Clinical negligence

Articles

23 Feb 2010

Brain wave

Integrating brain injury experts into the legal team and encouraging them to openly discuss their ideas will improve the chances of a successful outcome, says Sue Jarvis

2 Feb 2010

Skin deep

With the number of claims against negligent cosmetic surgeons on the rise, practitioners should be aware of the key issues and unique features of this kind of litigation, says Nigel Poole

26 Jan 2010

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews cases on age discrimination and default retirement age, upper age limit for applicants, evidential issues, and religious or belief discrimination

26 Jan 2010

Chain reaction

Jeremy Child welcomes much needed clarification of the 'benefit and burden' doctrine but argues some questions are still unanswered

12 Jan 2010

Gurkhas lose pensions challenge

The British Gurkha Welfare Society has lost its challenge to the way the Ministry of Defence calculates pension entitlements.

10 Nov 2009

Update: clinical negligence

Jock Mackenzie reviews cases involving doctors' breach of duty, including allegations of misdiagnosis, failure to seek specialist evidence and evidential matters

7 Jul 2009

Lawyers without frontiers: Colombian fears

British lawyers must continue to support their Colombian counterparts faced with death threats for trying to defend human rights, says Sara Chandler

23 Jun 2009

Update: clinical negligence

Dr Jock Mackenzie considers cases on causation where there are several possible causes of injury; on the importance of timings to causation in cerebral palsy cases; and on factual dispute involving expert evidence