Legal
Law firm Switalskis has expanded its personal injury team in London with four senior hires and a new managing director of personal injury. Mark Hollinghurst, now managing director of personal injury, leads a team of more than 40, including specialists in brain and spinal injury. He will oversee growth from the London office. The new [...]
A neurosurgeon is suing McLaren for more than £14m after suffering brain injuries in a snowmobile crash during a luxury Arctic driving trip. Dr Andrew Cannestra, 54, is taking legal action against McLaren Automotive Events Ltd after crashing a snowmobile while taking part in the £23,000 Pure McLaren Arctic Experience in Lapland. The spinal specialist [...]
A Welsh health board has admitted full responsibility for brain injuries suffered by a boy during his birth in 2019. Swansea Bay University Health Board has admitted liability for brain injuries suffered by six-year-old Gethin Channon during his birth at the maternity unit of Singleton Hospital in Swansea. Gethin sustained severe brain damage and now [...]
By Medico Legal Healthcare In medico-legal proceedings, particularly those involving personal injury, clinical negligence, or mental capacity, the strength of a case often depends on the clarity and credibility of the expert evidence presented. As cases become more complex, the demand for reports that draw upon multiple clinical perspectives has grown significantly. Multidisciplinary medico-legal reporting [...]
A recruitment director has been awarded nearly £188,000 after a tribunal found he was unfairly dismissed following brain damage caused by a cardiac arrest. Darron Blewitt, formerly of Leeds-based Mach Recruitment, brought a claim for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination, which was upheld by an employment tribunal in Cambridge. Mr Blewitt suffered a cardiac arrest [...]
Denmark manager Andrée Jeglertz has urged referees to stop play immediately when players suffer head injuries, following a controversial incident in his team’s Euro 2025 defeat to Germany. Jeglertz questioned referee Catarina Campos’s decision to allow play to continue after Denmark midfielder Emma Snerle was struck in the face by the ball and remained on [...]
A US neurosurgeon is suing McLaren Automotive Events after suffering a “very significant” brain injury during a snowmobile safari organised by the company in Finland. Andrew Cannestra, 54, crashed near Ivalo in northern Finland on 2 February 2020 while taking part in a four-night “Pure McLaren Arctic Experience”, the High Court in London heard on [...]
Warren Collins, Partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP and Pankaj Madan, Barrister at Exchange Chambers and 12 King’s Bench Walk, take a look at the use of imaging in the court. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) represents a significant advancement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology, offering unprecedented insights into the microstructural integrity of white matter tracts [...]
The Spinal Injuries Association has issued a statement in response to the UK Government’s PIP Bill vote. The charity stated: The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) welcomes the Government’s confirmation that Clause 5 of the Universal Credit and PIP Bill will be removed at committee stage next week. Clause 5 would have introduced a damaging and [...]
By Alison Johnson, clinical negligence partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper Every five minutes someone suffers a stroke in the UK. It is a shocking statistic, especially when strokes can happen very quickly, without warning and can affect children as well as older people. Even when someone receives good medical care and survives a stroke brain injury, [...]
