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2025 in Review: Civil Fraud
Abigail Hall
20 February 2025
Landmark reform: no time limit for Child Sexual Abuse claims
Today the Government announced landmark reform to child sexual abuse personal injury claims. In legislation expected to be put before parliament next year, the 3-year time limit to bring such claims, which begins to run from a Claimant’s 18th birthday, will be abolished. The burden of proof on determining whether there can be a fair hearing will also shift, from the Claimant to the Defendant.
29 January 2025
Bile Duct Injuries: Is There a Case for Compensation?
A recent article in the British Journal of Surgery states that there have been increasing numbers of legal claims being made against the NHS in relation to bile duct injuries ‘in spite of 30 years of experience and training’. Bile duct injury is a dangerous complication of cholecystectomy – a common abdominal operation to remove the gallbladder, usually in order to treat gallstone disease.
9 January 2025
Delays in Diagnosis: Meningococcal Disease and Meningitis
New data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows a significant rise in cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) across England during 2022/23 compared with the previous year. Meningococcal disease is the collective name given to disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Infection with this bacteria can result in either meningitis or septicaemia (commonly known as blood poisoning) or both.
11 December 2024
Unnecessary Amputations – Time for a new approach?
A recent press article in the Mail Online claims that new research has revealed that ‘four in five limb amputations on the NHS are ‘unnecessary’’. The article sets out concerns that doctors are failing to spot the early signs of Peripheral Arterial Disease.
3 December 2024
Life after medical injury: what compensation for future costs can claimants obtain?
3 December marks the United Nations International Day of Peoples with Disabilities. This year we reflect on how compensation from medical negligence claims can support disabled claimants to live the best quality of life post-injury.