'Reasonable likelihood’ Capture software caused shortfalls in Post Office accounts
An independent review into the ‘Capture’ software used by the Post Office network prior to the Horizon system has found there is a ‘reasonable likelihood’ that it also caused shortfalls in branch accounts.
Solicitor Neil Hudgell described the findings as ‘hugely significant’ and said ‘there must not be a long, hard battle ahead for exoneration and compensation.’
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.
Father of our client Bunty Stalham says "he should've been stopped sooner"
A review has found patient Bunty Stalham suffered harm at Great Ormond Street Hospital as a result of treatment from surgeon Yaser Jabbar.
Her father Dean has now instructed Hudgell Solicitors, and says Mr Jabbar ‘worked to his own agenda’ and ‘should have been stopped sooner’.
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Victim of “rogue” Great Ormond Street surgeon speaks of ordeal
Dean Stalham’s daughter Bunty was born with a rare bone disease which caused her left tibia to be bowed and short, and with a genetic condition which also causes tumors to grow on her nerves. She has been found to have suffered harm at the hands of Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon Yaser Jabbar and […]
IOPC to reopen reinvestigation into fatal shooting of Lewis Skelton
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has announced that it is to re-investigate the Humberside Police shooting of Lewis Skelton. Mr Skelton died after being shot twice in the back by an armed officer in November 2016. In 2017, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) concluded there was no indication of any criminal offence […]
Great Ormond Street reviews 700 children treated by ex-surgeon Yaser Jabbar
A review into treatment provided by a children’s surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital has raised questions over whether he was suitably qualified and trained to lead the treatment of patients – following concerns that ‘serious harm’ was caused to his patients. Hudgell Solicitors is representing the families of a number of children treated by […]
Widower say’s wife was ‘so badly let down’ by 14-month delay in cancer diagnosis
A hospital trust has admitted its errors led to a 14-month delay in diagnosing a patient’s lung cancer – causing her to have less precious time left with her loved ones. Eileen Peacock died aged 72 in December 2021, having known for her final 16 months that a hospital’s error had reduced her life expectancy. […]
‘Errors and misjudgements’ in mental health care led to discharge of man who killed three, as ‘risk to public not managed well’
A “series of errors and misjudgments” in mental health care led a man being discharged, despite repeatedly not taking medication and showing signs of aggression, months before he killed three people in Nottingham, a report has concluded. A review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of the treatment that Valdo Calocane received from Nottinghamshire Healthcare […]
Hudgell Solicitors offers advice to holidaymakers injured in accidents abroad
UK Government figures show around 2,500 British people find themselves in a foreign hospital each year – many of those will be on their summer holidays. Hudgell Solicitors’ specialist accidents abroad legal team has been giving advice to radio and TV audiences this week about what they should do if they’ve been injured while on holiday. If […]
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‘Our son had years of progress at Great Ormond Street Hospital – then Yaser Jabbar became his surgeon and he ended up having an amputation’
The parents of a teenage boy whose leg ‘snapped’ just weeks after Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon Yaser Jabbar had performed surgery on it say he ‘destroyed years of progress’, leading to their son undergoing an amputation. The boy, from Essex, was transferred to the care of the specialist world-renowned London hospital having been born […]
Inquest into death of Laura Winham adjourned for legal submissions ahead of Coroner’s
The inquest into the death of Laura Winham has been adjourned after hearing three days of evidence. Legal teams will now have the opportunity to make submissions to the Coroner based on the evidence heard before she makes her findings and rulings over Laura’s cause of death. Evidence was heard from Laura’s family and representatives […]
Father of our client Bunty Stalham says “he should’ve been stopped sooner”
The father of a girl who has been found to have suffered harm at the hands of Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon Yaser Jabbar says he was ‘clearly working to his own agenda’ and should have been stopped sooner. Dean Stalham’s daughter Bunty was born with a rare bone disease which caused her left tibia […]
First £600,000 payment secured for former subpostmaster from Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme – with dozens more set to receive damages
A former subpostmaster has told how she finally feels ‘burden free’ and intends to buy the home she has always wanted after receiving £600,000 compensation as part of the new Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme. The woman, who has asked not to be named, received her letter from the Ministry of Justice in August confirming her […]
£82,500 compensation for woman who suffered internal organ damage during ‘unconsented’ hysterectomy procedure
A woman has been awarded £82,500 damages from healthcare providers after suffering damage from surgical negligence to an internal organ during a hysterectomy procedure which she had not fully consented, leaving her needing further surgery, The woman, who was 49 years old at the time, was an NHS patient who had the surgery at Trent […]
Statement on IOPC reinvestigation into fatal shooting of Lewis Skelton
Statement from solicitor Neil Hudgell, of Hudgell Solicitors, who represents the family of Lewis Skelton. Lewis’ family welcome the decision of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (“IOPC”) to reinvestigate the death of their much-loved father, son, brother and uncle. However, the family do not welcome the years-long legal wrangles which have led to this […]
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