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Victims of Fraud Series Part 3: “What can I do if the fraudster has disappeared?” - Persons Unknown Injunctions
Elliot Grosvenor-Taylor
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As a lawyer specialising in medical negligence and personal injury claims, talking to my clients about difficult and sensitive issues is a significant part of my job. This includes having to communicate effectively about issues such as death and terminal illness and the associated trauma. In order to provide the best service to my clients it is vital that I consider the difficulties they face and adapt my practice to suit them and their circumstances.
I have long campaigned for the duty of candour, believing it is the only way to truly have an open dialogue that allows everyone to understand where something has gone wrong, and for systems to be put in place to prevent the same thing happening again.
The Government, via the Ministry of Justice, has now opened a consultation to establish how to improve the law surrounding apologies. As it stands, Section 2 of the Compensation Act 2006 goes some way towards making it easier for organisations to apologise without admitting liability. However, questions have been raised as to whether this is good enough or whether further legislation is needed.
Over Easter, a study by the British Medical Journal found a 'shock' link between use of the contraceptive injection and brain tumours. The injection, a progestogen contraceptive used by around 380,000 women in the UK, has been associated with a 5.6 times higher likelihood of developing meningioma (a type of tumour affecting the brain and spinal cord membranes) after a year or more of use.
The recent Times Health Commission Report with ‘10 recommendations to save the NHS’ contains many sensible proposals, but the idea of introducing a no-blame compensation scheme for medical errors is misguided and would disbenefit as many as it helps.
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