Medical Law Archives - Page 3 of 15

Category: Medical Law

Feb

Claimant in stroke case fails to prove causation on the balance of probabilities.

Sophie Mortimer successfully represented the Defendant in a clinical ...

Dec

Clinical Negligence Briefing – December 2018

In this edition of our Clinical Negligence Briefing, Katie Ayres examines the possible implications for medical practitioners, particularly those practising in paediatrics, ...

Dec

Inquest touching the death of Nigel Thomas Handscomb

This article was first published in the November AvMA newsletter. Nigel Handscomb was a 65 year old gentleman with a ...

Nov

GP practice principals not vicariously liable for religious activities of locum GP: Brayshaw v The Partners of Apsley Surgery

The High Court today dismissed a claim brought against the Partners of Apsley Surgery relating to the conduct of a locum GP, Dr Thomas O’Brien. The claimant, a patient registered at the surgery, ...

Mar

1 Chancery Lane supports The Claims Conference 2018

On 28th February 2018 members of 1 Chancery Lane were involved in speaking at The Claims Conference, in Manchester. Chaired by 1 Chancery Lane’s Head of Chambers, Simon Readhead QC, the ...

Feb

Personal Injury Briefing – Abuse

2018 has started with an even greater degree of scrutiny upon abuse than ever before. Almost every corner of life is having light shone onto it in order to expose abuse.

Nov

Medical Law

Matthews – v- Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust , Nottingham District Registry

Laura Johnson has successfully defended a claim for delayed diagnosis of cancer and alleging failures in the administrative system of an NHS Trust, said to have led to the death of a young mother from ...

Oct

Medical Liability Briefing – ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

This was a tragic case in many respects. In 2007 the Claimant’s father shot and killed her mother. He was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished ...

Oct

Medical Law Briefing – Causation in Medical Consent Cases post-Montgomery

So far in 2017 there have been two cases which have clarified the need for claimant parties to establish causation on a conventional basis in cases where a breach of duty in ...

Jun

Causation in Medical Consent Cases post-Montgomery: two 2017 cases

So far in 2017 there have been two cases which have clarified the need for claimant parties to establish causation on a conventional basis in cases where a breach of duty in respect of a ...

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