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Archie Batten Inquest Conclusion – Death caused by Neglect

10th June 2022 – Archie Batten was born on Sunday 1 st September 2019, at the QEQM Hospital Margate, and lived for just 27 minutes. Continue reading this article

Inquest into death of baby Archie Batten starts in Maidstone

14th March 2022 – Archie Batten was born late in the evening at the QEQM Hospital Margate on Sunday 1 st September 2019 and died shortly afterward at just 27 minutes of age. He was the first child of parents Rachel Higgs and Andrew Batten.Continue reading this article

£14,000,000 Cerebral Palsy claim settlement approved by High Court

10th December 2021 – Our client suffered cerebral palsy due to a hospital in Kent mismanaging his mother’s labour and his delivery.Continue reading this article

Archie Powell Inquest Conclusion:- QEQM’s admitted negligent delay in administering antibiotics caused Archie’s death

3rd December 2021 – Archie Powell, died on 14th February 2019 at just 4 days old after a failure to administer life-saving antibiotics in a timely manner at QEQM. An Inquest has heard a number of criticisms of the care he received following his birth. Continue reading this article

Luchii Gavrilescu: Jury inquest hears of failings in the care of a 5-week-old baby Luchii at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, in Margate and admissions that the Hospital negligently missed TB on his father’s chest x-ray leading to Luchii’s death.

20th July 2021 – Before North East Kent Area Coroner Joanne Andrews
12th July – 20th July 2021
Luchii Gavrilescu, a 5 week old baby died after three A&E attendances at QEQM, Margate on 6 th December 2019. A jury inquest has heard a number of criticisms of the care he received over this period of time.Continue reading this article

£12,000 Recovered for Retained Products of Conception following a C-Section

1st July 2021 – Our client, a 35-year-old woman from London, underwent an emergency C-section delivery of her first child at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Greenwich in October 2018 after a failure to progress in labour. Her operation records stated that her placenta and cord were complete on removal. She recovered well from the procedure and was discharged shortly afterwards.Continue reading this article

£42,500 Recovered for New Born Baby Death Caused by Sub– Standard Maternity Care

17th June 2021 – Our client, a 36-year-old woman from Canterbury, suffered the loss of her first child on 29.03.16 after a prolonged, mismanaged labour. Continue reading this article

£18,000 Recovered for Failure to Correctly Suture the Left Uterine Angle during a C-Section

2nd June 2021 – Our client, a 42-year-old woman from West Sussex, underwent an elective C-section delivery of her second child at Worthing Hospital in September 2018.Continue reading this article

Coroner rules that Article 2 is engaged in Archie Batten’s Inquest Proceedings

9th March 2021 – We have previously reported on the case of Archie Batten who tragically died at just 27 minutes of age at the QEQM Hospital Margate back on Sunday 1st September 2019.Continue reading this article

Fairweathers team up with 7BR to Provide Pro-bono Inquest Representation for two Families who lost their Babies as part of the East Kent Maternity Scandal

8th March 2021 –

We are delighted to announce that we have managed to arrange Inquest representation for two of the families we represent who tragically lost their babies due to admitted failings at the QEQM Hospital Margate. Continue reading this article