Clinical negligence

Articles

19 Oct 2010

Lawyers disappointed by Young report

Personal injury lawyers have given a mixed response to Lord Young's report on the operation of health and safety laws.

22 Sept 2010

Prepare for ABSs, minister tells law firms

Lawyers should prepare for ABSs, legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly (pictured) has said as he confirmed the government's commitment to the introduction of the new regime.

10 Sept 2010

Firm loses legal aid judicial review

A London firm specialising in immigration law this morning lost its judicial review challenge to the LSC's civil contract tender round at the Court of Appeal.

9 Aug 2010

New PAD

Has a recent judgment brought an end to the pre-action disclosure dispute? Philip de Berry and Madelene Holdsworth report

29 Jun 2010

A suit of armour?

Doctors will be protected from suit for evidence they give in court as medical experts, but not where they have acted as advisers outside court. But is this distinction still appropriate, ask William Featherby QC and Henry Charles

29 Jun 2010

Update: clinical negligence

Jock Mackenzie considers three cases on surgical performance and a decision on whether a hospital owed a non-delegable duty

21 Jun 2010

Prisoner loses breast cancer negligence appeal

Appeal judges have rejected a medical negligence claim by a prisoner who developed breast cancer in jail.

27 Apr 2010

APIL president attacks Lord Justice Jackson's "political" solutions

The new president of APIL, Muiris Lyons, has launched a stinging attack on Lord Justice Jackson's report on civil litigation costs, describing some of his recommendations as “political, not legal solutions”.