Clinical negligence

Articles

Personal injury lawyers call for a shake-up of 'obstructive' NHS

Health service runs up litigation costs by admitting negligence at the eleventh hour

Hodge Jones & Allen mount campaign against clinical negligence costs cap

Comments made by a junior health minister described as 'worthy of a Daily Mail headline'

The first act of a costs saga

If cost budgeting for clinical negligence is abandoned, what is the proposed alternative, asks Sanja Strkljevic

Applying Montgomery in clinical negligence cases

Jock Mackenzie reviews recent cases, including claims relating to antenatal care which apply the newly established Montgomery test

Clinical negligence update, part one

Jock Mackenzie rounds up recent clinical negligence case law, including cases involving care by GPs and A&E doctors

NHS versus the lawyers, round two

Personal injury sector angered that NHSLA regularly fights 'meritorious' claims

Has LASPO 'come good' for victims of clinical negligence?

Government figures on funding of clinical negligence cases suggest no win, no fee agreements can replace legal aid

Factual evidence: Is it a level playing field?

Judges must treat lay witnesses' evidence equally to that of professional witnesses in order to achieve justice, insists Nicola Wainwright