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Key takeaways from the Home Secretary’s Statement on Asylum Reforms: 30-months permission to stay for new claims and transitional arrangements for pending cases
Oliver Oldman
10 September 2021
Who can bring a claim when someone dies?
When a loved one dies, grief is difficult and there can be a lot to deal with. If someone dies as a result of medical negligence or personal injury, then it’s important to consider who can bring a claim.
7 September 2021
Clarity on costs for consumers of legal services: the guideline hourly rates
Whether the claimant or defendant, successful parties to civil litigation can be disappointed to hear that they are highly unlikely to recover all of their legal spend. The losing party is only required to pay what is considered reasonable and proportionate. A key feature in what is recovered is the reasonableness of the hourly rates charged by the successful litigant’s solicitors.
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.