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9 Gough Chambers is delighted to annouce that Cyrus Katrak has joined 9 Gough Chambers.
Cyrus joins us from 3PB and specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence cases.
The third edition of our popular publication “Clinical Negligence Claims: A Practical Guide” is now on sale. This edition has been updated by members of chambers’ clinical negligence team and overseen by Editor Laura Begley.
For the personal injury lawyer who…
Andrew Ritchie QC has put together an insightful annual summary on the state of the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Claims Market in England and Wales, bringing together the figures from the various Government bodies, the Courts, the CRU and the NHSLA. …
Costs budgeting will be disapplied in all clinical negligence cases listed in the Queen’s Bench Division from October 2015 to January 2016.
The disapplication was suggested by Lord Justice Jackson in his Harbour Lecture on 13th May 2015. He noted that in…
The government announced on 29th June 2015 that it planned to fix legal costs for clinical negligence claims up to £100,000 and that the lawyer’s fee would reflect the percentage of the compensation received by the patient. The Health Minister, Ben Gummer,…
9 Gough Chambers is delighted to annouce that Natasha Partos has joined 9 Gough Chambers.
Natasha joins us from St Philips chambers and has a varied practice covering Commercial, Professional Regulation, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence work.
On 19th May 2015 Judgment was handed down by HHJ Denyer QC at Bristol County Court in relation to a 5 day clinical negligence trial that took place between 20th and 24th April.
The case involved a misdiagnosis of a fracture to…
Grahame Aldous QC and Stuart McKechnie succeed in High Court clinical negligence trial acting for a member of the judiciary in a case raising important questions about impartiality and conflict of interest for expert witnesses.
On 7th May 2015 Mr Justice Kenneth…
Until 11th March 2015, following the approach in Sidaway[1], the question of whether or not there was a breach of duty in the manner in which a person was consented for treatment (and the advice and warnings given) required application of the…
