Hilary Meredith will be a member of the discussion panel at tomorrow’s Military Mind business symposium, taking place in London. Hosted by Combat Stress, the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans, the annual event coincides with Mental Health Awareness Week and will explain how and why some ex-service personnel and reservists develop mental health…
Hundreds of patients will seek compensation after a breast surgeon was convicted of carrying out needless operations, reports this morning suggest. Ian Paterson, 59, was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent, relating to nine women and one man in the West Midlands. Paterson, of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, was also found guilty of…
Just over a week remains to sign Hilary Meredith Solicitors’ e-petition aimed at preventing the Government from widening the scope of combat immunity: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/18938 All petitions now have to close at 00:01am on 3 May. This is because Parliament will be dissolved and all parliamentary business – including petitions – must stop until after the…
The Defence Committee has today published its Ninth Special Report of Session 2016–17, Who guards the guardians? MoD support for former and serving personnel: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report (HC 1149). The report is damning in its criticism of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) saying it has cost the taxpayer £60 million…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd has been announced as Lancashire cricketer Tom Bailey’s new bat sponsor. Tom, a graduate of Lancashire’s Academy and Scholarship programmes, made his first-class and County Championship debut in the closing stages of the 2012 season. He has since become a vital member of the team in all forms of the game….
Hilary Meredith Solicitors Limited has appointed Peter Watson as its new CEO as the firm gears up for a period of national expansion. Peter Watson joins from leading national consumer firm Simpson Millar. Peter Watson joined Simpson Millar in 1992 and has held the position of Managing Partner since 1996 and more latterly Managing Director…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors has appointed army veteran, triple amputee and author Andy Reid as a community ambassador for the firm. In 2009, serving in the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, Andy had only 10 days left in the Middle East when he stood on an improvised explosive device (IED). His injuries were such that he…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors was last night named as Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence Team of the Year at the 2017 Manchester Legal Awards. The awards, now in their eighth year, took place at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. Organised by Manchester Law Society, the evening was attended by over 650 guests from Greater Manchester and…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd has appointed Zoe Holland as the firm’s first non-executive director. Nationally recognised for entrepreneurship, innovation, and strategic leadership, Zoe is managing director of ZebraLC, the UK’s leading technical due diligence, audit and consulting business focused on the legal sector. As the firm’s first appointed NED, the role will include input into…
Ministry of Defence acting like it is above the law Hilary Meredith has criticised proposals by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to scrap the legal duty of care it owes to service personnel in the course of combat. Under the proposed scheme, personnel would no longer be able to sue the MoD for negligence. Compensation…
he Defence Select Committee Report has today recommended the immediate closure of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT). Commenting on the recommendation, Hilary Meredith, CEO at Hilary Meredith Solicitors said: “It is absolutely right that IHAT should be shut down with immediate effect. “Funded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), this flawed, incompetent and repugnant…
Hilary Meredith is today calling for a full inquiry into the relationship between the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Phil Shiner and Public Interest Lawyers. The solicitor, who has acted for armed forces service personnel for over 25 years, is calling for answers to the following questions: Why did the MoD select Phil Shiner and Public…
Have you been on board the Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Balmoral cruise ship? Do you have family or friends who have been on board the ship? Hilary Meredith Solicitors is aware that there has been a serious outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on the Balmoral with a number of holidaymakers now hospitalised and seriously ill. Hilary…
Hilary Meredith has today called for full disclosure of the Ministry of Defence’s financial dealings with disgraced lawyer Phil Shiner and failed firm Public Interest Lawyers. Some of Shiner’s claims led to the £25m, five-year-long Al-Sweady inquiry, which later dismissed the allegations and said they were based on calculated and deliberate lies by Iraqis. Other…
Hilary Meredith, CEO of Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd, was last night admitted as a Freeman of the City of London Solicitors’ Company. The City of London Solicitors’ Company is the Livery Company for City solicitors. It is unusual among Livery Companies in that it is a working Company and all members are required to practise…
Due to our ongoing expansion, Hilary Meredith Solicitors has immediate vacancies for paralegals at our London office (1 Mitre Court, Inner Temple). As one of the country’s most progressive law firms, this is a great opportunity to potentially secure a training contract or mini-pupillage in the future. Please send you CV and covering letter to…
We are very upset and disappointed that having waited so long for this lengthy process to conclude that no charges or punishment and no genuine guilt has been acknowledgement by the MoD or LCOH Kelly. It is, and has always been our opinion, that Kelly knew what he had done within moments of firing the…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors has been shortlisted for the Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence Team of the Year accolade at the 2017 Manchester Legal Awards. The Manchester Legal Awards are organised by Manchester Law Society to “recognise and reward the wide range of skills and talent this region has to offer” to the legal sector. The…
An Army Captain who was seriously injured after a climbing accident on Ben Nevis has settled his case against the Ministry of Defence for £2.35 million. MS, 33, suffered a severe brain injury and multiple orthopaedic injuries when he fell from the rock face during a poorly-planned climbing exercise on Ben Nevis in 2011. His…
Hilary Meredith is today calling for the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) to be shut down. Says Hilary: “There has been much reported about Ihat including the bully-boy tactics of investigators posing as detectives with powers of arrest when non-existed. “The rights afforded to anyone arrested by the police under PACE have also been completely…