Posts from September 2021
Richard Biggs
Back to school: Proposed changes to the Highway Code and considering pedestrians and cyclists outside of schools and nurseries
by Ruth Johnson, serious injury at Irwin Mitchell I regularly do the school and nursery pick ups . I often see near misses outside of...
24/09/21
Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
Laying down the law on unruly air passengers
Thinking of taking to the skies soon? With the US opening its borders to vaccinated travellers, now might be a good time to brush up on...
24/09/21
Yogi Amin
£20 Universal Credit uplift cut will further deepen the struggles of many
Written by Melissa Davis, Senior Benefits Advisor at Irwin Mitchell Universal Credit was introduced in 2013 and is a lifeline benefit for...
22/09/21
Andrew Hewitt
The Coroner Service: Where are we now?
By Ayse Ince, medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell This morning I created some space, some thinking time to really absorb the...
22/09/21
Andrew Hewitt
Investment key to improving maternity care at Merthyr's Prince Charles Hospital
By Julie Lewis, medical negligence partner at Irwin Mitchell I was interested to read the Welsh Government cabinet statement issued on...
21/09/21
Anita Jewitt
World Patient Safety Day 2021 – Maternity Care Matters: Learning After harm
By Guy Forster, Medical Negligence Partner at Irwin Mitchell The World Health Organisation has launched 2021’s World Patient Safety Day,...
17/09/21
Yogi Amin
Cuts to Children and Adult Social Services threaten services for the most vulnerable in the Newcastle area
This article is authored by Alexander Terry, Public Law Solicitor In March 2021, Newcastle City Council (NCC) approved £40m of cuts to...
16/09/21
Anita Jewitt
Sepsis the silent killer - the importance of obtaining a subjective patient history
By Alexandra Winch and Nivetha Ramachandran, Medical Negligence solicitors at Irwin Mitchell Every hour, five people die of sepsis in the...
15/09/21
David Withers
E-scooters: what's next for Bristol?
by Georgie Moorhead, an Associate Solicitor in our National Serious Injury Team Legislation around e-scooters varies widely around the...
15/09/21
Richard Biggs
Government plans to tackle HGV driver shortage places road users at risk
by Peter Lorence, serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell The UK is currently suffering a shortfall of around 90,000 HGV drivers. In a...
14/09/21
David Withers
Smart motorways: where are we now?
By David Withers, partner, and Georgie Woolmer, solicitor, in our serious injury team Background The first smart motorway, originally...
14/09/21
Yogi Amin
Joint Select Committee finds no case for changing the Human Rights Act
by Yogi Amin, Partner, and Alexander Terry, Solicitor, in our Public Law and Human Rights team In January 2021, the Government...
13/09/21
Laura Daly
Is it time to reform social care? Significant failures by private social care provider led to the death of 3 vulnerable individuals
By Jade Elliott-Archer, medical negligence Solicitor, Irwin Mitchell A report from Norfolk Safeguarding Adults board found significant...
13/09/21
David Withers
Irwin Mitchell and Sheffield Children's Hospital deliver a four-part webinar spinal cord injury series
by Stacy Clements, Associate Solicitor, and Katie Moult, Solicitor, in our National Serious Injury Team Irwin Mitchell and Sheffield...
13/09/21
Irwin Mitchell
The Pandemic and mesothelioma
What is abundantly clear from the events of the last 18 months is that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused untold hardship and worry...
10/09/21
Laura Daly
Protocol set up to investigate negligence cases arising from gynaecology and obstetrics treatment at the University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHSFT
by Catherine Slattery, Millie Bolsover, Katie Thumwood and Tim Annett, medical negligence experts at Irwin Mitchell Irwin Mitchell has...
09/09/21
David Withers
Extending fixed recoverable costs
What are fixed recoverable costs? Fixed recoverable costs fix, by reference to tables, the total costs that a losing opponent – for...
09/09/21
Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
BA Flight 149: Lawyers support calls for public inquiry
by Cheryl Palmer-Hughes and Yogi Amin, Partners, Irwin Mitchell LLP Background On 1 August, 1990, BA flight 149 was due to fly from...
09/09/21
Laura Daly
Covid-19 vaccinations for 12 to 16-year-olds: The law has recognised young people’s competence to consent for 36 years
By David Woolmer, medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell On 29 July, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)...
08/09/21
David Withers
E-scooters: where are we now?
A pedestrian does not have to walk very far in a public place before they spot an e-scooter. The take-up has increased drastically over...
08/09/21
David Withers
I want to ride my bicycle
by Michael Turner, serious injury paralegal It seems many of us have agreed with Freddie Mercury’s famous lyrics, a July 2021 report in...
08/09/21
Laura Daly
Call for lessons to be learned after Birmingham hospital terminated healthy baby after mistaking it for sickly twin
by Jade Elliott-Archer, medical negligence solicitor A report on NHS hospitals in England has indicated that a healthy baby was aborted...
07/09/21
David Withers
UKABIF Networking Session from ‘The Future of Brain Injury in an Innovative World’ Conference
by Imogen Lowden, serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell In June 2021, the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) launched...
01/09/21
Yogi Amin
Judicial Review of Education Secretary’s decision not to revoke academy order
Education secretary Gavin Williamson’s decision not to revoke an academy order on Yew Tree Primary School in Sandwell was ruled...
01/09/21