Medical Law Archives - 1 Chancery Lane

Category: Medical Law

Jan

Briefing – Covid: Practice and Procedure

Although the start of 2021 has not been as auspicious as we would have wished, Happy New Year from all at 1 Chancery Lane. Despite everyone’s hopes that 2021 would start more favourably than ...

Jan

Webinar Recording: Cross-Border Clinical Negligence Claims

In their webinar yesterday Andrew Spencer and Dominique Smith discussed cross-border clinical negligence claims, considering questions including appropriate defendants; jurisdiction; applicable law; ...

Dec

Medical Law Briefing – December 2020

To round off what has been a rather odd 2020, we bring you the Medical Law annual legal update, courtesy of Ella Davis and David Thomson. It has been a busy year for reported cases in this area and ...

Dec

Outsourcing of NHS services: the High Court in JMH v Akramy finds that no non-delegable duty is owed to patients

The High Court on 15 December 2020 handed down judgment in the case of JMH v 1. Akramy 2. Badger Group 3. NHS Commissioning Board [2020] EWHC 3445 (QB), an important ...

Dec

Webinar Recording: 1CL Festive Case Law Update

In their webinar yesterday, Sarah Prager, Lisa Dobie, Conor Kennedy and Richard Collier donned their Christmas jumpers and took attendees on a whistle stop tour of some of the key cases of 2020 in the ...

Dec

Puberty blocking drugs for gender dysphoria: High Court hands down critical ruling

Last week judgment was handed down in the case of Tavistock v Bell [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), a landmark judicial review of medical treatment for gender dysphoria in minors.

Nov

Inquests Briefing – November 2020

There have been a number of recent developments of interest to those who practice in the coroners’ courts. As a result the 1 Chancery Lane Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence groups have joined ...

Nov

Medical Law Briefing – November 2020

Undoubtedly, 2020 has been a year where parties will have faced difficulty in progressing claims owing to the lockdown / semi lockdown state of flux we have found ourselves in. Parties will want to ...

Nov

The “Illegality” Defence and the Supreme Court

1 Chancery Lane has long had a reputation for appellate advocacy at the highest level. Last week Andrew Warnock Q.C. and Maurice Rifat were successful in the ...

Nov

Illegality: An Overview by Maurice Rifat

The normal role of the courts is to decide cases according to the law, and in doing so to provide a just resolution to the dispute between the parties. The illegality defence operates to prevent the ...

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