Partner Michael Muldoon is pictured with Irish Prime Minister, Mr Enda Kenny, at a reception at the Irish Embassy in London on the 12th January 2012. Andrew McHale & Michael were among the invited guests to a reception to encourage trade between Ireland and GB!

Still very much a topic of concern among thousands of women is the PIP breast implant scandal, which has swept the nation’s press in recent weeks.

The French company, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) was ordered by the French Courts to close in April 2010, after health authorities ordered a recall of its products for using non-authorised silicone gel in its breast implants. Shockingly, PIP filled its implants with industrial grade, as opposed to medical grade silicone, originally manufactured for use in the mattress industry.

The NHS have maintained their position that these implants are no riskier than any others but have nevertheless agreed to remove any they have implanted. Moreover, French, German and Dutch health authorities have all recommended removal of the implants.

Last week, around 60 women marched on private cosmetic clinics in London in a bid to urge implant removal free of charge. The Harley Medical Group, who has installed a total of 13,900 PIP implants, blame the government’s regulatory body for approving them in the first place.

Health Minister, Lord Howe, told fellow peers last week, that “...private practitioners have in many instances a legal duty and certainly a moral duty to address these matters on behalf of their patients."

Despite what the private clinics say, they have a statutory duty under the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, to ensure that the products they supply are of a “satisfactory quality”.

If you are reading this and have concerns over your own PIP breast implants, please call in or telephone us to arrange a free and entirely confidential consultation. We can help you on a “No Win – No Fee Basis”.

McHale and co have sponsored the St Ambrose college team and the shirts have now arrived.

In the first photo our Andrew McHale appears with the shirt and in the second he appears with two other former "Old boys" and sponsors, Dan Wright and Mike Perls.

Andrew admits that he is trying to "put a little back" having spent his school career putting in little effort and feigning injury on the Rugby pitch!

We wish St Ambrose Rugby team every success for the coming season!

We are pleased to welcome Nicholas Bunstone to our convenyancing department.

Nick has considerable experience in conveyancing; he was a Paralegal at Stephensons Solicitors in their LMS re-mortgage section and undertook his training contract at Garth Rigby & Co. Upon his qualification in 2008 he went on to work at Countrywide Property Lawyers, Chafes Solicitors and Cooper Ford, where he joins us from.

We wish him every success as he settles into our conveyancing department.