Posts from May 2022
Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
Access to aviation for all is a right not a privilege
By Vincent Nichol, a specialist aviation lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Although air travel is back on the cards after a hiatus during the...
24/05/22
Richard Biggs
National Epilepsy Awareness Week: Understanding more about epilepsy and brain injury
By Alice Hall, an expert serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Each year, charities, hospitals and individuals get involved in National...
24/05/22
Isabella Whiteley-Tye
World Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Day
World Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) day takes place annually on 19 May to raise awareness for those who suffer with Inflammatory...
20/05/22
Richard Biggs
Action For Brain Injury Week 2022: What are the often misunderstood and ‘hidden’ symptoms
By Sarah Griggs, a specialist brain injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell This year’s Action For Brain Injury Week runs from 16-22 May and is...
13/05/22
Richard Biggs
What does having a brain injury mean for my ability to plan my legal affairs for the future? Here's everything you need to know
By Christine Thornley, an expert tax, trusts and estate lawyer at Irwin Mitchell Having a brain injury inevitably leads to many...
13/05/22
David Johnston-Keay
Celebrating International Nurses' Day and the best of nursing
By Nicola Handley, a specialist workplace disease solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Florence Nightingale’s birthday of 12 May is celebrated...
12/05/22
David Withers
Hope that new treatment will aid return of physical function for those with spinal cord injuries
Research recently completed by the Northwestern University of Chicago gave hope to those with spinal cord injuries. During the research,...
11/05/22
Rowen Cobb
Plea for public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust as concerns over mental health care remain
By Rowen Cobb, a medical negligence specialist at Irwin Mitchell There has been a fresh plea for a public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear...
11/05/22
Richard Biggs
Government plan to regulate e-scooters on public roads is overdue but legislation must be robust
Recently Grant Shapps, Transport Secretary, announced in front of the Transport Committee the government's plans to legalise the use of...
10/05/22
Alexander Davenport
The impact of noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus on military personnel and their families
By Gruffydd Owen, a specialist military injuries lawyer at Irwin Mitchell This week is Deaf Awareness Week, a week intended to raise...
06/05/22
David Withers
What the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill actually means
The Government and insurance industry recently publicised the news that the so-called Vnuk law was one step closer to being removed. ...
05/05/22
Richard Biggs
It's full steam ahead for driverless cars while streaming TV shows but are there risks?
By Tom Dias, a serious injury legal expert at Irwin Mitchell The Government has announced its proposed changes to the Highway Code in...
04/05/22
David Johnston-Keay
Dying Matters Awareness Week: Talking about death and end of life planning doesn't have to be taboo
By Hannah Wall, a specialist asbestos-related disease solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Each year, hospices, health trusts, charities and other...
03/05/22
Alexander Davenport
Deaf Awareness Week: The need to uphold hearing protection standards in the Military
By Gruffydd Owen, a specialist military injuries lawyer at Irwin Mitchell This week is Deaf Awareness week, and we're using this as an...
03/05/22
Rowen Cobb
Private mental health hospitals: Care concerns raised as coroner calls for new safety standards
By Rowen Cobb, a medical negligence expert at Irwin Mitchell A coroner has called for new security standards at acute mental health units...
03/05/22