Personal Injury

Claire Cooper, Senior Associate in Rothera Bray’s Medical Negligence team, reflects on the importance of Sands and Sands Awareness Week, and the vital role support services play for families affected by baby loss.

Following the conclusion of the hearings at the Nottingham Public Inquiry, Serious Injury Partner Greg Almond, who represents Nottingham Attacks survivors Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller, has issued the following statement.

Ann Moralee, the mother of Isabelle Sapherson-Moralee, 22 – lovingly known as ‘Izzy’ – has spoken about the devastation her death from ketamine addiction has caused. She hopes that better education and training about ketamine addiction will help ensure that no other parent has to go through the same ordeal.

Greg Almond, our Serious Personal Injury Partner, represents two of the surviving victims of the Nottingham attacks Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller. He has issued a statement in response to the Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust confirming that 11 staff members have been dismissed for unlawfully accessing the medical records of the Nottingham Attack’s victims.

A brain injury can change a life in an instant. Whatever the cause, the impact can be complex, long‑lasting and deeply personal.

As legal representatives for survivors Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller, standing by them in a legal capacity and personally supporting them and their partners Tracey and Martin; we look ahead to the fifth week of the Nottingham Inquiry with determination and an unwavering commitment to ensuring their voices are heard.

Week one of the Nottingham Inquiry saw the introductions to proceedings, where we saw the core participants, their solicitors and counsel, and heard the overview of what happened on the lead up to 13th June 2023, and what happened afterwards.

The long‑awaited Inquiry into the Nottingham Attacks officially began today at Mary Ward House in Central London. After months of campaigning by victims, families, and legal representatives, the first day of proceedings marks a pivotal moment in the search for answers surrounding the tragic events that shocked the city of Nottingham.

Personal injury lawyers Greg Almond and Karina Patel discuss the growing calls for a public enquiry into the prescribing of diethylstilbestrol (DES) to pregnant women.

Nottingham attacks survivor, Wayne Birkett, alongside our Partner and Head of Serious Personal Injury, Greg Almond yesterday met with the Health Secretary to discuss improvements needed to local mental health services. Greg is representing the survivors at the Nottingham Public Inquiry.

Below is a statement given by Greg Almond, Partner and Head of Serious Injury at Rothera Bray Solicitors who represents two of the survivors of the attack, Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller. Greg represents Wayne and Sharon in their civil claims and at the Inquiry which will begin to hear the evidence from 23rd February 2026. The Inquiry is expected to last until early June.

Rothera Bray’s Clinical Negligence team has been instructed to represent a woman affected by the alleged negligent care of Dr Daniel Hay, a former consultant gynaecologist at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust.