Clinical negligence

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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.

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.

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.

New PAD

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

Update: clinical negligence

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

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

Prisoner loses breast cancer negligence appeal

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

No end in sight?

Indeterminate sentences are a relatively new phenomenon, but with their numbers dramatically increasing, the authorities should publish the correct test to be applied when prisoners are considered for release, says Philip Rule