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Jennifer Newcomb writes article for the June AvMA’s newsletter

Jennifer Newcomb has contributed to the latest AvMA’s newsletter published in June 2017, Jennifer wrote on: ‘A&E waiting times, receptionists and the provision of information to patients’ – Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 151 – Is there…

MOJ Discount Rate Consultation – Grahame Aldous QC Response

Introduction
I am Grahame Aldous QC. I specialise in catastrophic injury personal injury and clinical negligence claims. I act for both claimants and defendants and their insurers. I have extensive practical experience of advising and representing parties in claims involving discount…

Tainted Expert Evidence No Answer to Bolam Claim Says Court of Appeal

Acting for a member of the judiciary, Grahame Aldous QC and Stuart McKechnie have succeeded in upholding a High Court judgment for a claimant in a clinical negligence claim on appeal in the Court of Appeal. Their argument that the evidence relied…

Families of those killed in the Tunisia beach massacre fear Government has succumbed to tour operators

Andrew Ritchie QC, representing 17 of the families involved in the Tunisia beach massacre at the Inquest, said: “There is a line of thinking from the families that the FCO may have failed in their responsibility to the 60,000 British citizens who…

Tom Goodhead secures £150,000 settlement of Clinical Negligence claim

Tom Goodhead has achieved approval of a settlement of £150,000 in damages on behalf of the family of ‘O’ who died in 2011 at the age of 43. ‘O’ died following mismanagement of a subarachnoid haemorrhage leading to death. Liability was admitted…

New Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch – Can going into hospital be as safe as taking a flight?

Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, will today announce the creation of a new independent “Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch” to investigate failings of care in NHS Hospitals and, from April 2018, the introduction of a system for expert medical examiners to…

Psychological issues and surgery: The need for a second opinion

James Byrne looks at the recent judgment in XYZ v Warrington & Halton NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 331 (QB) (22 February 2016).
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Material Contribution in Clinical Negligence – Revisited

Material Contribution in Clinical Negligence – Dr Sido John v Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The test for material contribution in Clinical Negligence cases has been restated, reaffirmed and massively simplified by John: Prove a breach of…

Bailey survives Bermuda – Material Contribution in Clinical Negligence

Tom Goodhead considers the judgment in Williams v The Bermuda Hospitals Board [2016] UKPC 4
Introduction
Much to the chagrin of Defendants, the doctrine of material contribution has become firmly established in the law of Clinical Negligence ever since Bailey v…

Tom Goodhead secures settlement in Welsh NHS Case

Kathleen Neville passed away on the 3rd March, 2014, following admission to the University Hospital of Wales on the 28th November, 2013 with a fracture of the neck of her femur.
Mrs Neville suffered from hyopthyroidism and required a thyroid medication…

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