Insights

There has always been a difference between taking legal action against a hospital trust and an individual GP. GPs are often self-employed often and have their own private legal  protection usually ru...

For those not familiar with the court system, the sheer expense of court fees can be a surprise. In a substantial case, court fees can be £10,000 to issue proceedings plus a further £1,000 or so for...

The importance of time and case management for experts in many areas of legal practice expert evidence is vital and most certainly in clinical negligence. Whilst all lawyers realise that experts hav...

A recent study by Diabetes UK found that in the UK 169 people a week were undergoing amputation procedures of some kind as a result of diabetes. The vast majority of these relate to unhealed ulcers an...

An increasing number of patients are paying for private treatment to avoid delays in waiting for NHS therapies or surgeries.  These are not necessarily people with health insurance. Often, they are p...

Recently the NHS determined to have a look at why people take legal action. It is a  late (some would say very late) but welcome addition to the debate and demonstrates the inaccuracy of the greedy c...

This week I was reminded of the difficulties that the court system presents for lawyers on both sides.  A comment on social media was made by a lawyer who had been informed  the court had lost the t...

Clinical negligence cases are in that group of claims which require expert evidence. The case cannot succeed without a supportive expert opinion. Sometimes this is fairly minimal but usually two or mo...