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Sepsis What is it and where does treatment go wrong?

Sepsis is a potentially deadly condition that can occur when the body overreacts in response to an infection. Sepsis occurs when the body’s immune system goes into overdrive, resulting in inflammation, a dangerous drop in...
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Tribunal awards £2.5 million in record disability discrimination award

In Barrow v Kellog Brown and Root (UK) Ltd, the Employment Tribunal has awarded £2,567,831.97 following a finding against the employer for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination in January 2021. This is the second largest...
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UK Immigration: Hiring a chef from outside the UK post Brexit

As part of the UKs departure from the EU, the government made significant changes to the immigration system, which has had an impact on the ability of UK restaurants and hotels to recruitment chefs from...
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Meet the team: 60 seconds with Ben Ireland

It is important to us that our clients get to know more about who we are and why we do what we do. Over the next few months we will be sharing a series of...
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Smart Motorway safety measures too little, too late says Thames Valley Lawyer

A leading personal injury lawyer from a Thames Valley law firm has welcomed the government’s announcement accelerating safety measures for smart motorways, but expressed concerns that it does not go far enough. Transport secretary Grant...
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Lack of want of knowledge and approval – Is the Will valid?

In the recent case of Mundil-Williams V Williams & Ors [2021] the High Court upheld a challenge to a will on grounds of want of knowledge and approval in a case in which there were...
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Council Tax & Disability

It is likely that most of us will have seen an increase in our council tax bills this month. Local authorities in England can raise council tax by 1.99% as standard plus a further 3%...
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Court of Protection in Focus | Podcast series

Listen our four episode podcast series where Anne talks to Ruth Meyer, a professional deputy and the head of the Court of Protection team about her role as a financial deputy.
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Interview with Allison Whitehorn offering support for those with CES

In June last year, Julie Marsh, senior associate – solicitor in the medical negligence team at Boyes Turner spoke with Allison Whitehorn, who was diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome in 2014. Allison, like so many...
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Julie Marsh catches up with inspirational multiple amputee, Jan McFadden

It has been just over two years since Julie Marsh, partner in the medical negligence team, settled a claim for Jan McFadden. In 2012, Jan went into hospital to have a colostomy reversal procedure. After...
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Client Story: Mr Rosser

Our specialist medical negligence and Court of Protection teams worked with Mr Rosser to make sure he had the best quality of life after his negligent hospital care which lead to his paralysis. Share this...
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Disabled Facilities Grants what you need to know

What is a Disabled Facilities Grant? A Disabled Facilities Grant, also known as a DFG, is a grant available to disabled people from your local council if you need to make essential changes to your...
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No more working while you sleep-in

This week Jessica Clough and Barry Stanton take a look at the recent Supreme Court Case of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and others on the question of whether sleep-in workers (that is workers who...
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Special Educational Needs (SEN) funding – What do I need to know?

An area of SEN that can cause uncertainty is funding and, in particular, the different elements of SEN funding and what, in practice, these mean for support for pupils in schools. Element 1 Known as...
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Each Baby Counts (EBC) final report says no reduction in brain damaged babies, stillbirths or early neonatal deaths

Each Baby Counts (EBC), the RCOG’s maternity improvement programme which hoped to halve the number of term babies who die or suffer brain injury during birth, has published its final report. The Each Baby Counts 2020...
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Adverse possession of access ways – issues for developers and landowners

A recent decision of the High Court (Amirtharaja v White, February 2021) concerned a dispute over ownership of a passageway running between two commercial buildings which were intended for development. The passageway led to the...

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