Posts from November 2021
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Progesterone to be offered to help prevent pregnancy loss
By Kimberley Nightingale, a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)...
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Resting aircraft - Are safety concerns grounded in reality?
By Vincent Nichol, a specialist aviation lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Whilst we are all clearly keen to start traveling by air again as soon...
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Scottish Law in England: Will England adopt the position North of the Wall?
By Paul Ramsay, an asbestos-related disease lawyer at Irwin Mitchell In a recent trial at the High Court, Mr Justice Ritchie handed down...
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British jet crash – Safety concerns over F-35 fighter jet
An investigation has been launched into what caused a British F-35 fighter jet to crash into the sea during a routine operation in the...
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Dangerous asbestos in 60% of Welsh schools
By Rebecca Buxton, an asbestos-related disease lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Teachers, pupils and other school staff could be at risk of...
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Worrying impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the deaths of people treated under the Mental Health Act
By Lauren Cooper a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell It is well recognised that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic goes...
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What is Medical Negligence?
By Kimberley Nightingale, a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell I recently teamed up with Max Herberg at LegalTea to discuss...
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Study identifies long-term health risks for severely injured combat veterans
by Geraldine McCool, a military injuries legal specialist at Irwin Mitchell Service personnel, including those who served in Iraq and...
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Rural roads and their dangers
By Georgie Woolmer, a serious injury solicitor at Irwin Mitchell The risks of rural roads According to research undertaken by Brake, the...
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Remote GP appointments: Are they here to stay and how does that impact patient care?
By Rebecca Tramaseur, a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic we have all become...
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What is the role of a family liaison officer?
By Elizabeth Whitehead a serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell and Sarah, Butler, a collision investigator with Nottinghamshire Police ...
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Celebrating Hampshire’s road safety heroes this Road Safety Week
By Ruth Johnson, a serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Road Safety week Road Safety Week, organised by the charity Brake, runs from...
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Asbestos in schools - new Parliamentary focus
By Laura Morrison, an asbestos-related disease lawyer at Irwin Mitchell The announcement that a committee of MPs will investigate the...
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Upholding default judgment in the context of a jurisdictional challenge
by Daniel Matchett, an international serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell The recent interlocutory judgment in our case of Mann v (1)...
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Growing concerns over privately used e-scooters
By Georgie Woolmer, a serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Electric Scooters (e-Scooters) have been labelled a ‘major safety concern’,...
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Ambulance and hospital delays putting lives at risks
By Lucy Macklin, a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Concerns are being raised by paramedics about the delays in ambulance...
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Animals on rural roads: how to stay safe
by Cathryn Godfrey, a serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell The increase in staycations has caused an upsurge in the volume of traffic...
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Accidents on rural roads
Unfortunately due to the nature of our work as serious injury lawyers, we investigate many avoidable accidents each week. Many of these...
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MPs to debate tougher sentences for fatal hit and run collisions and dangerous driving
By Georgie Woolmer, a serious injury solicitor at Irwin Mitchell On Monday, 15 November, MPs will debate e-petitions relating to road...
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Men and Cancer – the importance of early advice and support
By Nicola Handley, an asbestos-related disease lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Lung Cancer Awareness Month and International Men’s Day These...
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Reflections from our webinar Working Together in Healthcare Litigation: What Matters Most
By Guy Forster, medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell On Thursday, 4 November 2021, we heard from a range of speakers across the...
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The Inquiry into the Sustainability and Recovery of the Legal Aid Sector
by Oliver Carter, a human rights solicitor and Eliza Bell, a paralegal at Irwin Mitchell On 19 October 2021, the Westminster Commission...
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Smart motorways to be put in a traffic jam for now?
Smart motorways never stay out of the news for very long. They create a lot of emotion. This has been driven by a number of tragic...
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