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Recovering air ambulance costs in personal injury claims

At a time when COVID-19 has had a significant impact on air ambulance charities’ revenues, a new initiative is underway to help them recover their costs from defendants in personal...

Changes to guideline hourly rates (GHR)

Guideline hourly rates (GHR) are the widely-accepted reference point for calculating lawyers’ fees, and they vary for different grades of lawyer in different regions of England and Wales. In her...

Reflections on World Cancer Day 2021: ‘I Am and I Will’

Today is World Cancer Day. A day to think about all those whose lives have been affected by cancer, those living with cancer, those who have lost precious loved ones,...

Supporting the Isle of Wight community during COVID-19

The past year has been challenging for everyone. As the COVID-19 lockdown continues to impact the vulnerable, Novum Law continues to support charities and good causes to make life easier...

Novum Law client Wendy Peake reaches £160K target to fund cancer treatment

Novum Law client Wendy Peake hit the news headlines last year when her pioneering cancer treatment for ocular melanoma, a rare eye cancer, was cancelled due to the first COVID-19...

Novum Law supports the Respiratory Team at Musgrove Park Hospital

The asbestos-related disease team at Novum Law was delighted to be able to support the Respiratory Team at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton with the donation of an iPad. The team...

Landmark Coroner’s Court decision lists air pollution as a cause of death

The death of a nine-year-old girl in South London in 2013 following a severe asthma attack has prompted a landmark decision by a Coroner’s Court to list air pollution as...

Shrewsbury and Telford Maternity Services Scandal

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals (SaTH) NHS Trust has been under investigation since 2017.  Initially, the scope of the investigation was to examine 23 cases, but the Shrewsbury and Telford maternity...