Legal
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 [...]
Being a professional working with people living with Acquired Brain Injuries brings with it a heady responsibility. That responsibility sometimes requires us to go beyond the scope of our role. Depending on the support you provide and level of involvement you have in your client or patients' lives, you may come across information that makes [...]
Two Manchester Arena bombing survivors have won their High Court harassment case against a conspiracy theorist who claimed the terror attack had been staged. Martin Hibbert (pictured above) was left with a spinal cord injury following the attack in May 2017, while his daughter Eve sustained a catastrophic brain injury. Former TV producer Richard Hall [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A coroner has ruled that a brain injury sustained by a baby at Sheffield Children’s Hospital did not lead to the child's death. Baby Joshua Hughes was born prematurely in 2023 with multiple medical issues, reports the BBC. According to the publication, the child suffered a brain injury after his blood pressure was not consistently [...]
Fletchers Group has announced the election of five new Partners, as part of its strategy to attract and retain talent from within the business. The new appointments bring the number of Partners to 22, alongside 16 Directors. Two new Partners are drawn from Serious Injury Law, which Fletchers acquired in February 2024, and the other [...]
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 [...]
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has relaunched its guide for best practice in rehabilitation, highlighting the importance of early collaboration between claimant lawyers and defendant insurers. Described as an ‘essential part of a personal injury lawyer’s toolbox, APIL’s Best Practice Guide on Rehabilitation covers everything from how to discuss rehabilitation with a client [...]
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. [...]
