7 April 2022 - Written by Patrick Limb QC
Mediating Clinical Negligence Claims
The NHS in England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence: so reported the BBC in January 2020 following a Freedom of Information Req...
8 February 2022 - Written by Damian Powell
Government Launches Consultation on Proposals for Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Cases
On 31 January 2022 the Department of Health and Social Care published a consultation document setting out its proposals to introduce mandatory fixed recoverable costs and a new "streamlined" process for lower value clinical negligence claims. ...
19 October 2021 - Written by Georgina Cursham
Costs Order Against Dental Expert Who Showed a Flagrant & Reckless Disregard for His Duties to the Court
Having blanked his screen and left the ongoing court proceedings to pick up his son from school, the Claimant’s expert witness in Robinson v (1) Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2) Mercier ...
19 February 2021 - Written by Cassandra Williams
Fundamental Dishonesty in Clinical Negligence Cases: Unreliable Does Not Necessarily Mean Dishonest
In Brint v Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 290 (QB), HHJ Platts, sitting as a High Court Judge, declined to make a finding of fundamental ...
26 January 2021 - Written by Shilpa Shah
Interim Payments on Account of Costs in Clinical Negligence Cases
Whilst clinical negligence practitioners are especially accomplished in ensuring that they properly advise their clients to claim an interim payment on account of damages when this best suits their client’s needs, the opportunity of seeking an interim payment on...
21 April 2020 - Written by Thomas Herbert
Recovering Inquest Costs in Subsequent Civil Proceedings
It is well-known that, in principle, the costs of an inquest are recoverable in a subsequent clinical negligence claim. The leading case in this regard, also well-known, is Roach v Home Office [2010] QB 256. Ever...
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