Following a settlement meeting yesterday, John Foy QC and Edwin Buckett, both representing the Claimant, settled a below the knee amputation case for £3.35m.
The Claimant, a pedestrian, sustained a devastating crushing injury to her leg in a road traffic accident which led to a below knee amputation. Liability was admitted.
The settlement included lifetime awards for care, treatments and prosthetics as well as a significant sum for future loss of earnings, accommodation and case management.
As we hit the ground running in 2026, Daniel Searle comments on selected cases concerning the BSA throughout 2025, with a particular focus on Remediation Orders and Remediation Contribution Orders. Remediation Orders (“ROs”) Monier Road Limited v Nicholas Alexander Blomfield and Other Leaseholders [2025] UKUT…
Laura Elfield has been appointed as a NHS Resolution Panel mediator to mediate clinical negligence claims against the NHS. NHS Resolution has appointed Global Mediation as one of three national providers of mediation services for clinical negligence, personal injury and workplace mediation services. Laura is one of eight mediators…
In this week’s Dekagram Linda Nelson explores an area likely to be of increasing interest to practitioners this year; liability for use and misuse of weight-loss drugs, whilst John Schmitt explains the recent decision of Mr Justice Poole in care proceedings regarding the question of…
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