R James Hutcheon Solicitors

08/10/2026

WE’RE RECRUITING - PERSONAL INJURY SOLICITOR

2+ Years PQE | Liverpool

R James Hutcheon Solicitors is looking for an ambitious Personal Injury Solicitor with 2+ years PQE to join our growing team.

This is an opportunity to work on complex and high-value personal injury and clinical negligence claims, assisting experienced senior solicitors while continuing to develop your own caseload and litigation expertise.

We are looking for someone with:

* Experience in personal injury and/or clinical negligence
* Strong litigation, drafting and analytical skills
* The ability to work closely with clients, experts and counsel
* An interest in complex and challenging cases
* Ambition to develop their career within a specialist claimant practice

You will be joining an experienced team in our new Liverpool offices, with the opportunity to work on interesting cases and develop greater responsibility as your experience grows.

Please apply by direct message, or contact R James Hutcheon Solicitors in confidence for further details.

No recruitment agencies please.

08/10/2026

Military Deafness Claims AJAX Tinnitus Case

An important Court of Appeal decision concerning military deafness, tinnitus and acoustic shock is now awaited following a hearing involving the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and a former British Army soldier.

The case, Bevan v Ministry of Defence, concerns allegations that excessive noise exposure during testing of the British Army’s AJAX armoured vehicles caused serious hearing problems and associated psychological injury.

The appeal was heard on 7 October 2026, and judgment is awaited. The outcome could have significant implications for military personnel pursuing compensation claims for tinnitus, acoustic shock and noise-related hearing injuries.

Read more see below:

Mod and military tinnitus claims involving AJAX and acoustic shock: Court of Appeal hearing

02/10/2026

George Gillett: A Footnote in Liverpool’s History

George Gillett, the former co-owner of Liverpool FC, has died aged 87.

For Liverpool supporters, his name will forever be associated with one of the most turbulent ownership periods in the club’s modern history.

Gillett and Tom Hicks arrived at Anfield in 2007 promising a new stadium, investment and the financial muscle to keep Liverpool among Europe’s elite.

The reality proved very different.

Their ownership became heavily dependent on borrowed money, the promised new stadium never materialised and relations with supporters deteriorated dramatically. Even the relationship between Gillett and Hicks eventually fractured.

By 2010, with RBS exerting control over the club’s finances, Liverpool was sold to New England Sports Ventures - later Fenway Sports Group - despite fierce opposition from Hicks and Gillett.

Gillett reportedly lost around £72 million on his Liverpool investment.

His four years at Anfield are now little more than a footnote in Liverpool’s extraordinary history, but an important one.

It was a period that taught Liverpool supporters something they have never forgotten:

Big promises mean very little without the money, structure and long-term plan to deliver them.

From Hicks and Gillett to FSG - Liverpool’s ownership story could hardly have taken a more dramatic turn.

But events turn and twist and perhaps without this footnote in our history, with him the FSG project may not have happened. For me I’m glad the way this little piece of history has turned out.

01/10/2026

Apixaban is an anticoagulant used to prevent potentially dangerous blood clots. It can be prescribed for conditions including atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

Because apixaban affects blood clotting, giving somebody an incorrect dose can potentially have serious consequences.

If you have suffered an injury because you were prescribed or dispensed the wrong dose of apixaban, you may be able to investigate a clinical negligence or pharmacy negligence claim.

What happens if you take too much apixaban?
The NHS specifically warns that taking an extra dose of apixaban can be dangerous and advises patients who have taken more than their prescribed dose to seek urgent advice.

Read more click on the link below:

Given the wrong dose of apixaban? Find out when an apixaban prescription or dispensing error causing bleeding or blood clots may lead to compensation.

01/10/2026

WHAT DOES IT COST TO BREAK INTO THE PREMIER LEAGUE ELITE?

£1 BILLION? £2 BILLION? More?

Looking at the press and social media over the last few days since the announcement. Naturally these figures are unverified by me as I don’t have access to the material used. But it is said that, Manchester City were not one of England’s established elite when Sheikh Mansour took control in 2008.

They were a mid-table Premier League club.

Then the money arrived.

By 2018 alone, Manchester City’s accounts recorded that Sheikh Mansour’s ownership had directly invested more than £1.3 BILLION into the club.

Add the reported £150 million purchase price, and that was already more than:

£1.45 BILLION

And that was eight years ago.

One retrospective assessment in 2021 estimated that the wider transformation had involved around £2.5 billion of Abu Dhabi money, encompassing the broader City project. (The Guardian⁠)

But the latest Premier League case raises an even bigger question about what it actually took to break into English football’s established elite.

Reports have alleged that between 2009-10 and 2017-18, Manchester City used arrangements which inflated revenues and understated costs by more than £900 million.

It is calculated that City is allegedly spent £949.94 million in sponsorship revenues from Abu Dhabi companies, of which it found £830.69 million represented sums ultimately paid by the Abu Dhabi United Group rather than the underlying sponsors in the manner represented.⁠

So we should be careful about simply calling £900 million “illegal spending”. That isn’t what the figure represents.

But consider the bigger picture. City went from a club accustomed to finishing around the middle of the Premier League to one of the most successful football teams in the world.

The financial resources behind that transformation ran into billions.

And even then, some of the Premier League titles were decided by the finest of margins:

2011/12 — goal difference.

2013/14 — 2 points.

2018/19 — 1 point.

2021/22 — 1 point.

2023/24 — 2 points.

Interesting, I still believe Liverpool should have the 3 titles though!

Manchester City strongly disputes the findings and has announced an appeal, describing the decision as containing material errors and being unsafe. No sanction has yet been determined.

23/09/2026

ABC v Huntercombe – Important Court of Appeal TUPE Judgment

If your employer has been bought out under the TUPE regulations or you are a Company that is buying out another there are rights of employees that extend to the new company. If this is you, should read this.

The Court of Appeal has delivered an important judgment clarifying the scope of TUPE in ABC v Huntercombe (No.12) Ltd & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 1161. Although the appeal concerned a relatively narrow point whether an employer’s historic vicarious liability to a third party transfers to a new employer under TUPE the decision has wider implications for the interpretation of liabilities transferred under TUPE.

R James Hutcheon Solicitors acted for ABC, the appellant, instructing Niazi Fetto KC, Peter Edwards and John Platts-Mills in this important appeal.

The claimant alleged abuse and excessive restraint whilst a patient at Huntercombe Hospital. Following a subsequent TUPE transfer, some employees involved in her care transferred to Active Young People Ltd (AYPL).

The central issue was whether Huntercombe’s vicarious liability for the pre-transfer acts of those employees also transferred to AYPL under regulation 4(2)(a) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.

Further details below

https://www.hutcheonlaw.co.uk/blog/transfer-of-vicarious-liability-on-pre-transfer-acts-under-tupe/

ABC v Huntercombe – Important Court of Appeal TUPE Judgment The Court of Appeal has delivered an important judgment clarifying …

20/09/2026

Easy like Sunday Morning

My favourite coffee place is back this weekend to relax for a few days. Marbella Spain.

16/09/2026

Should Liverpool sell Cody Gakpo?

The problem with Gakpo has never been his talent. It is his consistency. One week, he produces a superb finish like the one against Spurs and looks capable of becoming a truly outstanding player. A few matches later, he can drift back into mediocrity and barely influence the game.

That is what makes Liverpool’s summer stance so intriguing. If they were prepared to sell him, why did they change their minds? Did they see a player on the verge of finally fulfilling his potential, or were they worried about strengthening a rival and then watching him flourish elsewhere? Spurs pursued him all summer and, almost inevitably, he punished them.

Or was it simply they could not replace him before the end of the transfer window?

Gakpo is so frustrating because his best moments reveal such a high ceiling. The talent is clearly there, but will the consistency ever follow?

Would you keep him and remain patient…again or sell while his value is still high?

10/09/2026

Liverpool You Must Be Joking!

Alexis Mac Allister has reportedly been told that Liverpool are not currently in a position to offer him a new contract — despite Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai receiving new deals.

This is a World Cup winner who cost Liverpool just £35 million, helped the club win the Premier League and has repeatedly shown his commitment to the badge. He even says he rejected opportunities to leave this summer because he believes he is at the right club.

Allowing one of Liverpool’s most important midfielders to feel undervalued, with only two years remaining on his contract, makes absolutely no sense.

It does not make sense. Different if the player won’t sign a new deal so yet get rid and don’t lose money on a free but a quality committed player with experience, you really cannot afford to take a risk to replace this proven quality,

The next sporting director should have one immediate priority: sit Mac Allister down, recognise his value and get a new deal agreed.

Liverpool, sort it out.

Read the full Mac Allister contract report.

29/08/2026

LFC Press Conference

See the latest insight ahead of Liverpool’s first home game of the season.

Can’t wait! Just leaving the house now to go: double checking my NFC ticket is on my phone 😂

https://www.youtube.com/live/5j6iiIiYJwo?si=biRUemyMwh3xOwr9