BRITISH WOMEN IN NEW IMPLANT SAFETY ALERT
A French company is again at the centre of a breast implant scandal as tens of thousands of women are warned in a new safety alert. Paul Balen, product liability specialist at regional heavyweight law firm Freeth Cartwright has been acting for women claiming to have been damaged by implants containing hydrogel solution that were banned in December 2000.
Legal Eagles embrace partnership model to service 50 local authorities
FREETH CARTWRIGHT SOLICITORS RUN A MILE (OR MORE) FOR CHARITY
A team of twelve sprightly solicitors from regional law firm Freeth Cartwright ran the Nottingham Marrow Run on Sunday 28 March in Wollaton Park and raised over £1,000 for their recently adopted Charity of the Year, The Anthony Nolan Trust.
FREETH CARTWRIGHT APPOINTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HEAD IN BIRMINGHAM
The Birmingham office of Midlands heavyweight law firm Freeth Cartwright has appointed leading Midlands intellectual property lawyer Simon Barker to head up its IP division at the Colmore Row-based practice.
FREETH CARTWRIGHT ADOPT THE ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST AS CHARITY FOR THE YEAR
GERMAN LOCUM CRITICISED AT INQUEST
An operation on a 94 year old Lincolnshire pensioner conducted by a German locum surgeon at Grantham Hospital was described by an expert witness as “the worst case of negligence I have come across in my clinical career” at an Inquest into her death held at Sleaford today.
Professor Angus Wallace told the Coroner Stuart Fisher that he found the degree of negligence involved in the operation “disturbing”.
FREETH CARTWRIGHT AND ORBIS PARTNERS LINK UP FOR ELITE CREATIONS ACQUISITION
Less than a month after spearheading the successful multimillion pound management buyout of international fashion accessory supplier Elite Creations, Midlands law firm Freeth Cartwright has once again teamed up with Birmingham-based corporate finance advisers Orbis Partners to facilitate Elite’s first corporate deal of 2010.
The two firms have advised London and Hong Kong-based Elite on the acquisition of Phase Two Accessories in Fulham, a company with a £5m annual turnover which supplies handbags to UK mid-market retailers. The financial consideration is undisclosed.
