All Personal injury & clinical negligence articles – Page 18
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NewsNHS claims bill still rising despite new resolution approach
A record 77% of claims were resolved without court proceedings, NHS Resolution reports.
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NewsCourt blocks bid to issue 3,500 cases on just one claim form
Master Davison gives claimant firm Hugh James six months to sort out which claims will survive.
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NewsClaimants waiting six months to settle whiplash portal cases
Portal was supposed to provide quicker and more efficient routes to justice.
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NewsCourt of Appeal rejects defendant’s fixed costs challenge
Judges rule that ‘detailed assessment’ is not to be applied to level of fixed costs.
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NewsClaimant loses £49k damages as High Court overturns ‘injustice’ finding
County court had ruled that fundamentally dishonest claimant was due some money.
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NewsSlater and Gordon splits business but denies merger talk
National firm makes changes as it is denied permission to appeal costs challenges decision.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell did not have consent for £28,000 deduction, court rules
Costs judge says that £240 per hour charged for a Grade C fee earner was 'clearly unreasonably high'.
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OpinionLetters roundup: 24 June 2022
Human rights pledge, gender debate, SLAPPs, and putting patients first; your letters to the editor.
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NewsWhiplash doctor loses claim that insurers tried to ruin her
Aviva had written to solicitors questioning medical expert’s credentials and ability to practise.
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OpinionBringing a clin neg claim – it could easily have been me
Arguments that frame cases as a ‘drain on the NHS’ are promoted by people who have not experienced the fallout of clinical negligence.
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FeatureEmergency room
Medical negligence cases benefited from pragmatic collaboration by all involved during the pandemic. Politicians intent on reforming the handling of disputes which arise from clinical failings should take note. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable
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NewsClaimant jailed for contempt over £4m NHS fraud
Judge says that suspended sentence would not send the message that defrauding the NHS is utterly unacceptable.
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OpinionFirst year of RTA portal was great for insurers: what next?
Number of claims down, firms dropping out, claimants in limbo. For insurers, the portal worked like a charm.
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ProfileMy legal life: Naomi Todd, RWK Goodman
Partner and head of the dental negligence team, Bath.
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NewsMoJ admits thousands of unresolved claims clogging up RTA portal
Lawyers say system is not working for volume claims, as MoJ concedes implementation has been ‘a little bumpy’.
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NewsAnexo looks to ‘growth opportunities’ after positive results
Listed credit hire and legal services provider announces 53% increase in profit before tax.
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NewsJustice committee chair raises doubts about fixed costs in clin neg claims
Sir Bob Neill says providers will be forced out of running smaller claims.
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NewsWrong to ignore referee in football injury claim, High Court rules
Claim followed a tackle by a Fulham youth player which ended his opponent’s career.
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OpinionJeremy Hunt’s handy sword of Damocles
Proposals by chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee represent an overhaul of the way compensation is awarded when injury is caused by the NHS.