Clinical negligence

Articles

27 Apr 2015

'Reckless' expert witness struck off

Doctor found to have falsified experience under oath when providing evidence for injury claims

3 Mar 2015

Saatchi's Bill should remain dead and buried

Vetoing the Medical Innovation Bill may be the best thing the Lib Dems have done in this parliament

3 Mar 2015

Alarm bells

Jock Mackenzie rounds up recent clinical negligence case law

13 Feb 2015

Coventry decision should not extend to mesothelioma cases

Support forum for asbestos victims argues that numbers of claimants in personal injury cases will fall dramatically and lead to a 'double injustice'

27 Jan 2015

Medical devices: new isn't always better

There has been fierce opposition to the so-called 'Saatchi Bill', or Medical Innovation Bill, with those opposing it, including leading medical research charities, regulators and doctors calling it a 'quacks' charter', says Sarah Moore

23 Jan 2015

Law firm advertising and a tenuous link to the Saatchi Bill

There is something ironic in Lord Saatchi being linked to a law firm with a specialty in medical negligence

9 Jan 2015

Experts using 'off the shelf data' to be challenged by courts

'Rigorous methods' of providing detailed assessments more likely to succeed

6 Jan 2015

Saatchi Bill will stifle explosion of NHS litigation

Evidence-based medicine is chimera for those who will die waiting in the queue for the never-to-happen clinical trial, argues Dominic Nutt