Archive for 2008

Madonna or McCartney?

30-Nov-2008 (0 comments)

Imagine you are going through a divorce or a separation. You feel like you have lost control of everything that is dear to you, your family, your home, your children, your life… You need someone to help you see you through the maze, someone to guide you through all the options and possibilities, without losing sight of what is important to you. The experiences of Madonna and Paul McCartney in…
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Are you covered? Before the Event Legal Expenses Insurance

09-Nov-2008 (0 comments)

Tucked away in a drawer somewhere you may have the insurance equivalent of an inflatable life jacket. It is the sort of insurance you would like to think you are never going to need but if you have it in times of a legal crisis, it could keep you afloat in the white waters of litigation. Legal Expenses Insurance is often part of the Home Insurance Policy (either included in…
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Williams V Jervis [2008]EWHC 2346 (QB)

08-Oct-2008 (0 comments)

Court awards £511,903 in compensation to Claimant who suffered a mild head injury, in addition to further injuries including a vestibular lesion, as a result of a relatively low speed rear end shunt road traffic accident. This case was one of the few cases where the controversial area of mild head injury has been tested in the courts.

Whiplash Injury results in damages of £1.85 million

20-Aug-2008 (0 comments)

Believed highest award recovered in England for whiplash injury.We recovered £1.85 million for our client in this case, who was 44 years old at the time of her road traffic accident. Her injuries caused intrusive neck and back pain, vestibular dysfunction causing nausea, dizziness and cognitive problems, and fatigue. The Claimant consulted us after she was dissatisfied at the way the firm she had originally instructed were handling her claim. We took it…
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Model Periodical Payments Order in Barcan Woodward test case receives Court Approval

31-Jul-2008 (0 comments)

On 31st July 2008 Judgment was given by Mr Justice Mackay sitting in the High Court in London in a group of appeal cases being coordinated by Barcan Woodward. These cases had been litigated all the way to the House of Lords and their successful conclusion marks a huge victory for justice for all severely injured Claimants. The outcome we have achieved was the result of close co-operation between several…
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NHS drops appeal against brain damage payout

11-Jun-2008 (0 comments)

“The family of a boy brain damaged after being starved of oxygen at birth have welcomed a decision by the NHS to drop its appeal against a decision to award him £4.7 million compensation. The seven-year-old from Bristol, who can only be identified as ‘RH‘ for legal reasons, developed cerebral palsy after he was starved of oxygen during his birth at St Michael’s hospital. He sued United Bristol Healthcare NHS…
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New Fight for Barcan Woodward Client

23-Feb-2008 (0 comments)

“…Lawyers for the NHS are fighting a compensation order made on behalf of a Bristol boy who was left severely disabled following errors during his birth. The seven-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, developed cerebral palsy after he was starved of oxygen during labour at St Michael‘s Hospital, and last month his family was granted damages that will work out at around £4.7 million. Now the law…
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Bristol boy wins Court of Appeal Damages Test Case – Victory for another Barcan Woodward Client

17-Jan-2008 (0 comments)

A 7yr old Bristol boy with severe cerebral palsy as a result of admitted medical negligence at the time of his birth has today won a landmark test case which will have a dramatic effect on the quality of his life and that of every other critically injured victim of negligence from now on. The boy (who can not be named for legal reasons) won damages conventionally worth £4.7 million…
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