Brain injury
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Hydrocephalus is the build-up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in areas called ventricles situated deep within the brain. CSF has three important functions: it protects the brain from damage it removes...
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Ashtons Rehabilitation Coordinator, Amy Rose, has secured a Charitable Grant from The Hospital Saturday Fund Charity to support a client’s Stroke Physiotherapy Rehabilitation. At Ashtons, the Client Rehabilitation Service (CRS)...
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Ms K, a 29-year-old woman at the time of her injury, attended A&E after her mum noticed that she was suffering from facial drooping, slurred speech and right-side weakness. She...
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Ben Ward, a partner in Ashtons’ medical negligence team, has obtained full admissions of liability from an NHS Trust that a young woman, Ms A, suffered cerebral palsy as a...
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Tom West, Medical Negligence solicitor, has obtained a six-figure settlement for the family of a man who suffered brain damage as a result of a hospital’s failure to monitor and...
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Richard Foyster, who heads the Ashtons Legal personal injury team, has settled the injury claim of an Essex man who sustained a brain injury when he was involved in a...
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Ashtons Legal has obtained a settlement of just over £240,000 for a Suffolk pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle and suffered a brain injury as a result. Mr K’s...
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Richard Foyster, who heads the personal injury team at Ashtons Legal, has settled, for just under £2 million, the injury claim of a Suffolk man who sustained a serious brain...
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A substantial settlement has been approved in the High Court in relation to a brain injury a young man suffered as a result of his mother’s inadequate antenatal care over...
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One of the most common neurological complaints we receive at Ashtons Legal is the delay in diagnosis of brain tumours. Early diagnosis of brain tumours is not necessarily easy for...
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There are over a million people in the UK who are affected by acquired brain injury (ABI). The impact of acquired brain injury can be lifelong, complex and multi-faceted. Access...
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More than 20 families affected by the Nottingham maternity scandal have expressed that they want a completely independent inquiry into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. In...
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