14th November 2018
The mother of a girl with cystic fibrosis is to take legal action against NHS England after she was denied a drug which would prolong her life. Katie Stafford, six, who also has learning difficulties, was diagnosed with the condition at 16 days old and has been in and out of hospital since with the…
7th November 2018
A teenage bell ringer thought he was going to die when he was pulled 20ft in the air during a practise at a 1,000 year-old church Steven Tomsett, now 18, fell to the ground and broke his ankles when a wooden stay – which keeps the bell in an upright position – broke, sending the…
17th May 2018
A jury inquest into the death of a five-year-old girl, who died after being struck on the head by play equipment at a council-run Tower Hamlets park, today identified the inadvertent use of the wrong type of wood for the play equipment and Tower Hamlets Council’s organisational failure and lack of accountability for the annual…
17th May 2018
Speaking in response to today’s report from the Justice Select Committee on the small claims limit for personal injury victims, Vidisha Joshi, Managing Partner of London law firm, Hodge Jones & Allen, says: “At last a glimmer of hope from the Justice Select Committee for innocent personal injury victims. This is hopefully an indication that…
4th May 2018
Date: Tuesday 8 May, 2018 Time: 10am Location: St Pancras Coroner’s Court, Camley St, Kings Cross, London N1C 4PP A jury inquest into the death of a five-year-old girl, who died after being struck on the head by play equipment at a council-run Tower Hamlets park, will open next week. Alexia Walenkaki died on 17…
