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Herne Bay mother’s stillbirth, failed sterilisation and ‘missing records’ case settles for £80,000

David Stratton — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

15th April 2026 – Our client, a woman from Herne Bay, then aged 27, found out that she was pregnant with twins in January 2020. She and her partner had 3 children between them already and decided that the twins … Continue reading →

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Expectant Mother wrongly sent home from Hospital settles stillborn baby case

David Stratton — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000

2nd February 2026 – Our client, a 32-year-old woman from Folkestone and first-time expectant mum, attended the William Harvey Hospital Ashford, Kent twice in the late stages of her pregnancy concerned about the wellbeing of her unborn child. In early … Continue reading →

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Coroner finds East Kent Trust Missed Multiple Opportunities to Review Neonate’s Deteriorating Condition and Escalate Treatment

David Stratton — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

19th June 2025 – Bear Knight was born prematurely, by C – Section, on 17.08.23, at 30 weeks + 4 days. His condition was satisfactory at birth but because of his prematurity he was transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care … Continue reading →

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East Kent Trust Settles Negligent Disposal of Foetus after Miscarriage Case

David Stratton — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Our client, Mrs H, fell pregnant in September 2019, aged 26, and she and her husband looked forward to becoming parents for the first time. Sadly, a series of early booking scans in November first questioned then confirmed the absence … Continue reading →

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£32,500 recovered for negligently performed endometrial ablation leading to a hysterectomy

David Stratton — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000

6th July 2023 – Our client, a mother of two in her forties, underwent an endometrial ablation on 29.07.2020 by way of treatment for ongoing, debilitating menorrhagia. During the procedure performed at the William Harvey Hospital Ashford the operating surgeon … Continue reading →

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£70,000 recovered for death of newborn baby following substandard ultrasound scanning during pregnancy

David Stratton — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

6th July 2023 – Our client, woman now aged 22, from Canterbury, lost her first child when aged just 17 years due to failures in the ultrasound monitoring of her baby son during her pregnancy. Her antenatal care was provided … Continue reading →

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£61,000 recovered for death of newborn baby due to substandard delivery care

David Stratton — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000

6th July 2023 – Our client, a 39 year old woman from Surrey, lost her second child on 27.05.2019 following a traumatic birth at Epsom Hospital run by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. After struggling to get … Continue reading →

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Nick Fairweather appears on Jeremy Vine show to discuss CQC’s findings on inspecting East Kent Maternity Units

David Stratton — Fri, 26 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000

26th May 2023 – Nick was one of the guests on the Jeremy Vine show today invited to comment on the findings of the Care Quality Commission when they inspected the East Kent Maternity Department in January of this year, … Continue reading →

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Inquest into the deaths of Samantha Mulcahy and Kimberly Sampson begins

David Stratton — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000

19th April 2023 – The inquest into the deaths of the two young mothers who died of disseminated herpes simplex virus two months apart have begun today at the Shepway Centre, Maidstone before Assistant Coroner Catherine Wood. Samantha (32 at … Continue reading →

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Nick Fairweather give his response to the Kirkup Report

David Stratton — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0000

19th October 2022 – Fairweathers Solicitors have represented around two dozen families whose babies died or were caused severe injury with lifelong disabilities due to the failings of East Kent Maternity Services.Here our CEO and Head of Clinical Negligence, Nick … Continue reading →

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