The British Orthopaedic Association held a Clinical Negligence seminar at the Wrightington Hospital, Manchester on Friday 24 February 2012 and invited our Clinical Negligence Head of Department, Frank Patterson, to deliver a lecture to a number of Orthopaedic Surgeons who attended the seminar, addressing…

Many BT engineers have had their hearing permanently damaged and developed incurable tinnitus through using dangerous equipment supplied by their employer. Following legal action supported by the engineers’ union and prosecuted through its solicitors, including MPH, many have already successfully claimed compensation. The average settlement throughout the country in these cases currently stands…

Julia Rice has released a statement to the press following the inquest into the tragic death of her son, Nicholas.  Geraldine McCool represents the family at the inquest. Julia gave evidence at the Inquest…

Laura Grieveson is currently at the Oxford Coroner’s Court at the Inquest into the death of Nicholas Rice, a 15 year old Air Cadet. Press enquiries to Geraldine McCool 07718743740 Geraldine specialises in Military Aviation on her cases include Chinook Mull of Kintyre 1994, 3 Pumas down 2007, AAC Lynx crashes, Ploce 1995…

Geraldine has been instructed by Julia Rice, the mother of Nicholas Rice who as a 15 year old Air Cadet died on 14 June 2009 following the crash of a Grob Tutor aircraft. The Inquest is before Alison Thompson whose work as a Coroner will appear in a BBC 1 series “Death Unexplained” due to commence 7^th February. Nicholas was undertaking an air cadet experience flight from RAF…

MPH Solicitors warmly congratulate Edith Macauley, who has been recognised for her services to the community in the Queen’s New Years Honours list. She has been awarded the MBE for services to the community. Edith is a senior member of the Communication Workers Union’s Legal Services Department and we have worked with her over many years in helping to provide legal assistance to the Union’s…

Geraldine McCool features strongly in an article by Richard Smyth in this month's Legal and Medical examining why the North West is a hotbed for personal injury work. Gerldine's aviation work is featured together with her comments on the supportive work of the City Council and Sir Howard Bernstein. Click here to read the…

The Ministry of Defence is governed by Health and Safety laws in almost exactly the same way as any other employer. This means that the MOD must comply with the control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 and their predecessor the Noise at Work Regulations 1989 and must not negligently expose forces personnel to excessive noise capable of damaging hearing and causing other noise induced conditions such…

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare but fatal cancer. Dominic Hemsi in our Manchester office is recognised as a specialist in this area of Industrial Disease.  It has a latency period after initial exposure to asbestos of approximately 30 years; the median survival rate following diagnosis is between 9 – 12 months. A conservative global estimate of mesothelioma suffers stands at 43,000 with 10,000…

The sad news that Fusilier James Wilkinson, 21, from Bury, has been killed in a military training exercise in Kenya is a reminder of the dangers of preparing for battle. Kenya is an unusual location and whilst we have done military air crashes there, it is more usual for training and exercise negligent discharge cases to take place at location like in BATUS in Canada. We are currently dealing…