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Extending right to work checks - what might be the implications?
Andreas White
4 December 2025
Making the right choice – Why section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 should not be repealed
The Medical Defence Union is lobbying Parliament for changes to laws relating to clinical negligence claims. It has written an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for ‘decisive action to tackle soaring legal costs’. Among its requests, the MDU is repeating its position that section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 should be repealed. This legislation requires awards of compensation for future care needs, to be based on the cost of future private care and to disregard the availability of treatment within the NHS.
15 August 2023
Compensating for ‘lost years’ – It’s time to iron out the inconsistencies
Claiming compensation for ‘lost years’ within cases for personal injury and clinical negligence is an area which many find highly confusing. As it stands the law allows adult and adolescent claimants to recover compensation for sums they would have earned had they not been injured and their life expectancy reduced.
15 March 2023
Patient Safety Awareness Week
Despite ongoing improvements in patient safety, medical harm remains a leading cause of death worldwide, according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). As a result, the institute is redoubling its efforts to highlight the problem during its annual event – Patient Safety Awareness Week – running from 12 – 18 March 2023.
27 September 2021
Proposed changes to the Highway Code: will they improve safety for cyclists and other vulnerable road users?
Over the summer, the government suggested changes to the Highway Code to improve road safety for vulnerable road users. If the proposals are approved, they will change how pedestrians, cyclists and motorists are expected to behave on Britain’s roads.
29 July 2020
Lady Brownlie successful in the Court of Appeal
Brownlie v FS Cairo (Brownlie No.2)
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its judgment by a 2-1 majority has rejected the Defendant’s jurisdiction challenge in this case.
