We are pleased to announce that our trainee, Shantala Heath, has today qualified as a solicitor.
Shantala studied law at Kent University, in Canterbury, gaining a First Class Honours Degree, before undertaking her LPC in London where she earned a Distinction. She also found time to lecture in law alongside her studies.Continue reading this article
With the new football season upon us, we are pleased to confirm our ongoing commitment to assisting local youth football teams.
Nick Fairweather is Chairman of Tyler Hill Youth Football Club and the firm has supported the club, variously, over a number of years now, including purchasing playing and training kits.Continue reading this article
Within previous news items we have highlighted the case of Dr David Jackson, local General Surgeon, who was dismissed by the local East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, and referred to the GMC, back in 2007, but has still yet to face a GMC hearing.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 28 year old woman from Ramsgate, attended the QEQM Hospital in Margate, on 27.03.08, to give birth to her first child.
Her birth proceeded to a delivery by Ventouse.Continue reading this article
Our Trainee, soon to be qualified, Solicitor, Shantala Heath found herself in familiar surroundings today, when she returned to the University of Kent, where she studied law, to present our annual prize for best contribution to the Kent Law Clinic.Continue reading this article
We are pleased to have been able to support the KajoKeji Educational Trust charity for the second year running, with a £5,000 donation.Continue reading this article
Today a Coroner’s jury in Dover returned a verdict of suicide on the fourth day of an Inquest into the death of Seleana Mundey who died on 16th August 2007. She committed suicide by throwing herself from a bridge over the M20 near her home in Ashford, whilst on day release from the Arundel Mental health Unit at the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford.Continue reading this article
Within previous Inside Story features we have highlighted the case of Debbie Westwick, a Nurse from Canterbury, who suffered substandard treatment at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital under the auspices of the Kent Oncology Centre. Continue reading this article
An NHS trust has paid out £651,000 to 15 former patients of a Kent surgeon, it has been revealed.
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust made the out of court settlements, to people treated by Dr David Jackson, from 2002 – five years before he was sacked.Continue reading this article
For Debbie Westwick, the future is bleak. “I’m dying,” she says. Before her cancer kills her, however, she has one last battle to fight.
The 49-year-old nurse is campaigning against secrecy in the medical profession that allows doctors under sanctions by the General Medical Council or suspected of serious failings to continue working without their patients knowing of their alleged faults.Continue reading this article