Mehmooda Duke has been nominated for Leicestershire Law Society Solicitor of the Year, as featured in the Leicester Mercury today. The awards ceremony is on 27th April 2018 and we wish her the best of luck.

Figures from Sepsis UK Trust indicate that Sepsis kills 44,000 people every year in the UK, however with better awareness it could save 14,000 of those lives annually. Sepsis can occur as a result of any infection, this could range from having a urinary tract infection or a simple contaminated […]

A reported 800 women are taking legal action against the makers of vaginal mesh implants, due to the complications many women are facing. A vaginal mesh implant is a plastic mesh, which is intended to repair damaged or weakened tissue. It is primarily used by surgeons to treat pelvic organ […]

The BBC recently reported that approximately 20,000 children in the UK have been left with disabilities.  This is due to the use of the epilepsy drug “Sodium Valproate”, (known as Epilim), during their mother’s pregnancy since the 1970’s.  It is reported that exposure to this drug in the womb carries […]

The BBC recently reported that 68 senior Accident & Emergency (A&E) doctors wrote and signed a letter sent to the Prime Minister, which outlined the risks hospital patients have been facing over the winter. The BBC reports that the letter sets out how the pressure on hospitals over the recent […]

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a change in the law to allow inquests into stillbirths. Currently, inquests are only carried out when a baby is born alive and then dies. In addition, a claim for a bereavement award (currently £12,980) as part of a clinical negligence case is […]

Following a landmark Court of Appeal decision, Ms Jakki Smith has succeeded in her battle to help obtain better rights for unmarried couples. Ms Smith’s partner of 16 years, John Bulloch, died from an infection that was not noticed by medics.  As part of the claim for negligence following Mr […]

In a recent report on clinical negligence costs prepared by the Public Accounts Committee, health bosses from NHS Trusts are described as having a ‘prevailing attitude of defensiveness’, which has led to a significant increase in clinical negligence claims. The costs of these claims have quadrupled from £400m in 2006/07 […]

Despite the Department Of Health claims that they have put in place the “biggest ever expansion of training places” for doctors and nurses in the NHS, a report by NHS Providers suggests that demand for services continues to outstrip supply. Whilst NHS staff numbers have increased by 6% in the last […]

Krishna Kotecha and Daniel O’Keeffe of Moosa-Duke Solicitors recently attended the annual clinical negligence conference organised by the Association Of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). The subject under consideration was obstetrics/gynaecology.  Many eminent consultants (medical experts) and lawyers addressed different aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology, ranging from the types of mistakes […]