Category: Medical Law
12
Jun
17
Clinical Negligence Briefing – Guidance from the High Court on Experts and Evidence
In the first half of this year the courts have provided the practitioner with some useful and practicable guidance in relation to evidence in clinical negligence cases. This ...

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28
Feb
17
Discount Rate Announcement
The Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss yesterday (27 February) announced the change to the discount rate. The previous rate of 2.5% was set in 2001 in a very different economy. The conclusion of a review that ...

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25
Feb
17
Whiplash injuries: a tale of two systems
In October 2013 the government published its response to a “Consultation on arrangements concerning whiplash injuries…” In the document the then Secretary of State, Chris ...

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30
Jan
17
The Eagle has landed! – Coffee, croissants and Counter Schedules
How much do you spend on lunch? The answer for the average Briton is £53,844 during their working lives. Across a 40 year career another £40,128 goes on other workplace costs including coffees, ...

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12
Jan
17
Football and historic sexual abuse: the approach to quantum
The news has been bleak and unrelenting: the scandal of historic child sexual abuse continues to fill the headlines. It seems as if no sector of society has been unaffected by this blight, but the ...

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21
Oct
16
Can a Defendant NHS Trust withdraw from admissions formalised in a consent order? Yes, according to Kelly Marie Simmons v City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.
The recent High Court decision of Kelly Marie Simmons v City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (2016) is worthy of note for those practising in the clinical negligence and/or ...

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15
Mar
16
Crystal ball gazing: how does a judge assess loss of chance?

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24
Feb
16
A predictable revolution: Knauer v Ministry of Defence in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has today handed down its judgment [2016] UKSC 9 in the 'leapfrog' appeal to it from the decision of Bean J in Knauer v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 2553 (QB). Bean ...

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22
Jan
16
BBC Expose of 'Crash for Cash' Ring
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21
Jan
16
Daniel v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust & London Ambulance Service: a human rights cautionary tale?
Daniel ...

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