Three groups representing hundreds of people who suffered ill health – and families who lost loved ones after having Covid-19 vaccinations – have been granted status to give evidence at the Covid-19 Public Inquiry examining the UK’s response to and impact of the pandemic. UKCVFamily, Vaccine Injured Bereaved UK (VIBUK) and the Scottish Vaccine Injury […]
The inquest into the death of Nicola Bulley is to be held at County Hall, Preston, today and tomorrow. The body of mum-of-two Nicola, 45, from Inskip, was found in the River Wyre on Sunday, February 19, 2023. She had been reported missing by her family on the morning of Friday, January 27, having dropped […]
Lawyers representing victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing say their focus is now on ensuring they are helped to ‘live their best possible lives’ and are ‘fully compensated for the ‘unimaginable suffering’ they’ve endured’. Hudgell Solicitors represent more than 150 survivors of the attack and families who lost loved ones, they say that after […]
In our work at Hudgell Solicitors we have been privileged to stand at the side of families who lost loved ones in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing and to represent their interests at the ongoing Public Inquiry. Our legal team has been immersed in the detail of how this barbaric attack was ever able to […]
Today’s launch of the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry by chair Heather Hallett marks the start of what is likely to become one of the most wide-ranging statutory investigations our country has ever seen. And so it should be. As Lady Hallett outlined today, Covid-19 was utterly devastating. Since March 9th 2020, more than 180,000 deaths […]
A former sub-postmaster has spoken of her fears that she and others could miss out on receiving the compensation they deserve as victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal. Tracey Merritt, 54, who ran a branch in Yetminster, Dorset, found herself charged over a £13,500 shortfall in her branch accounts in 2009 and was publicly […]
The collapse of a trial of retired South Yorkshire police officers and a former force lawyer who were accused of perverting justice by altering police statements in the aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough football disaster has brought the need for new laws to be introduced sharply into focus. After five weeks of evidence in which […]
Despite the debate over its scheduled start next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of an independent public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is one to be welcomed. There has been some criticism of the proposed start date of next spring and the potential political motives given the inquiry could go […]
Solicitor Terry Wilcox, of Hudgell Solicitors, is representing the families of two people killed in the Manchester Arena bombing at the ongoing Public Inquiry. The Manchester Arena Inquiry will leave ‘no stone unturned’ in seeking to ‘establish the truth’ about the bombing which claimed 22 lives in May 2017. Speaking at the first morning of […]
Discharging elderly patients back into social care during the coronavirus outbreak – without first testing them for symptoms – was ‘an appalling error’. That is the view of the Public Accounts Committee, a cross-party group which holds the Government and its civil servants to account for the delivery of public services. In a highly critical […]