Justice & funding

A man to who suffered a traumatic brain injury due to a hit and run has received £4.3 million in compensation, with support from law firm Slater and Gordon. The man, in his early 20s, was cycling home when he was struck unconscious by a car in 2019, leaving him with a bleed to the [...]

A case has been settled in the High Court of Ireland which determined that a woman suffered a traumatic brain injury after her car aquaplaned on a road that had insufficient drainage.  Tara Mulrooney, 45, suffered a traumatic brain injury in July 2012 when her car spun out of control and hit a tree on [...]

Having gone to an internationally-renowned children’s hospital for routine surgery, Chloe was left with a life-changing brain injury after being starved of oxygen. Here, we look at the struggle her family have faced in the 12 years since the negligent operation – and how, at last, they have secured a settlement which will ensure she can [...]

The lawyer spearheading the brain injury lawsuit representing hundreds of rugby players is reportedly being investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority amid claims he pressured an ex-player to lie about having dementia. The Telegraph reports that the way Richard Boardman is recruiting  players to join his firm Rylands Garth’s law suit against World Rugby, the [...]

By Huw Ponting, Partner & Head of Personal Injury and Caroline Featherby, Managing Associate, Mental Capacity, Enable Law

Experienced catastrophic injury specialist David Sears says Hudgell Solicitors’ ever-enhancing reputation– and its dedication to ‘doing the right thing’ – were the reasons behind joining what he describes as a ‘firm on the up’. Having served Minster Law for close to 11 years, Mr Sears had a caseload including many claims valued between £5m-£10m, representing [...]

Negligence by medics at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTH) contributed to an otherwise avoidable brain injury at birth in 1998, a High Court judge has ruled. As reported by the BBC, Elisha Woods, 25, was starved of oxygen before her birth at Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. A High [...]

Manchester-based Hugh Jones Solicitors is the country’s leading firm of independent Court of Protection solicitors.  Founded by Hugh Jones, a nationally recognised leader with over 30 years of experience, the multi-award-winning firm supports vulnerable people, particularly those with mental incapacity, their families and their advisers, local authorities and law firms.   Court of Protection services offered [...]

A woman who sustained a brain injury after falling from a seaside pier has been denied compensation after a judge ruled she was "thoroughly dishonest" in her claim. Business Insider reported that Kirsty Williams-Henry, 33, incurred multiple injuries in 2018 after falling from Aberavon Pier in the UK while observing bioluminescent plankton in the sea. [...]

A much-awaited judgment in the Hadley v Przybylo Court of Appeal case been described as a 'significant win' for claimants and a major development in personal injury law. The case centred around the question of whether a claimant's solicitor could recover the costs incurred in attending meetings connected with the claimant's rehabilitation, including those with [...]