All Personal injury & clinical negligence articles
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NewsCrackdown looms on ‘double win’ clinical negligence payments
MPs discuss whether claimants who receive funding for private care are accessing NHS care instead.
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FeatureDamage limitation
PI claims are falling but the market has returned to growth. Joanna Goodman finds out what’s going on in this resilient sector.
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NewsFirm's top earner collects £2.6m after profit surge
Positive results coming from both ends of the civil claims market.
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NewsPI firm branches out into family
Private equity-backed Fletchers announces acquisition of Hayden's Solicitors.
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NewsPI giant announces Swiss private equity investment
Express Solicitors received the funding from Ufenau Capital Partners to ‘accelerate growth’ in its personal injury work.
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NewsSociety concerned by tight deadline for fixed costs consultation
Civil Procedure Rule Committee invites feedback for interim implementation stocktake of fixed recoverable costs.
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FeatureClinical negligence roundtable: Speaking up, speaking out
Health outcome statistics for women expose a ‘gender pain gap’. With a sky-high clinical negligence bill, how can law and lawyers work with patients, clinicians and health trusts to narrow the divide? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable.
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NewsGovernment seeks evidence for whiplash review
Post-implementation review will consider the impact of increasing the small claims track limit to £5,000.
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NewsPublic spending watchdog calls for clin neg costs curbs
National Audit Office report points out that lawyers’ fees are 3.7 times higher than damages awarded to claimants in cases worth under £25,000.
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NewsHospital hit with costs penalty after wrongly alleging dishonesty
Defendants should not be given ‘free tilt’ at raising fundamental dishonesty accusations, judge rules.
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NewsPI solicitor struck off for concealing 'catastrophic' medical records
Solicitor of 23 years feared that medical records would open client up to 'fundamental dishonesty' attack.
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NewsSurveillance company slated for ‘extremely poor’ behaviour in PI case
Judge accepts evidence despite 'fundamental and repeated' errors in editing footage of claimant.
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NewsSolicitor who hid case collapse for 10 years admits lies
Clinical negligence practitioner talked about getting medical reports for case that had long since ended.
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FeatureTaking the moral high ground
Law firm Fletchers Group is seeking to enhance the image of the much-maligned claimant PI sector. The firm highlights the socio-economic impact of its work, saving the government millions while securing access to justice.
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NewsFormer patients of disgraced amputee surgeon demand clarity
Surgeon carried out amputations but had a secret sexual fetish for body modification.
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NewsAnonymity order granted in landmark open justice case
Court of Appeal judgment offers 'useful guidance for legal teams seeking to protect vulnerable claimants'.
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NewsEx-Irwin Mitchell solicitor struck off for inflating time records
Senior associate claimed she was swamped by personal and professional pressures, including homeschooling during the pandemic.
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NewsSolicitor 'chickened out' of telling client truth about her claim
Experienced practitioner wanted more time after report had suggested claim would not succeed.