Medical Negligence
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Sharon Allison, partner and head of medical negligence at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £25,000 for a PCS member who suffered a stillbirth as a result of a...
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Since late March 2020 the majority of Court cases have been held remotely where possible, apart from criminal trials involving a jury, which stopped completely for a while and then...
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Ashtons Legal has recruited a further four new lawyers to its 50-strong regional Personal Injury Team and made an internal promotion to partnership in the Medical Negligence Team. This is...
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Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement and an acknowledgment of error for the family of a woman who suffered an arterial bleed after...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £25,000 for a man who developed advanced glaucoma as a result of a delayed referral. Mr...
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An A&E department has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after it was found to have significant delays in admitting and discharging patients, poor infection risk control...
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When a loved one dies as a result of someone else’s wrongdoing it may be possible to bring a claim under the Fatal Accidents Act. The Fatal Accidents Act may...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £85,000 for Ms N after she underwent negligent breast surgery. Ms N had a mastectomy following...
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An inquest has found that ‘shocking’ mistakes contributed to the death of a baby at the Queen’s Medical Centre in 2018. Kaylan Coates, son of Hayley Coates, suffered a fractured...
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More than three-quarters of NHS midwives believe that the staffing levels in their NHS trust or board are unsafe, a survey has found. The survey, carried out by the Royal...
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Kate Smith, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a substantial settlement for Mr K, who found out approximately 20 years after undergoing surgery that his stomach did...
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Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has settled a claim for Ms B following negligent dental treatment. Ms B was a teenager at the time this sequence...
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