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Sunday Times – Mother’s Pain at lost chance to stop suicide

Sunday Times – Mother’s Pain at lost chance to stop suicide

Article by James Gillespie Published: 09 March 2014.

The mother of a vulnerable anorexia sufferer sent to a private hospital because no NHS beds were available near her home has described the torment of thinking she had missed a chance to save her daughter from taking her life.

Lisa Inkin, 21, died last April when she jumped in front of a Tube train at 10.28am at Victoria station in central London. She had texted a suicide note to her mother, Sherry, 11 minutes earlier but it did not arrive until 10.40am, by which time Lisa was dead.

Sherry, 52, has since seen CCTV images of Lisa on the platform. “She looks focussed, just staring straight ahead of her, just totally switched off,” she said.Continue reading this article

£33,500 recovered for perforated bowel

£33,500 recovered for perforated bowel

Our client, a 56 year old woman, from Herne Bay, Kent, underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.

Unfortunately, during the course of the operation, a perforation of the bowel was caused and went unnoticed. Our client was therefore discharged home the same day.Continue reading this article

Champers result!

Champers result!

Thanks to all who attended our opening bash on Friday.

We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.

The winner of the Champagne challenge – closest guess of damages recovered for clients since we set up in April 2006 – is …Continue reading this article