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Case Study  |  17:03:26
£8 million settlement secured plus lifelong periodical payments for a minor with cerebral palsy following negligent birth management
RWK Goodman’s specialist clinical negligence team has secured an £8,250,000 lump sum award, together with annual periodical payments of £380,000 for life, for a 17-year-old who sustained permanent and life-limiting injuries at birth due...
Case Study  |  17:03:26
Miss S-GH (a child by litigation friend CH) v Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Claimant, a six-year-old girl at the time of settlement, received £10,000.00 for the failures of the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to identify and remove a foreign object from her larynx.
Case Study  |  17:03:26
£4.4 million settlement secured plus lifelong periodical payments for child with quadriplegic cerebral palsy following negligent delay in delivery
Paul Rumley from RWK Goodman’s specialist clinical negligence team has secured £4,400,000 in damages, inclusive of interim payments and CRU, together with substantial periodical payments for life, for a child who sustained permanent brain...
Opinion  |  16:03:26
Supporting Neurodivergent Clients Through the Family Legal Process
This article answers some of the most common questions parents ask about child abduction, consent, and court orders. If you are unfamiliar with the legal terminology used in these cases, you may also find it helpful to read our guide to the key terms involved: Parental child abduction law; important orders, terms and phrases.
Opinion  |  12:03:26
As a shareholder, can I be dismissed as an executive board director or from an employee role?
All employees, non-executive directors (NEDs) and even executive/employee board directors – even when holding shares - can be dismissed by their employer from their engagement.  
Opinion  |  12:03:26
Is it possible to be fired or dismissed from a company you founded or own shares in it for alleged gross misconduct (e.g. sexual harassment, fraud etc)?
We often advise founders or director shareholders who have been accused of sexual harassment. Some opportunistic employers have framed even an objectively minor harassment accusation as gross misconduct to try to terminate the employee and relieve them of their shares as a bad leaver. We help protect their employment rights and shareholding legal rights, which are often neglected in such circumstances.
Case Study  |  11:03:26
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board v SR & Ors [2026] EWHC 348 (Fam)
Keeley Lengthorn, Partner acted on behalf of the mother in the recently published case of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board v SR & Ors [2026] EWHC 348 (Fam). These proceedings concerned the withdrawal of medical treatment which would be life-sustaining for the mother’s son.
News  |  09:03:26
Give to Gain: RWK Goodman’s International Children team brings professionals together for International Women’s Day
Marking 115 years of International Women’s Day (IWD), the impact of generosity and collaboration within the family law sector was explored at an event held by RWK Goodman.
Case Study  |  04:03:26
Compensation secured for negligent treatment of child’s leg fracture at Newton Abbot Hospital
Simon Elliman secured a settlement for a 16-year-old girl, for the extra week of pain and suffering she sustained following a failure to diagnose a Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE) fracture in July 2019.
Case Study  |  04:03:26
£3 million settlement secured from Doncaster hospital for 10-year-old child with cerebral palsy
Simon Elliman recently secured a lump sum of £3,000,000 for a 10-year-old child for the injuries sustained at birth in September 2015. Our client, as a result of their prematurity, developed a brain injury...
Case Study  |  25:02:26
Supreme Court overturns contractor right to terminate under common JCT termination clause (Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association)
In a win for Employer’s, the Supreme Court, in Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited [2026] UKSC 1, ruled that a contractor (Providence) was not entitled to terminate the contract under clause 8.9 of the JCT Design and Build Contract 2016, despite the employer (Hexagon) making late payments on two separate occasions.
Case Study  |  25:02:26
£1.1 million secured for long-running Erb’s Palsy injury claim
RWK Goodman settled a long-running claim for a 17-year old young man who sustained a left-sided brachial plexus injury at birth, which resulted in a Group II Erb's Palsy Injury. Find out more.
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