https://www.hughjames.com Top 100 UK Law Firm Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:34:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://www.hughjames.com/app/uploads/2024/04/cropped-HughJames_Logo_Shorthand_Red_RGB-1-32x32.png https://www.hughjames.com 32 32 https://www.hughjames.com/blog/millions-in-compensation-for-seven-year-old-boy-hit-by-car/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:34:56 +0000 https://reskin-hughjames.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/?p=18874 In October 2006, a seven-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by the Defendant’s car as he ran into the road to retrieve a football. The accident occurred in a residential area where it was likely children would be playing. The driver was speeding and was using the road as short cut.

]]> https://www.hughjames.com/blog/2-85-million-compensation-secured-for-severe-brain-injury/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:19:00 +0000 https://reskin-hughjames.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/?p=18891 Our client was at work lifting a metal construction using an electric overhead travelling crane and a four-legged lifting chain which was positioned around the base of the load. He was struck on his left-hand side which caused him to fall and strike his head on a metal frame lying on the ground, sustaining a severe brain injury.

]]> https://www.hughjames.com/blog/brain-injury-and-eating-disorders/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:31:42 +0000 https://reskin-hughjames.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/?p=14752 It is well documented that the development of mental health issues like anxiety and depression is common after sustaining a brain injury. However, there is undoubtedly a lack of awareness of the link between acquired brain injury and eating disorders.

]]> https://www.hughjames.com/blog/reflections-during-awareness-for-brain-injury-week-and-un-global-road-safety-week/ Tue, 16 May 2023 18:52:52 +0000 https://uat.develop-hugh-james.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/blog/reflections-during-awareness-for-brain-injury-week-and-un-global-road-safety-week/ Brain injury charity, Headway, focuses this year, during Action for Brain Injury Week, on a powerful statistic: every 90 seconds, someone in the UK is admitted to hospital with a brain injury. Strokes, falls, road traffic collisions, assaults, brain tumours, meningitis are just a few examples of brain injury causes.

]]> https://www.hughjames.com/blog/six-month-old-baby-sustains-serious-brain-injury-after-delay-in-diagnosis/ Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:50:36 +0000 https://reskin-hughjames.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/?p=18844 Baby with pneumococcal meningitis incorrectly diagnosed with chest infection. Reuben* was born a healthy baby at 41 weeks by a normal vaginal delivery. However, when he was 25 weeks old, he became very unwell; he was feverish and lethargic but irritable when picked up.

]]> https://www.hughjames.com/blog/over-2-million-interim-payment-secured-for-brain-injured-client/ Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:48:48 +0000 https://reskin-hughjames.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/?p=18842 We successfully secured a £2.2 million Interim Payment on behalf of a client which will reunite the family under one roof.

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