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Court finds charity has no case to answer in response to campaigners claims
Campaigners have argued that changes being made to care worker arrangements at Botton Village, a community for people with learning disabilities in Yorkshire, breached human rights. The case centred on […]
Court of Protection Lead at Anthony Collins Solicitors contributes to latest guidance for doctors and lawyers on assessing mental capacity
This publication supports Doctors, lawyers and other professionals who may need to assess a person’s mental capacity, for example to make a will or a Lasting Power of Attorney or […]
Legal Ombudsman report on divorce and family law
“Solicitors are heavily regulated and it is a requirement to provide clients with transparent and regular cost information. Any legal practitioner who does not do so risks losing the trust […]
Review on unregulated mastectomy practices reveals focus on surgeon, not patients
A review was carried out following concerns in respect of an unregulated “cleavage -sparing” mastectomy that was performed by Mr Ian Paterson on hundreds of women suffering […]
Four shortlisted in Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards 2017
Congratulations to Jas Atwal, Natalie Moustache, Sheree Green and Kiri Tamber, who have been shortlisted in the following categories: Trainee of the Year – Natalie Moustache Paralegal of the Year – […]
Religion and the law
The firm was established around 40 years ago by licensing lawyer and Christian Anthony Collins, who wanted to fuse his professional life and his faith to serve the needs of […]
Coroner concludes death of natural causes following suboptimal medical care
Edward Stephen Ham was an inmate at HMP Oakwood, Staffordshire, when he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest during the early hours of 6 February 2013. An investigation into the death […]
Injunction avoided as charity and campaigners agree temporary undertaking
“We’re pleased that agreement could be reached in court today, 1st April, between the charity and those campaigning against us. This means that those Botton Village co-workers opposed to change […]
Patients let down by mental health services
Serious concerns about the risk of suicide in the unit had been raised by families and the CQC for 5 years. Sadly, this is not a one-off. The NHS has […]
Joanna Burrows joins Anthony Collins Solicitors
Joanna joins us with over seven years’ experience in the healthcare sector, having worked at two national healthcare practices. She provides specialist strategic advice on a wide range of contentious […]
Baby’s fatal pneumonia ‘missed twice by doctors’
“While doctors and nurses have specific medical training, they need to give greater weight to the views of parents, who see their children every day and are able to identify […]
Anthony Collins Solicitors promotes social housing property lead to partner
Ranjit, who joined the firm from Shoosmiths in February 2013 was formally appointed to the partnership on 1 December. A real estate and commercial property lawyer specialising in social housing […]