The Solicitors Regulation Authority closed Coops Law with immediate effect on 23rd June 2017. The firm was an offshoot of Asons Solicitors Limited who were closed by the SRA in March 2017.Continue reading this article
Our client, Ms M, from Brighton, now aged 30, suffered severe headache symptoms late one afternoon in June 2010. She contacted the Brighton Out Of Hours service and was advised to attend the A&E department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital for assessment by an Out Of Hours GP. She was seen there later that evening. Her symptoms included the sudden onset of a ‘thunder clap’ headache with nausea, vomiting and neck pain, all quite different from the migraines that she had suffered with previously.Continue reading this article
We are pleased to have donated £1,000 from our Community Social Responsibility fund to Canterbury Food Bank.Continue reading this article
Fairweathers’ Solicitor Steevi Henderson considers the latest NHS Safety Patient Review Report
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Fairweathers’ Solicitor Steevi Henderson reviews important findings of key study into preventable injuries to babies during deliveries. Continue reading this article
In April 2015, at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, the Claimant delivered a baby girl. The placenta was inspected post delivery and the midwife queried whether it was complete; a doctor then noted that the placenta was complete and the Claimant was discharged home.Continue reading this article
This month the Legal Practice Management magazine looked at the issue of Cloud Based IT systems, speaking to a number of firms, including Fairweathers.Continue reading this article
Our client, Mrs D, from Wiltshire suffered a hip fracture in 2002. Subsequently she had problems during her second pregnancy and decided to have the metal work removed before she had more children. In order to expedite the surgery, the treating surgeon at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust referred Mrs D to a locum orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Sampalli, who performed surgery in March 2011 with only partial success. Continue reading this article
Our client, a 71 year old woman from Ramsgate, Kent, was widowed as a result of failings during the care of her husband (“H”) by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (“EKH”).Continue reading this article
The second week in May is National Mental Health Awareness Week, with Meridian Television broadcasting mental health focused features on its evening news bulletin each day this week.Continue reading this article