Darren Tamplin, medical negligence partner at Fairweathers, has been selected as one of the first 22 ‘Patient Safety Champions’ in England and Wales.Continue reading this article
Darren Selected as Patient Safety Champion
Category Archives: General News
£75,000 recovered for death caused by surgical error.
We have just settled a case on behalf of a man from Herne who lost is long-term partner, Edith, back in April 2005 when she died following straightforward surgery for an incisional hernia repair.Continue reading this article
Widow recovers £100,000 for death of husband due to hospital’s failure to diagnosis
We have recently concluded a long standing fatality case on behalf of an Ashford lady whose husband’s death in June 2003 was caused by failings on the part of the William Harvey Hospital Ashford.Continue reading this article
Fairweathers First in Country
(Reproduced with the kind permission of Kent on Sunday Media Ltd. This article appeared in Kentish Sunday Observer and Kent on Sunday newspapers).Continue reading this article
New Solicitor joins Medical Negligence team
We are delighted to announce that Alex Tengroth has joined us this month from national law firm Shoosmiths.Continue reading this article
Grieving family sue NHS ‘he suspected something was badly wrong’
(Reproduced with kind permission of the Kent Messenger Group).
A family are suing the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, claiming doctors failed to diagnose a cancer which took the life of a father of two.Continue reading this article
Mother’s anger at investigation delays
(Re-produced with kind permission of the Kent Messenger Newspapers.)
The mother of a young Chartham man killed by an exploding tyre has made a formal complaint after Kent Police admitted there had been another delay in the investigation into his death.Continue reading this article
Una Turner retires
Una Turner retires from full time practice with the firm this month.
She will continue to work with us, however, part time, as a Mental Health Review Tribunal Advocate and Medical Negligence Advisor.Continue reading this article
Family plan legal action over tragedy
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A family angered by the length of time being taken to investigate the death of a young Chartham man killed by an exploding tyre intend to take legal action.Continue reading this article
Firm successful in Lexcel and ISO 9000 Audit
Fresh back from the Christmas break, over the past two days we have undergone an extensive appraisal of all the firm’s policies and procedures by external auditors authorised by the Law Society and the International Organisation for Standardization.Continue reading this article