CORONER RETURNS NARATIVE VERDICT FOLLOWING INQUEST INTO TRAGIC DEATH DUE TO POLAR BEAR ATTACK DURING CHILDREN’S ARCTIC EXPEDITION Eton College student, Horatio Chapple, tragically died on an expedition to the Norwegian Svalbard Islands in Norway in August 2011 after being mauled to death by a polar bear. Gary Boyd, Partner, Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd is…
Jamie Burdekin, who is sponsored by Hilary Meredith Solicitors, clinched his latest major wheelchair tennis title on Sunday at Nottingham Tennis Centre after winning the quad doubles at the British Open, the fifth of six Super Series tournaments on the international calendar, partnering American David Wagner. In their first tournament together Burdekin and Wagner dropped…
Chris Grayling’s Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill gets its first reading tomorrow – but all this serves to do is to undermine our legal system and the credibility of our judges. Mr Grayling clearly does not understand that unmeritorious claims against employers for accidents at work are turned down by good lawyers, fought…
The annual Hilary Meredith Solicitors employees quiz took place on Friday 27th June. The quiz night was hosted by Sam Burbidge and Simon Quinn with questions about Sport & Leisure, Adverts & Slogans, TV & Entertainment, Music, Films and General Knowledge. With five teams entering the competition was fierce with the Dream Team consisting of…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd has secured £30,000 for a Nottingham man after his former employers refused to accept they were responsible for the serious and disabling injuries he sustained during the course of his work. David Longden, 49, from Stapleford, worked as a Polisher for C & H Precision Finishers Limited in Sandiacre for three…
Over 60 claims of noise-induced hearing loss will be heard separately in the local county courts of the claimants, rather than transferred centrally to the High Court, after an important legal victory by Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd. The claims have been brought by military personnel, who alleged to have developed hearing loss either in training,…
Hilary Meredith, CEO of Hilary Meredith Solicitors, addressed the Scottish Parliament last week. Hilary was invited to speak by the Armed Forces Legal Action (AFLA) Group, hosted by Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood. Other speakers included Willie Rennie MSP, Alistair Morris, President of the Scottish Law Society and Janet Hood, Council Member for the Law…
As Hilary Meredith Solicitors specialise in helping the Armed Forces to secure compensation and our chosen charity this year is Sanctuary for Veterans, it seemed only right that we celebrated Armed Forces Day! Armed Forces Day celebrates the contributions, both past and present, of the men and women currently serving for our country. With this…
On Tuesday 17 June Lynn Bowe-Hooley, Client Services Manager at Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd, and her husband set out at 10.00am to scale Ben Nevis, the highest peak in Great Britain. Their 4 hour trek took them from Achintee Farm, via Red Burn and Five Finger Gully, and despite temperatures of up to 25 degrees…
The Royal Horticultural Society are visiting Wilmslow to judge the Britain in Bloom competition on 10th July. The visit coincides with Wilmslow’s annual Scarecrow competition run by Wilmslow Dean Rotary Club which this year ties in with the Wilmslow in Bloom campaign. Hilary Meredith Solicitors entry in this year’s Scarecrow competition, with a ‘Growing for…
Gary Boyd, Partner at Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd, has recently successfully completed the SSAFA Caseworker course at the SSAFA Central Office in London. The course, lasting 4 days, now qualifies Gary to be part of a committed team of volunteers helping to raise awareness about SSAFA’s work in the community. Also taking part in the…
Hilary Meredith-sponsored Jamie Burdekin returned home from the Netherlands this week having helped lead Great Britain to the quad title at the 2014 BNP Paribas World Team Cup, the Davis and Fed Cups of wheelchair tennis. It is the second time that 34-year-old Burdekin has helped inspire Great Britain to lift the title after remaining…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd has become a member of Armed Forces Legal Action (AFLA), a nationwide scheme bringing together lawyers from all parts of the United Kingdom to help the men and women who safeguard our country when they themselves need assistance. Commenting on the firm’s membership, CEO Hilary Meredith said: “We are delighted to…
All the staff at Hilary Meredith Solicitors dressed up in their finest ‘tropical’ outfits last Friday to raise money for their charity of the year, Sanctuary for Veterans. Each person made a donation to the Charity in return for leaving their usual formal work attire at home and arriving at the offices in Wilmslow and…
Grant Evatt and Mark Fielding, partners at Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd appeared on British Forces News last night after attending the APIL Military Claims Conference at the Churchill War Rooms in London. British Forces News is BFBS Television’s flagship programme – the Forces’ own ‘window on the world’, transmitted live every weeknight at 1830 CET…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors Limited fully supports Headway’s Action for Brain Injury Week which takes place from the 12 – 18 May 2014. With cuts to welfare benefits, local authority and NHS budgets continuing to impact on people’s lives, Headway aims to be the voice of brain injury survivors across the UK when it uses ABI…