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Medical Negligence Solicitors in Bristol and across England & Wales
Perineal Tears: Birth Injury Awareness Month July 2018
July 23, 2018The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists state that 90% of women tear during childbirth; however some women can suffer from more severe forms of tearing, which can significantly damage...
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Medical Negligence Solicitors in Bristol and across England & Wales
Sands Awareness Month, June 2018
June 25, 2018June is Sands Awareness month. Sands is a charity set up to provide help and support to families who have experienced the loss of a child at birth (stillbirth) or shortly after birth (neonatal...
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Metcalfes HR Business Breakfast
June 21, 2018Partner & Head of Employment, David Baynton and Trainee Solicitor, Zoe Pettigrew welcomed local business owners and HR professionals for our latest in a series of HR Business Breakfasts in...
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Metcalfes Annual Boules Tournament raises over £2,000 for Headway Bristol
June 14, 2018On Thursday 14 June, the firm hosted their annual charity boules tournament in aid of Headway Bristol; a charity dedicated to providing early and ongoing support for the brain injured as well as their...
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Shocking increase in dog attacks
May 14, 2018BBC News is reporting a shocking increase in dog attacks, resulting in MPs re-examining the Dangerous Dogs Act and its effectiveness. But what can you do if you are attacked and injured by a dog?
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Metcalfes Solicitors announces new Family Law Partner
May 01, 2018Kerry Graham, Head of Family Law at Metcalfes Solicitors, has been promoted to Partner. She is a lawyer with nearly two decades of experience acting for high net worth clients in complex divorce cases...
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Medical Negligence Solicitors in Bristol and across England & Wales
The dangers of failing to recognise a Stroke - Stroke Awareness Month, May 2018
April 29, 2018May marks The Stroke Association's Stroke Awareness month. As part of their activities they are running a Make May Purple campaign with the aim of raising awareness about this potentially devastating...
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Medical Negligence Solicitors in Bristol and across England & Wales
The consequences of failing to follow the eight care processes for diabetes
April 18, 2018One third of people in the UK who have been diagnosed with diabetes do not receive the ‘eight care processes’ recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). These...
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Probate & Estate Administration
What happens when Executors fall out?
April 03, 2018An analysis of the decision in Wilby v Rigby 2015 The background to the above case was that in her Will Mrs Rigby appointed her 2 children, Mrs Wilby and Mr Rigby as her executors and divided her...
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Trusts
Demystifying trusts
April 02, 2018The word “trusts” often evokes Dickensian images of quill pens, old fashioned deeds and of the case Jarndyce v Jarndyce, which was immortalised in the novel “Bleak House”. Many of you will also...