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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
2 May 2018
Brain damaged girl wins record £19 million award – what next?
News broke this morning that the NHS awarded a nine year old girl £19 million compensation.
1 May 2018
Negligence claims against the NHS pose a property conundrum
We have heard lots about the perilous state of the NHS recently, including the fact that it is being crippled by rising clinical negligence claims, which cost it nearly £1.7bn last year.
12 April 2018
Medical Negligence & Personal Injury quarterly newsletter - 1st quarter 2018
The first quarter of 2018 has flown by and the past three months have remained active in the field of medical/clinical negligence. There have been fewer judgments handed down by the Court compared to the final quarter of 2017, but the decisions that have been handed down cover issues that go to the heart of clinical negligence litigation. Patient consent and Montgomery was the subject of the case of Hassell, a case dealing with spinal cord injury and the burden of proof placed upon a claimant was the subject of the decision in Saunders. Just for good measure, the Courts have also given guidance on the workings of Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules in the cases of JMX and Ballard.
29 March 2018
We should congratulate Daniel Holt
Daniel Holt is an inspirational law graduate from Queen Mary University, London. Coming from a working class background outside Manchester, he has decided to try to tackle the perceived barriers of class by seeking a career at the Bar, which, as he points out on the BBC news is disproportionately populated by Oxbridge graduates.
7 March 2018
Speech and Language Therapy: New Vodcasts from CPotential
Speech and Language Therapist, Kerri Morgan, talks about speech and language therapy on information vodcasts produced by CPotential, a charitable organisation which provides education and support services to children and adults with complex needs and movement disorders, such as Cerebral Palsy (CP).