Legal 500 is an independent legal guide, which reviews law firms all over the UK and abroad to identify leaders in their field. Each year, Barratts has been included for personal injury and clinical negligence advice for Claimants. Each year, Barratts has been ranked in the number 1 tier, an achievement which no other East Midlands litigation firm has matched in the last 30 years. Read more
We are delighted to announce that two of our senior lawyers have become Partners from 1st September 2021: Read more
In April 2017 the NHS launched the NHS Early Notification Scheme (ENS) to deal with investigations in relation to serious brain injuries suffered by babies at birth. The scheme is designed to speed up investigations to determine whether or not a baby is entitled to receive compensation. It was also set up to ensure that lessons are learned to improve maternity care and avoid future avoidable cases of babies with brain injury. The scheme aims to make maternity and neonatal services safer and to encourage openness and honesty on the part of Hospital Trusts. Read more
If you lost a loved one and had to represent your family at an Inquest it would be extremely stressful, and how would you know what to say and do? It’s even harder to imagine coping with this if the Inquest is covering a major incident involving multiple deaths. In almost every Inquest in these situations, there will be numerous barristers and solicitors representing the State or Company involved in the deaths. Our Personal Injury Solicitor, Ed Myers, faced this when he represented clients in the Marchioness disaster and terrorist attacks, such as the Soho bombing. Read more
Barratts Solicitors are proud to be members and firm supporters of the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) , especially today when we celebrate Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day (SCIAD) on Friday 21 May 2021. Together with their charity partners Aspire, Back Up and Spinal Research, the SIA will be working hard to raise awareness of spinal cord injury and highlight the challenges that spinal cord injured people face on a daily basis. Read more
The Care Quality Commission have downgraded Nottingham Maternity Services to “inadequate” following an unannounced inspection at the Queens Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital. The inspection concluded that some staff “did not always understand how to keep women and babies safe“. Many of the problems arose due to staffing shortages or lack of training. The Hospital Trust have subsequently confirmed that they are recruiting extra midwives. Read more
Living with spinal cord injury is tough. We have represented clients, paralysed by spinal cord injury (SCI), for over 30 years and we have tackled many different types of claims. Read more
Julie Hardy, a clinical negligence specialist, was contacted by the family of Marie Henson, a diabetic patient. Marie was only 53 years old when she died from diabetic complications which were missed in the Newark Urgent Care Centre. Her family spoke of their loss and told local newspapers that their “wonderful mother should still be here”. Read more
This was the independent finding of Chambers and Partners, which ranks firms all the over the world to identify the leading lawyers in specialist areas of law. This reduces the risk of placing your claim with an inexperienced solicitor and ensures you can rely on thousands of interviews carried out by Chambers to assess law firms. Read more
We are delighted to share the news that Barratts are again in the Legal 500 top ranking for our personal injury and clinical negligence work. For those who do not know about Legal 500, it carries out research with clients, experts, counsel and other professionals outside our firm to find out who are the best solicitors for personal injury and clinical negligence. Read more
