Clinical negligence

Articles

1 Mar 2013

Update | Clinical negligence: Wrongful conception, delayed diagnosis of cancer

Jock Mackenzie looks at the effect of recent cases involving ?wrongful conception and a delayed diagnosis of cancer

22 Feb 2013

Update | Personal injury: vicarious liability outside employer and employee relationships

Vijay Ganapathy considers ?the test for vicarious liability outside the relationship of employer and employee ?and issues relating to ?asbestos and industrial ?disease cases

25 Jan 2013

LASPO countdown | Shifting the costs burden in clinical negligence cases is unjustified

Clinical negligence claims are too complex to be processed like ordinary personal injury claims under the new costs regime, says Trevor Ward

3 Jan 2013

Medical negligence specialists aim for the top with new brand

York firm hopes Axiclaim will double enquiries

16 Nov 2012

Update | Clinical negligence: When medics aren't liable

Jock Mackenzie looks at three recent cases in which judges found medics not liable of negligence and highlights the difficulties faced by claimants in bringing such cases

17 Sept 2012

Could consumer protection laws help defective implant claimants?

Women with no clinical need for the removal of faulty breast implants are left with no obvious remedy, unless they can be allowed to rely on the Consumer Credit Act, says Daniel Collins

25 Jul 2012

Update | Clinical negligence: midwives, paramedics and other medical staff

Jock Mackenzie considers recent cases involving allegations of negligence by midwives, paramedics and obstetrics staff, and the extent to which the Court of Appeal will overturn 'a first instance decision on only matters of facts

25 May 2012

Personal injury update: undervalued claims

Vijay Ganapathy considers the consequences of an undervalued 'claim and a local authority's 'non-delegable duty of care