2023 News

In 1998, Mrs L was expecting her third child. She underwent an emergency Caesarean Section for pre-eclampsia at 34 weeks gestation. She suffered a placental abruption with 700 mls blood loss.

A delay in diagnosing and treating a complication following her gall bladder removal was a more than minimal cause of a mother’s death at the age of 66, a coroner concluded.

The BBC has agreed to pay £6,500 in compensation to a single mother who claims she was discriminated against when she was prosecuted by TV Licensing, who take action against many more women than men every year.  

The families of three men who were murdered by Khairi Saadallah in Forbury Gardens, Reading, in June 2020, have welcomed the commitment of the Judge Coroner to ensuring that lessons are learned to prevent others suffering the tragedy that they have endured.

Residents whose home heating and hot water is supplied through a heat network could have grounds for a legal claim, according to law firm Leigh Day.

The family of a patient who bled to death while undergoing dialysis have received compensation and an apology from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

A 43-year-old man who had to abandon his career as a mechanic after a two-year delay in spotting an abdominal hernia has been secured a £450,000 settlement.

Herefordshire resident, David Sahota has asked the Supreme Court to hear his claim that planning permission was given unlawfully to a farmer for a cattle shed on the edge of the River Wye Special Area of Conservation.

A man who has been left incapacitated by the results of knee surgery has settled his claim against Spire Healthcare.

A man, who we are referring to as Ali, has received a six-figure sum in compensation for negligent medical treatment following laser eye surgery at Optical Express.

A teenage girl has been awarded £25,000 in compensation after, at the age of 13, she suffered a sexual assault at school by a boy aged 15 who had been moved from another school where he was under police investigation for similar alleged criminal offences.

The family of a former nurse who worked at Nottingham General Hospital during the 1970s are asking for her former colleagues to come forward with information regarding asbestos in the hospital following her recent death from mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure.