Hudgell Solicitors has been instructed by holidaymakers who travelled on the P&O Ventura cruise ship – and were taken ill – on sailings between April and June this year. Our legal team will now be asking serious questions and seeking ‘full transparency’ from P&O with regards to the number of reported illnesses on each of […]
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. […]
A Manchester Arena bombing survivor who had to have a finger amputated after it was hit by a flying steel nut from the explosion is trialling a ‘first of its kind’ prosthetic which she hopes will eventually become widely available for future amputees. Lisa Bridgett was at the arena waiting to meet her 17-year-old daughter […]
A mother whose baby died of a genetic condition at just two months old has been awarded damages by a hospital trust after it admitted she should have been warned in early pregnancy that her daughter may be born with the life-threatening illness. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust admitted breaching its duty of care […]
A holidaymaker who missed her flight home and was unable to work for months after slipping on a hotel’s wet floor has been awarded compensation by the travel operator TUI. The woman, from Lincolnshire, was on a package holiday at the Blue Medina Gardens, Marrakesh, Morocco in 2022 when, on the final day of the […]
Health officials have admitted failings in care led to a 40-year-old mother-of-three’s death as her heart condition was undiagnosed, despite her repeatedly fainting and tests showing disturbances in her heartrate. Rose Fuentebaja, of Stratford upon Avon, had been in hospital a week – during which time she had numerous blackouts and EGC tests – when […]
A woman who was over-prescribed medication for four years by her doctor has been awarded damages after taking legal action against her GP surgery. The woman, 60, had been treated by her GP for an underactive thyroid since 2001 and was prescribed increasing levels of Levothyroxine to effectively manage her symptoms. However, when her health […]
Hudgell Solicitors issues the following statement on behalf of the Coates family, the O’Malley-Kumar family, and the Webber family. On the 13th of June 2023, our lives changed forever. The brutal, calculated and unprovoked attack by Valdo Calocane took the lives of three innocent, decent and kind human beings: Barney Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian […]
A 53-year-old man who developed ‘significant’ pressure sores whilst an inpatient at Hull Royal Infirmary has been awarded £22,500 damages following legal representation from Hudgell Solicitors. It comes after Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (now Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) admitted failing to take appropriate measures to prevent sores from developing after […]
A woman whose baby was stillborn due to mistakes midwives made during labour says she was ‘appalled’ by the lack of compassion shown – telling how she spiralled into depression and how the pain of losing her first child will never fade. Charlotte Warner, of Streatham, south London, was just 23 when she lost her […]
An accidents and injury abroad claims specialist at Hudgell Solicitors says the case of a 10-year-old boy who was hospitalised after suffering an allergic reaction to nuts in a Benidorm hotel highlights how families must be ‘extra vigilant’ to dangers when on holiday. Lucy Hughes represented the family of the boy, who has a severe […]
Six more former Subpostmasters had long-standing convictions relating to the Post Office Horizon scandal quashed in court this morning – as former chief executive Paula Vennells began giving her long-awaited evidence at the Public Inquiry. Having lived for two decades wrongfully labelled a convicted criminal, former Merseyside sub-postmistress Sushma Blaggan headed straight from the Royal […]
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