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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
22 May 2017
What price for the wind in your hair?
I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance about her choice not to wear a cycle helmet. She explained she liked the feeling of freedom, and of the wind in her hair and on her face.
20 April 2017
Medical Negligence & Personal Injury quarterly newsletter - 1st quarter 2017
The first three months of 2017 have been busy in the field of clinical negligence. There is a Ministry of Justice consultation on fixed costs in progress coupled with Lord Justice Jackson’s wider review on costs in civil litigation; a consultation on birth injury claims and whether the current system of redress is appropriate, a change in the discount rate and an associated consultation on whether the system for setting the discount rate is fit for purpose and the rebranding of the NHS Litigation Authority to NHS Resolution. While all of this has been going on there have been 11 Court decisions, 5 of which were at first instance with the remaining 6 cases being heard on appeal.
12 April 2017
‘Gross failings’ by medical staff lead to another child fatality from sepsis – is enough being done to stop this happening again?
Last week it was ruled by a coroner that failures by an NHS hospital caused the death of a 5-year old boy from sepsis, raising fresh concerns that despite a nationwide awareness campaign, the condition is still not being spotted or treated early enough by doctors.
7 April 2017
GP Surgeries in crisis
Recent news reports have highlighted the dire straits our GP surgeries find themselves in. Multiple closures across the UK, with surviving surgeries having to merge and take the strain of an increasing number of patients, with fewer GPs remaining in practice, has led to an already difficult situation, becoming increasingly impossible to manage.
29 March 2017
Further developments in spinal injury research
On 9 December 2016 I blogged on the Swiss led research into the use of wireless brain implants to overcome paralysis caused by lower spinal cord injury. My view at the time was that such advancements offer real hope for the future for those who have sustained a spinal injury. This morning the story involving Bill Kochevar, who was paralysed in a cycling accident, gained wide media coverage whereby he has regained the use of his right hand for the first time since his accident 8 years ago. This was achieved by inserting sensors into the area of the brain controlling hand movement and then implanting 36 electrodes into his arm. The electrodes stimulated muscles in his hand, elbow and shoulders, the results of which were truly amazing and inspirational. For the first time in 8 years he was able to use his arm to eat.