Medical Law Archives - 1 Chancery Lane

Category: Medical Law

Oct

1CL Top Ranked in Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2022

Oct

Costs/Costs Set-Off not possible in QOCS cases – the Supreme Court settles the question … for now: Ho v Adelekun [2021] UKSC 43

A little over two years ago I wrote an article about a then-unreported decision of the Court of Appeal which decided that it was possible for the Court in a QOCS case to set-off an order for ...

Oct

Medical Law Briefing – October 2021

There have been a number of recent decisions on limitation; it is fertile ground for argument. One such recent decision is the case of Wilkins v University North Midlands NHS Trust [2021] ...

Oct

Summary of Section Limitation Act 1980

The relevant Limitation Act 1980 provisions for Clinical Negligence actions: Part I Ordinary Time Limits for Different Classes of Action ...

Sep

Further Developments in the Law on Vicarious Liability in Sexual Abuse Cases: the Decision in Blackpool Football Club v DSN

The law on vicarious liability is currently in a state of flux, particularly in cases involving sexual abuse. In the latest development, the Court of Appeal in Blackpool Football Club v DSN [2021] ...

Aug

Medical Law Briefing – August 2021

This article considers the important clinical negligence decisions over the first half of 2021. In summary: i. There have been three important reported cases involving fundamental dishonesty ...

Jul

Disapplication of limitation period for clinical negligence claims: Wilkins v University Hospital North Midlands NHS Trust

A judgment has been handed down today in the High Court following a trial of preliminary issues as to whether a clinical negligence claim brought by Mr Donald Wilkins was time-barred. Mr Wilkins' ...

Jul

Personal Injury and Medical Law Briefing – July 2021

Capacity is an important issue that can arise in cases of all values and complexities. Sometimes the case is straightforward and low value but the injured party has pre-existing vulnerabilities ...

Jun

1 Chancery Lane shortlisted in British Claims Awards

Jun

Professional Negligence and Clinical Negligence Briefing – June 2021

On 18th June the Supreme Court handed down judgments in Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton and Khan v Meadows. In this joint briefing we consider the judgments from both a ...

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