Category: Medical Law
06
Feb
20
Persuading a Judge to strike the claim out (1)
By Francesca O'Neill This article should act as a warning to Claimants - miss out, or mess up, a procedural step - and your whole claim may be liable to be struck out. Although ...

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24
Jan
20
Reconstructing the Past – Memory, belief or a bit of both?
In 1973, reflecting on "scattered pictures" and "misty water-coloured memories", Barbra Streisand asked "Can it be that it was all so simple then"? The answer from Mrs.

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20
Jan
20
Permission to appeal granted in secondary victim clinical negligence claim: Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
On 14 January 2020 Stewart J granted the Claimants permission to appeal against the decision of Master Cook dated 4 November 2019 striking out their secondary victim claims. The claims arose from ...

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07
Jan
20
Metcalf v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust – causation where Bolitho meets Montgomery
On 19 December 2019 judgment was entered in the High Court for the Defendant in Metcalf v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 3549 (QB). The case arose out of the ...

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27
Nov
19
Edward Faulks QC shortlisted in The Legal 500 UK awards 2020 as Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year
We are pleased to announce that after extensive research Edward Faulks QC has been shortlisted for the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year in The Legal 500 UK 2020 awards. ...

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18
Sep
19
Judgment – Penelope Smith v The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
HHJ Berkley gave judgment for the Defendant this week in Winchester County Court in the claim of Penelope Smith v The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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12
Apr
19
1 Chancery Lane shortlisted for British Claims Awards 2019
Chambers is delighted to announce that 1 Chancery Lane has been shortlisted for Barristers' Chambers of the Year, at The British Claims Awards 2019. 

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09
Apr
19
Lord Faulks QC and Laura Johnson successful in Court of Appeal consent case
Diamond v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 585 Lord Faulks QC and Laura Johnson have successfully resisted an appeal on causation in a case ...

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15
Mar
19
Anonymity Orders: Balancing privacy with the principle of open justice
The High Court has recently considered the circumstances in which it is appropriate to grant anonymity orders under CPR 39.2(4) and the stage at which such applications should be made. ...

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22
Feb
19
Claimant in stroke case fails to prove causation on the balance of probabilities.
Sophie Mortimer successfully represented the Defendant in a clinical ...

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