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Compensation sought for more than 100 holidaymakers taken ill on P&O Ventura cruise

Hudgell Solicitors has submitted claims for compensation on behalf of more than 100 people taken ill during holidays on the P&O Ventura cruise ship this year.

We are urging Carnival Corporation & plc, the owners of P&O Cruises, to take a ‘sensible and collaborative approach’ to resolving the claims.

Learn more about large numbers of illnesses on board the P&O Ventura.

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Exceptionally Tough Legal Battle Finally Resolved After 12 Years.

Solicitor Chris Moore, Joint Head of Clinical Negligence, spoke to BBC Midlands about the ‘exceptionally tough legal battle’ required to secure a damages settlement of almost £24m for his client, who suffered a brain injury at birth.

The award includes a lump sum of £7.8m and annual payments for the rest of the man’s life.

“It has been 12 years in total and this has been an exceptionally tough road for my client and his family, particularly given the long legal battle we had, during which time Nottingham University Hospital Trust simply refused to accept that it had been at fault at all,” he said.

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Mr Yaser Jabbar - Legal representation in claims relating to Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon

Hudgell Solicitors are representing families in relation to treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by surgeon Mr Yaser Jabbar. The hospital is reviewing 721 cases for potential harm caused to children.

Our team is led by solicitors Caroline Murgatroyd and Elizabeth Maliakal, after reviews outlined unacceptable assessments, examinations, clinical decision-making, and treatments of patients which brought no benefit, and were found to have caused harm.

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Conspiracy theorist who denied Manchester Arena attack happened ordered to pay £45,000 damages to bombing survivors

A High Court Judge has ruled that a man who published and broadcast theories that the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing was an ‘elaborate hoax’ and was guilty of harassing survivors pay them a total of £45,000 in damages. Richard Hall, a self-described ‘journalist’, claimed that the terrorist attack, which killed 22 people on May 22, […]

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Crown Prosecution to be asked to reopen criminal investigation into ‘one punch’ death.

Hudgell Solicitors are to ask the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to reopen an investigation into the death of a father who died after being attacked on a night out. Riccardo Holness, 42 was hit by a ‘punch at explosive speed’ when attacked by Thomas Spicer outside a nightclub in Beckenham High Street, on October 17, […]

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Call for change as ‘unacceptable delays’ in Post Office compensation reviews causing ‘further harm’

Neil Hudgell who represents hundreds of victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal has hit out at ‘entirely unacceptable’ delays in dealing with claims for compensation – saying the process is causing victims further harm and illness. In particular, he has highlighted the slow pace of reassessing compensation offers made by the Government through its Horizon Shortfall […]

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Damages worth up to £23.7m agreed in birth injury case against Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 

Hudgell Solicitors’ Joint Head of Clinical Negligence Chris Moore has secured a damages settlement worth up to £23.7m in the High Court for a 20-year-old who was born with Cerebral Palsy due to the negligent treatment provided to his mother during pregnancy. The award includes a lump sum of £7.8m and annual payments for the […]

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Manchester Arena bombing survivors, Martin Hibbert and daughter, win harassment claim

A High Court Judge has ruled that a man who published and broadcast theories that the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing was an ‘elaborate hoax’ was guilty of harassing survivors and causing them ‘enormous distress.’ Richard Hall, a self-described ‘journalist’, claimed that the terrorist attack, which killed 22 people on May 22, 2017, had been ‘staged’, […]

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Investigations into sickness outbreaks on P&O Ventura cruise ship holidays

Hudgell Solicitors are to ask serious questions and will seek ‘full transparency’ from P&O with regards to the number of  illnesses on its Ventura ship holidays this year. It has been reported that more than 500 passengers were affected by a norovirus outbreak on the ship when it departed Southampton for a two-week cruise around […]

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