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David Withers
E-scooters: what's next for Bristol?
by Georgie Moorhead, an Associate Solicitor in our National Serious Injury Team Legislation around e-scooters varies widely around the...
15/09/21
Richard Biggs
Government plans to tackle HGV driver shortage places road users at risk
by Peter Lorence, serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell The UK is currently suffering a shortfall of around 90,000 HGV drivers. In a...
14/09/21
David Withers
Smart motorways: where are we now?
By David Withers, partner, and Georgie Woolmer, solicitor, in our serious injury team Background The first smart motorway, originally...
14/09/21
Yogi Amin
Joint Select Committee finds no case for changing the Human Rights Act
by Yogi Amin, Partner, and Alexander Terry, Solicitor, in our Public Law and Human Rights team In January 2021, the Government...
13/09/21
Laura Daly
Is it time to reform social care? Significant failures by private social care provider led to the death of 3 vulnerable individuals
By Jade Elliott-Archer, medical negligence Solicitor, Irwin Mitchell A report from Norfolk Safeguarding Adults board found significant...
13/09/21
David Withers
Irwin Mitchell and Sheffield Children's Hospital deliver a four-part webinar spinal cord injury series
by Stacy Clements, Associate Solicitor, and Katie Moult, Solicitor, in our National Serious Injury Team Irwin Mitchell and Sheffield...
13/09/21
Irwin Mitchell
The Pandemic and mesothelioma
What is abundantly clear from the events of the last 18 months is that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused untold hardship and worry...
10/09/21
Laura Daly
Protocol set up to investigate negligence cases arising from gynaecology and obstetrics treatment at the University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHSFT
by Catherine Slattery, Millie Bolsover, Katie Thumwood and Tim Annett, medical negligence experts at Irwin Mitchell Irwin Mitchell has...
09/09/21
David Withers
Extending fixed recoverable costs
What are fixed recoverable costs? Fixed recoverable costs fix, by reference to tables, the total costs that a losing opponent – for...
09/09/21
Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
BA Flight 149: Lawyers support calls for public inquiry
by Cheryl Palmer-Hughes and Yogi Amin, Partners, Irwin Mitchell LLP Background On 1 August, 1990, BA flight 149 was due to fly from...
09/09/21
Laura Daly
Covid-19 vaccinations for 12 to 16-year-olds: The law has recognised young people’s competence to consent for 36 years
By David Woolmer, medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell On 29 July, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)...
08/09/21
David Withers
E-scooters: where are we now?
A pedestrian does not have to walk very far in a public place before they spot an e-scooter. The take-up has increased drastically over...
08/09/21
David Withers
I want to ride my bicycle
by Michael Turner, serious injury paralegal It seems many of us have agreed with Freddie Mercury’s famous lyrics, a July 2021 report in...
08/09/21
Laura Daly
Call for lessons to be learned after Birmingham hospital terminated healthy baby after mistaking it for sickly twin
by Jade Elliott-Archer, medical negligence solicitor A report on NHS hospitals in England has indicated that a healthy baby was aborted...
07/09/21
David Withers
UKABIF Networking Session from ‘The Future of Brain Injury in an Innovative World’ Conference
by Imogen Lowden, serious injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell In June 2021, the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) launched...
01/09/21
Yogi Amin
Judicial Review of Education Secretary’s decision not to revoke academy order
Education secretary Gavin Williamson’s decision not to revoke an academy order on Yew Tree Primary School in Sandwell was ruled...
01/09/21
Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
X v Kuoni – a determined fight for justice
by Philip Banks, Partner and James Riley, Associate Irwin Mitchell LLP This case concerns the horrific rape and sexual assault of Mrs X...
26/08/21
David Johnston-Keay
Sea King helicopters and the link to cancer
A number of articles have appeared in the press over recent months regarding former service personnel who have developed cancer as a...
24/08/21
Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
To boldly go: travel litigation in the age of space tourism
by Daniel Matchett, associate solicitor, Irwin Mitchell The past year has brought about a reduction in the scope of our horizons. At...
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David Withers
Brain injuries and vulnerability: the challenges of proving the need for overnight care
One of the most contentious issues in serious brain injury cases is the provision of night time care. The arguments deployed by...
17/08/21
David Withers
Motorway mayhem
Auto Express has found that there were just under 18,000 offences committed on motorways from 2016 to the end of May 2021. The offences...
13/08/21
Cheryl Palmer-Hughes
Mind The Gap! The meaning of embarking and disembarking an aircraft
by Nina Harrison and Alice Reilly, solicitors at Irwin Mitchell Travelling has not been easy over the past year. However, with the...
09/08/21
Yogi Amin
Strengthening Home Education; key points from the Education Committee report
Written by Erin Smart, Education Law Solicitor The Education Committee recently published its report “Strengthening Home Education”...
09/08/21
David Withers
Research assesses the effects of intoxication and accuracy of eye witness accounts
by Lauren Haas, serious injury lawyer In a study which will be of interest to all parties and the judiciary in both civil and criminal...
04/08/21
David Withers
Comparative concepts of vulnerable road users in German/French law v the recent change to the Highway Code
by Lauren Haas, serious injury lawyer Having spent a decade dealing with international serious injury law cases before I moved to my...
04/08/21
David Withers
E-scooters here to stay as survey predicts 1 million owners and 200,000 accidents
Research undertaken by the dash cam company, Nextbase, suggests that over one million people will own an e-scooter at the end of 2021 and...
04/08/21
David Withers
Are E-Scooters a nuisance on our streets?
by David Withers, Partner, and Michael Turner, Paralegal, in Irwin Mitchell's Serious Injury Team. Like many local authorities, Hackney...
04/08/21
David Withers
Proposed changes to the Highway Code
by David Withers and Peter Lorence, serious injury lawyers The Highway Code sets out information, advice, guides and mandatory rules for...
02/08/21
Laura Daly
Baby Loss: It's time to talk
by Sanna Mazhar, medical negligence solicitorMiscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal deaths; why in society can we sometimes feel shame or...
30/07/21
Richard Biggs
The danger of Smart Motorways
The ongoing increase in the amount of Smart motorways being rolled out across the UK is causing real concern that the safety of drivers...
30/07/21