Lawyers at Burnetts are turning crabby, jaunty and festive to help raise awareness of the brain injury charity, Headway.

Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts, has announced that it has used its formal powers of intervention for a second time at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS. Foundation Trust. Medical law solicitor Ruth Keenleyside comments on the latest action. 

A child from North Cumbria has been awarded a £5.6 million damages package for injuries she suffered during her birth at Cumberland Infirmary in 2000.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today announced its intention to carry out an in-depth investigation into the delivery of emergency care services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust operates five hospitals in Cumbria and Lancashire.

 James Titcombe, father of baby Joshua who died soon after his birth at Furness General Hospital, comments on the latest developments at the Trust whilst solicitor Ruth Keenleyside talks about the other famliies who have raised concerns since the problems at FGH first came to light. 

A prestigious guide to the UK legal profession has recognised nine of the County’s lawyers as leaders in their specialist fields. Eight of those ranked are solicitors at Burnetts in Carlisle.

The father of one of the babies who died at Furness General Hospital has begun proceedings against the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical negligence solicitor Ruth Keenleyside comments on the latest developments at Furness General Hospital.

A Carlisle law firm is top of the County rankings in the latest issue of a prestigious legal guide.

Carl Hendrickson’s wife Nittaya and newborn son Chester died at Furness General Hospital in 2008.