by Russell Worth | Dec 4, 2014 | Medical Negligence
A retired gardener suffering from dementia died from internal bleeding following a fall because the hospital did not notice his blood was failing to clot properly. David Simpson, who was 73 when he died, fell off a chair at Hollymount Nursing and Residential Home in...
by Russell Worth | Dec 3, 2014 | Accident at Work
Edinburgh-based Viridor Enviroscot Ltd has been handed down a £165,000 fine after one of its workers was blinded in his left eye following an accident at the firm’s recycling facility in Glasgow. The accident happened in September 2012 when Declan Shipcott, now 20,...
by Russell Worth | Dec 2, 2014 | Medical Negligence
Claims by patients against the NHS for medical negligence are on the rise according to the latest figures released by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA). The organisation, which manages negligence and other claims against the NHS in England, has revealed there were...
by Russell Worth | Dec 1, 2014 | Accident at Work
Monday 1st December is World AIDS Day; a time for people around the world to unite against HIV and show their support for the 100,000 people living with HIV worldwide. At Russell Worth solicitors we are taking this opportunity to raise awareness of needle-stick...
by Russell Worth | Dec 1, 2014 | Industrial Disease
The widow of a man who died from cancer following exposure to asbestos in the 1960s and 1970s has received a payout of £175,000 from the high court. Doreen Heneghan, 77, from Middleton, Greater Manchester, was awarded the money after her family’s lawyers argued her...
by Russell Worth | Nov 27, 2014 | Accident at Work
A public consultation by the Sentencing Council is under way to ascertain whether firms who ignore their health and safety responsibilities should be subject to tougher fines. In particular the consultation will be focussing on larger organisations who are found...
