legal advice to ensure you are properly compensated. The point was proved by one case in which a man who suffered catastrophic head injuries in a workplace accident won seven-figure damages. Continue reading →
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) fined Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for failing to apologise to a family in a reasonable period of time. A baby had been admitted to Bradford Royal Infirmary in July 2016, but there were delays in diagnosing his condition and missed opportunities to admit him to hospital. He later died. In a development that will have raised the eyebrows of many in the care sector, the Trust was fined £1,250 after only apologising to the family in October 2016. Continue reading →
Statistics provided by Cancer Research UK indicate that on average 360,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK. However, an article that appeared in the Independent newspaper in December 2018, revealed the startling finding that 4 out of every 10 people diagnosed with cancer have been misdiagnosed at least once before the disease was identified. Continue reading →
A supermarket worker who cut her thumb while working on the fish counter has secured compensation from her employer after her injury led to her developing a serious infection. Continue reading →
Everyone has a right to complain about their neighbours’ behaviour, but where such complaints are unjustified and take the form of harassment the consequences can be severe. In one such case, a flat dweller who made a fellow resident’s life a misery was ordered to pay him almost £100,000 in damages. Continue reading →
Stories of rapacious family members milking the assets of those who entrust them with managing their affairs are regrettably very common and a recent case illustrates the risk of placing one’s financial wellbeing in the hands of someone who proves to be untrustworthy. Continue reading →
