Clinical negligence

Articles

12 Mar 2012

Legal aid bill battered by 'very impressive' lords

Six amendments passed as peers refuse to be 'bought off' by concessions

5 Mar 2012

Faulty breast implant removal: does your client have a claim?

Hugh Koch and Karen Addy review the psychological diagnosis process for women considering a compensation claim following the removal of faulty breast implants

6 Feb 2012

Djanogly gives ground on medical negligence and domestic violence

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has said the government will make compromises on legal aid for children in medical negligence cases and the definition of domestic violence, while refusing to budge on the “main tenets” of the legal aid bill.

22 Nov 2011

Lords queue up to condemn legal aid bill

The government's legal aid bill met fierce opposition in the House of Lords last night, during a seven-hour debate in which peer after peer attacked the cuts.

21 Nov 2011

Clinical negligence update

Dr Jock Mackenzie explores a recent case involving a claimant practitioner's reliance on res ipsa loquitur

3 Oct 2011

In their pocket

The latest government attacks on personal injury claimants are based on a distorted view of the market, says David Ellis

27 Sept 2011

Voice of reason

Victims of crime have the right to express an opinion during proceedings, but the ECJ was right to rule against allowing them to have a decisive voice, says Paul Stanley NO

15 Aug 2011

Update: charity

Sarah Clune reviews the Attorney General's second reference on public benefit, the latest news on the Catholic Care case, and Full Fact's appeal against the commission's decision not to register it as a charity