His Honour Judge Peter Thornton QC has been appointed the first
Chief Coroner of England and Wales by the Lord Chancellor and the
Lord Chief Justice. This is an entirely new role which has been set
u...
Integration, Litigation,
Rehabilitation - Getting it right!
A conference specifically to
analyze the case management/rehabilitation role in the context of
ongoing litigation and brain injury cla...
Victims of the asbestos cancer of mesothelioma have won a reprieve in their fight to
keep their entitlement to compensation.
The Government is intending to remove the right of injured
people to...
Barbara McQueen, widow of the iconic actor Steve
McQueen, speaks out about the horrors of asbestos as the cause of her husband's
death.
This was in response to Steve McQueen being presented
pos...
The Ministry of Justice has this week
opened the application process for past victims of terrorist
atrocities suffered by those whilst abroad.
This follows a lengthy campaign by victims,
politic...
The Evening Standard has reported on a case
where Jonathan
Zimmern represented a 13-year-old girl from
Wickford, Essex, was left quadriplegic and unable to breathe
without a ventilator follow...
Ken Clarke confirms scheme will be put in place in
2012.
Historically British victims of terrorist atrocites whilst
abroad received no financial support on their return to the UK. If
however the ...
In the last 12 months the personal
injury and medical negligence team has
recovered over £60 million in compensation for its clients.
Paul McNeil , Head of the Department,
is incredibly ...
Today the Supreme Court gave
judgement in the "Asbestos Trigger Litigation". They ruled,
at last, that insurers should pay compensation to victims of
asbestos disease. Some insurers had tried to av...
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