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Nominate a Rugby League community hero for a chance to win £1,000 for Hull and East Yorkshire community clubs

Hudgell Solicitors is once again providing thousands of pounds worth of funding to sporting teams for sports kits and equipment for the entire rugby league family including the women’s game, wheelchair rugby league,  and disability rugby league. Established in 2021, the Hudgells Community Awards have become a significant opportunity for Rugby League’s unsung heroes such […]

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Public Inquiry needed after report highlights ‘institutional racism, sexism and homophobia’ in Metropolitan Police

Lawyers who represent the families of four young gay men murdered by serial killer Stephen Port today said a Public Inquiry must be held into the ‘frighteningly appalling standards’ of the Metropolitan Police after the latest damning report into its policing. It comes as The Baroness Casey Review, which has investigated standards of behaviour and […]

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Statement on “defamation and harassment” of Manchester Arena bombing survivors

Solicitor Neil Hudgell said: “A number of our clients, including Martin Hibbert, have instructed us to issue proceedings against a named individual for defamation and harassment, including a claim in damages as well as for restraining injunctions. “These relate to outlandish claims following the Manchester Arena atrocity that our clients are not genuine and did […]

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First Post Office Horizon Scandal convictions officially quashed in court allowing subpostmasters to ‘start living, heal and rebuild lives’

Six former subpostmasters today became the first to have their convictions relating to the long-running Post Office Horizon scandal overturned in court – a moment which they say will allow them to ‘start living again’ and ‘hold their heads high’. It comes two months after the Post Office confirmed it would not oppose or contest […]

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Hudgells further strengthens position in clinical negligence market as it takes on cases and legal team from HH Legal

Hudgell Solicitors’ chief executive Rachel Di Clemente says she is delighted to welcome the clinical negligence team from HH Legal following negotiations to take over their entire clinical negligence offering. This further strengthens the firm’s position as a leading clinical negligence claims specialist, having acquired high value work and a talented team of lawyers from […]

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Continued lack of clarity over Historical Shortfall Scheme makes it a choice of ‘devil and the deep blue sea’ for applicants

I read with some interest this morning on the Post Office website that 232 applications have been lodged with its new Historical Shortfall Scheme in the three weeks since launch. These will be some of the people who have come forward to say they suffered as a result of the faulty Horizon accounting software used […]

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Legal team established to challenge ‘every unsafe conviction’ in Post Office Horizon scandal

Hudgell Solicitors has brought together a highly-experienced team of lawyers working alongside campaigners and politicians committed to ‘challenging every unsafe conviction’ as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT Scandal. The news has been welcomed by the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA), who were instrumental in a £58million damages settlement being awarded following a […]

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‘Losing a limb is devastating but you’re not alone and others can be your inspiration’

Gary Wilson describes the moment doctors in hospital told him his right leg would need amputating as ‘devastating’. The 58-year-old father-of-four had faced up to bowel cancer and come through radiotherapy and chemotherapy before going into hospital for the removal of the tumour. Days later, he faced yet more life-changing news. During his recovery after […]

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