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Novum Law supports family of Mitchell Powell following his death from heart surgery complications

An inquest was held last week, following the tragic death of Mitchell Powell who died at just 26 years old during heart valve replacement surgery at the Bristol Heart Institute,...

What does limitation mean in personal injury claims?

There is a time limit for making a claim for personal injury. This time limit is known as the limitation period. Louise Gardner, a specialist personal injury solicitor from our...

Novum Law’s brain injury expertise approved by Headway

Novum Law is delighted to announce that once again, its specialist team of personal injury solicitors have been accredited as approved lawyers by the leading brain injury charity, Headway UK...

Asbestosis and pleural thickening among railway workers

Most people are now aware of the deadly dangers of asbestos. But unfortunately, for the thousands of former railway workers who worked in the rail industry in the 1950s and...

Can former railway workers still claim compensation years after exposure?

Large numbers of former British Rail workers have sadly developed asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer and pleural thickening many years after first being exposed to asbestos. Brigit Nolan,...

Asbestos in the UK railway industry: a deadly connection

Years after the use of asbestos was banned, former railway workers are still being diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases. Asbestos was commonly used in the construction, repair, and maintenance of trains from...

Calls for inquests into deaths of two young mothers who died from herpes virus

The families of two young mothers, Kimberley Sampson, and Samantha Mulcahy, who tragically died from an infection caused by the HSV-1 virus (herpes) after giving birth by Caesarean in 2018,...

E-scooters – friend or foe? A personal view

If you live near certain towns and cities in the UK, you probably can’t help but notice the growing numbers of people whizzing by on electric scooters (e-scooters) over the...

Where Does the Law Stand on E-scooters?

It’s Brake Road Safety Week 2021, an annual awareness raising event to help save lives and get schools, organisations and communities to shout out for our right to make safe...

Brake Road Safety Week – 8 Top Tips for Safer Pedestrians

It’s Brake Road Safety Week 2021, a campaign to help save lives and encourage schools, organisations and communities to act on road safety. In today’s blog, Anna Cole, specialist personal...

Teaching Road Safety to Young Children

It is Road Safety Week 2021, the UK’s biggest annual road safety campaign, organised by the road safety charity Brake. Every year, thousands of schools, organisations, and communities get involved...