Shoosmiths serious injury podcasts

In this powerful episode, Sharon Banga and Dan  O’Keefe  of Shoosmiths sit down with Charlotte Storey — an inspiring voice reminding us that disability doesn’t define you. After sustaining a life-changing injury to her arm, Charlotte faced a choice in the words of her father : focus on the dust or reach for the stars. Charlotte is a former West End actor and professional musician turned inspirational speaker, executive coach, and one-handed pilot.

Through resilience, courage, and an unshakable belief in possibility, Charlotte turned her disability into a launching pad — not a limitation. Her story is not just about recovery, but reinvention. It’s about refusing to be boxed in by circumstance and choosing instead to create opportunity from adversity. 

Join us as we explore Charlotte’s journey — the challenges, the breakthroughs, and the mindset that drives her forward. Whether you’re facing your own obstacles or just looking for a spark of motivation, this episode will leave you inspired to rethink what’s possible. 

In this episode of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, we bring together leading voices in the world of serious injury rehabilitation. Shoosmiths medical negligence colleagues Sharon Banga and Kashmir Uppal are joined by Beth Langley and Alice Hannah, specialists from Dorset Orthopaedic.

Join us explore how clinical negligence amputation claims involve advance prosthetic care.  Our guests share insight into how collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches can transform the lives of individuals recovering from catastrophic injuries. 

What we cover: 

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, legal professional, or someone affected by serious injury, this episode offers valuable perspectives on navigating the road to recovery with dignity and support. 

Tune in now to hear how Shoosmiths and Dorset Orthopaedic are working together to rebuild lives – one step at a time.

In this episode of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, Shoosmiths colleagues Sharon Banga and Dan O’Keeffe are joined by the disabled entrepreneur, Dr Mark Esho MBE, to discuss the fascinating story of his own career path and the impact that a serious injury can have on entrepreneurs and business owners. 

In this episode of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, Shoosmiths colleagues Sharon Banga and Dan O’Keeffe  are joined by arm amputee, Henry Dunn to discuss his harrowing story of how he came to be an amputee and his inspiring rehabilitation journey.  The group also touch upon important early issues for amputees with provision of tips of how to navigate life as an amputee.

1. Henry’s amputation story.

In this episode of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, Shoosmiths colleagues Sharon Banga and Kashmir Uppal are joined by Paul Whiteing, CEO of AVMA (Action against medical accidents) to discuss their collective wishes for the manifesto of the incoming government with respect to maternal medicine. 

Sharon and Kashmir provide their perspective of working as clinical negligence solicitors in complex litigation involving maternal medicine and Paul provides valuable insight from his work leading the patient safety charity, AVMA.  

1. Who are AVMA?

1. Addressing Maternal inequalities

In this episode, Shoosmiths colleagues Sharon Banga, Kashmir Uppal and Guv Samra discuss recent developments in education law and how this type of litigation and assistance can be funded within complex clinical negligence claims often involving cerebral palsy or other serious avoidable brain injuries.  

This episode covers:

1. When is education solicitor involvement needed in Clinical negligence claims?

In this episode of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, Shoosmiths colleagues Sharon Banga, Kate Price-Marson and Becca Horley are joined by head of Global engagement for University of Birmingham Law School, Paul McConnell, to discuss our extensive experience in serious injury litigation to provide insight into this areas as a career option. 

This episode covers:

1. Intro – Sharon

In this episode of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, Shoosmiths colleagues Sharon Banga  and Kate Price-Marson discuss the complex method of valuation of clinical negligence and Personal Injury claims and the way in which these cases can settle and resolve.

This episode covers:

• General Damages

In this episode of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, Shoosmiths colleagues Sharon Banga and Kashmir Uppal are joined by case manager, Tracey Dailly to discuss the benefit of case management in complex negligence cases.

The group discussed the issues surrounding how cases involving complex brain injuries or other clients that have a high level of need can benefit from case management. The process as to how this type of management is put into place including the funding is explained in the setting of Shoosmiths as a firm who have extensive experience and resources to enable their clients feel well supported and to assist with their rehabilitation. Tracey provides valuable input as to the background of her role and how this can assist the Shoosmiths clients base.

This episode covers:

1. What a case manager is.  

In episode 9 of the Shoosmiths serious injury podcast, Shoosmiths colleagues Kate Price–Marson and Kashmir Uppal meet with Kamaljit Uppal, who very tragically lost her new born son at Telford Hospital in 2003.

The care that Kamaljit and her son received is part of the Ockenden review into maternity services at Shropshire and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust.

The episode hopes to provide an insight into the failings in care from the perspective of a parent who lost her child and who has been actively seeking to improve maternity care for other women.

This episode covers:

• The Ockenden review and the findings of the review

The Shoosmiths serious injury podcast is brought to you by the national serious injury team at UK law firm Shoosmiths. Tune in to hear about the latest legal views, thought provoking discussions and opinions about all things medical negligence and personal injury.