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August 20, 2025
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Funding a birth injury claim: What are your options?

If you’re considering making a birth injury claim, one of the first questions you might have is how do I pay for legal fees? Pursuing a claim can feel overwhelming, especially when dealing with the emotional and practical challenges of caring for a child affected by birth injuries.

Demi Newlove
Clinical Negligence - Pregnancy and Birth
August 19, 2025
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Why is it important to have arrangements for section 38 agreements in place prior to commencing development?

In this blog we look at the importance of section 38 agreements and why not having this in place can be a risk.

Ellie Metcalfe
Residential Development
August 19, 2025

Post Office Inquiry – injured sub-postmasters failed by the system

The post office Horizon inquiry has published the first volume of the report of Sir Wyn Williams. In the report Sir Wyn has set out the scale of suffering endured by sub-post masters and their loved ones.

Stephen Bradley-Watson
Personal Injury
August 13, 2025
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Urgent call for investment in maternity services at Scunthorpe General Hospital: What this means for patients and families

At Switalskis, we closely monitor developments in healthcare to ensure patients receive the best possible care and support. Recently, North Lincolnshire Council leader, Councillor Rob Waltham, made a heartfelt appeal for urgent investment in maternity services at Scunthorpe General Hospital.

Chris Gresswell-Green
Clinical Negligence, Clinical Negligence - Pregnancy and Birth
August 12, 2025
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Sarah Myatt discusses Peter Sullivan’s appeal on Sky News crime podcast ‘True Criminals’

Sarah Myatt joined Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt and journalist Helen Fospero on an exclusive true crime podcast ‘True Criminals’. The episode, ‘Wrongfully Convicted: The Peter Sullivan Story’ discusses the recent quashed conviction of Peter Sullivan, the UK’s longest serving victim of a miscarriage of justice.

Sarah Myatt
Crime, Switalskis News, Press
August 11, 2025
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Justice for worker with carpal tunnel syndrome after excessive tool use

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a very serious condition that can cause painful symptoms in the hands and arms, often resulting in reduced function, long-term disability, and even loss of livelihood.

Stephen Bradley-Watson
Personal Injury, Client Story
August 08, 2025
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Switalskis welcomes NCA involvement in police abuse investigation but maintains concern over IOPC oversight

Switalskis Solicitors has welcomed the decision by South Yorkshire Police (SYP) to transfer its investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse, corruption, and the facilitation of abuse by former officers to the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Amy Clowrey
Child Abuse, Child Abuse - Grooming Gangs, Press
August 08, 2025
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A guide to contesting a will

When you lose someone close, the last thing you expect is to become involved in a legal dispute over their estate. Yet for many families, inheritance disputes arise unexpectedly in these circumstances. It may be because a will seems out of character, incomplete or improperly executed. You may be worried the document doesn’t reflect the deceased’s wishes, or that a loved one was pressured into signing something under undue influence.

Sandra Kowalska
Contentious Probate
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