Clinical negligence

Articles

16 Feb 2016

Explaining chronic pain following soft tissue injury

Legal practitioners should be aware of the relationships between trauma, pain, and the mind in injuries such as whiplash or low back strain, writes Chris Worsfold

4 Feb 2016

Clinical negligence update

Dr Jock Mackenzie rounds up recent case law, including two decisions on whether ?a breach of duty took place in deliveries over 20 years ago

3 Feb 2016

Results of coronial reform have been underwhelming

Changes such as appointing a chief coroner and setting a six-month completion deadline have yet to benefit grieving relatives, explains Tom Gough

28 Jan 2016

The common enemy between medics and lawyers

The two professions hardly make natural allies so why is medical negligence solicitor Peter Stefanovic breaking the mould, asks John van der Luit-Drummond

25 Jan 2016

End of the road for Saatchi's innovation Bill?

The Bill may have been drafted with the best of intentions, but it would not have created the best law, says John van der Luit-Drummond

22 Dec 2015

Innovation in medicines

Although there is a great need to allow patients earlier access to new medicines, initiatives such as the Innovation Bill are not the way to go, write Professor Sir Alasdair Breckenridge and Dr Peter Feldschreiber

15 Dec 2015

A new relationship 'for medics and lawyers

Can we work with the medical profession to support injured patients and prevent ?poor practice, asks Ed Fletcher

15 Dec 2015

The ever-increasing cost of prosthetic limbs

RA Shepherd and Gordon Wilson discuss the costs and benefits of technological advances in the prosthetics sector