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From Certificates to Belief Statements: The CPS and the Limits of Forum Bar Intervention
Rebecca Niblock
7 September 2021
What happens when medics miss a serious heart complaint?
An aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition, requiring early diagnosis and treatment. Sadly, classic symptoms are often misdiagnosed or dismissed, which quickly lead to the patient’s death. We have experience of successfully investigating claims of this nature.
26 August 2021
Swift v Carpenter: and another thing…
Much has been said about the 2020 Court of Appeal judgment in Swift dealing with the disputed method by which claims for the cost of special accommodation following severe injuries are calculated, and rightly so; it was a privilege for one of the authors of this article to work on a case of such wide application and with such benefit for so many Claimants.
17 August 2021
Case note: Malik -v- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The recent decision in the case of Malik -v- St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a further example of this approach. Mr Malik required emergency spinal surgery in the form of a laminectomy and discectomy at T10/11. No criticism was made of the performance of the surgery. Post-operatively Mr Malik experienced ongoing numbness and weakness in his left leg. His surgeon recommended further revision decompression surgery which unfortunately left Mr Malik with an incomplete paraparesis. He was classified as a T7 ASIA D paraplegic.
16 August 2021
The National Disability Strategy: the most comprehensive, concerted, cross-government plan ever. Is it really?
On the 28 July 2021, the Government unveiled the highly anticipated National Disability Strategy (‘the strategy’). Pledged in the Government’s 2019 manifesto, the aim is to “improve the everyday lives of disabled people”. The Prime Minister described the strategy as the most comprehensive, concerted, cross-government plan relating to disability ever. A bold claim, but is it justified?
5 August 2021
When is the right time to question a medical decision?
Chimamanada Ngozi Adichie, celebrated author and feminist talks in Elizabeth Day’s How to Fail Podcast about the death of her father, and then her mother, 9 months later. Adichie speaks very eloquently about the many emotions that grief provokes.