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I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
In March 2007 the Claimant, who was born in 1958, suffered very heavy bleeding which was caused by fibroids. She collapsed on several occasions, requiring hospital treatment. On 23 rd September 2008 the Claimant suffered a stroke which resulted in impaired mobility, the loss of use of her left arm, loss of field vision and cognitive impairment.
In August 2011 the Claimant�s family instructed Iacopi Palmer, a firm of solicitors in Gloucester, to investigate a potential claim against the Defendant health authority. The argument was that the Claimant should have been referred to a gynaecologist in June 2008 and that would have led to a hysterectomy being performed in about August 2008.
The solicitors gave initial advice under the Legal Service Commission�s Legal Help Scheme. An application for legal aid was made and on 20 th October 2011 a claim form was issued in proceedings against the Defendant. No litigation friend had been appointed, as it would appear that it was not then thought that the Claimant lacked capacity.
A legal aid certificate for investigative help was issued on 7 th November 2011 with a monthly contribution by the Claimant of �24.36.
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