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…
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon will today announce a 12-week consultation on plans to increase awards for servicemen and women injured in combat. Leading military solicitor Hilary Meredith, welcomed the news. “This will be a huge relief to soldiers injured in the front line,” said Hilary. “We have fought long and hard to help soldiers…
Due to an exciting period of growth our London office based at Mitre Court, Inner Temple is recruiting. We are looking for the very best lawyers to work on high quality, ground-breaking work. We are looking for people with a passion for excellence and client care. Current vacancies include: Clinical negligence solicitors at all levels…
In hiding behind crown immunity, the MoD is defying the will of a Parliamentary Inquiry and flying in the face of public opinion says Hilary Meredith The Ministry of Defence has again refused to accept corporate responsibility for deaths in training, exercises and selection events. At today’s evidence session the Select Committee followed up various…
Hilary Meredith, CEO at Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd, was last night named as Claimant Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year at 2016 Eclipse Personal Injury Awards. The awards, now in their ninth year, took place at the Grange St. Paul’s hotel in London. Organised by Barker Brooks Communications, the publisher of Claims Media, the awards…
Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd has named Broughton House as its official charity for the next twelve months. Based in Salford, Broughton House is the sole independent provider of nursing and residential care for veterans of the armed forces and merchant navy in the North West. Broughton House was formed in 1916 by Colonel Sir William…
Soldiers hounded over incidents in the Iraq War are pressing ahead with plans to take the Ministry of Defence to court. Their solicitor, Hilary Meredith, has written to Secretary of State for Defence, Michel Fallon, to issue notice that they will be bringing a Judicial Review to put in place a framework of support for…
Hilary Meredith also calls for time limits to be imposed and says framework of support is urgently needed Hilary Meredith has welcomed measures to protect UK troops from “vexatious” legal claims – but says a framework of support for servicemen and women is still urgently needed. The Government’s change in policy, to be announced at…