The family of a woman who died after a Sheffield hospital failed to regularly replace essential ureteric stents is urging other patients to chase replacement appointments and get checked out.

Wake Smith Solicitors’ clinical and medical negligence solicitor Scott Haslam has won the Rising Star award at the Sheffield & District Law Society Awards 2023.

'Rising Star' nomination for Wake Smith Solicitors Clinical Negligence expert.

Scott Haslam, Director in the Clinical Negligence Team at Wake Smith discusses recently reported statistics regarding safety in maternity services in England.

There has been an increase in people going abroad for all types of cosmetic surgery, and so-called ‘Turkey Teeth’ have recently hit the headlines.

We have achieved recommended rankings in nine practice areas according to one of the UK’s leading legal directories, The Legal 500.

The Care Quality Commission has rated Sheffield’s Jessop Wing hospital “inadequate” in a critical new report, but did highlight focussed positive, caring staff.

Clinical negligence specialists have warned COVID-19 continues to disrupt the early diagnosis of cancer in the population. Research by a number of organisations this year has shown that potential patients have…

A change to the law of bereavement damages in England and Wales has come into effect. The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 was amended to allow a claim for bereavement damages by the cohabiting partner of the deceased,…

Wake Smith Solicitors has helped a man whose spine was broken by medical staff during an MRI scan at a Bristol hospital gain a compensation payment. Timothy Newton, 43, was suffering from a painful flare up as…