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The purpose of a compensation claim is to try - as far as a monetary sum can - to put victims of negligence back into the position they would have been had they not been injured. This sounds simple, b...

This post is the second in a two-parter covering the landmark Supreme Court case of Paul and another (Appelants) v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Respondent) (2024) (referred to as “Paul” in this...

On 11th January 2024 the Supreme Court handed down judgement in the conjoined appeals of the Secondary Victim claims Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Polmear and another v Royal Cornw...

If you or anyone you know has been seriously injured as a result of the actions of a medical professional, and are considering making a medical negligence claim, you may be apprehensive about the poss...

Over the past decade, the government has been steadily implementing fixed recoverable cost (“FRC”) regimes across much of civil litigation. Due primarily to its high level of complexity, clinical...

I recently acted for a client who had an operation performed on the wrong side of his body. This was an inexcusable mistake. It was a “Never Event”. Fortunately, the Defendant swiftly admitted lia...

In any compensation claim for life-changing injuries, it is critical to identify a defendant with sufficient means to provide reasonable compensation. It is for this reason that the case of Hughes v...

It is always distressing for someone to find out that there have been mistakes made in their medical care. When that medical care has been paid for privately, often at great personal expense, it can o...