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Recent news

• Data breach lawyer confirms thousands more TalkTalk customers could have claims for compensation

  22 May 2019

  Thousands of TalkTalk customers are likely to have claims for compensation against TalkTalk after a BBC investigation found that their personal information, including bank account details, has been posted online.

• Fight for compensation launched for disabled people who have lost out to Universal Credit

  17 May 2019

  ​A group of disabled people are preparing to bring a legal challenge against the government after losing out on benefits when they were migrated over to the universal credit system.

• Six-figure sum of compensation for perineal injury during forceps delivery

  17 May 2019

  A client has settled her medical negligence claim after a traumatic delivery

• Charity launches legal challenge to mental health research funding policy

  16 May 2019

  A legal challenge has been launched by charity Miricyl against the UK government’s largest medical research funder, United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI).

• £5.1m settlement for spinal cord injury during delivery

  16 May 2019

  A boy who was injured during his birth has succeeded in his medical negligence claim

• Medical negligence solicitor welcomes launch of clinical trial for GBS screening in pregnant women

  14 May 2019

  A clinical trial for group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening in pregnant women, aiming to prevent life-threatening infections in newborn babies, has been announced in the UK.