Author Archives: Stuart Matthews

If you have been injured in an accident in a supermarket or shop you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. These types of accidents are common and can result in injury to both supermarket customers and workers. A supermarket accident can occur both inside the supermarket or outside on the supermarket car-park. […]

Have you Suffered Because of a Missed Fracture? At Treadstone Law we have helped many clients who have come to us after suffering a fracture which was missed due to lack of investigation by medical staff. One such client recently attended our offices after sustaining injury following a bad tackle during a game of football.  […]

When we have a health worry, our first port of call is usually to the GP. If the GP is unable to diagnose or treat you then they often request further investigation by a specialist, usually in the form of a referral.  When your GP refers you to a specialist, he or she is recommending […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Slip, trip and fall compensation claims are some of the most common types of personal injury claims that we deal with. Often people can feel that these cases are trivial but actually serious injury can occur as a result of the negligence of others. Each year hundreds of people are injured by slipping on […]

The UK’s pothole problem is bad and getting worse. While hitting one in a car may mean a trip to the garage,if you are cycling the outcome can be far worse. Many cyclists have reported accidents related to potholes which have resulted in them missing work and suffering serious injuries. Cycling pothole crash compensation claims […]

When these abnormal pregnancies are not identified and remedied, the patient may have a right to sue for negligence. Misdiagnosed ectopic pregnancies can devastate a woman’s health and affect her ability to bear children in the future.Early diagnosis and treatment ectopic pregnancies is essential. If your doctor misdiagnoses an ectopic pregnancy, you may have a […]

What are vaginal mesh implants? The implants are medical devices used by surgeons to treat pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence in women, conditions that can commonly occur after childbirth. Some women with incontinence receive treatment using tension free vaginal tape, although adverse side effects are not thought to be as common. The mesh, usually made […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ministers have announced extra funding for prostate cancer research. A cancer charity has warned nearly four out of ten cases of prostate cancer are being diagnosed late.  Research by cancer charity Orchid shows a “worrying trend” in late diagnoses.  In February figures showed the number of men dying from prostate cancer had overtaken female deaths […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Losing bad enough you don’t get any compensation … But what if there were further sanctions on you? What if you also had to paythe defendants legal costs as well? Well don’t worry because we’ve thought of that. The court rules say that you don’t have to pay the defendants legal costs because of […]

Every year thousands of pedestrians are seriouslyinjured or killed in road traffic accidents in the UK. Anybody on the road is vulnerable, but clearly pedestrians are more so because they do not have the same physical protections as the vehicle uses who are also using the roads. Pedestrians are at risk of suffering extreme or […]