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Any clinical negligence practitioner will know the difficulty in dealing with medical records.  These documents form by far the most important evidence in a claim. Where it is advantageous to them, d...

This week Jeremy Hunt ordered private hospital bosses to take action to improve patient safety, click here to read more. A recent report from the Care Quality Commission rated 30% of private hospitals...

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The Medical Protection Society, a group formed to support the medical profession (including in their legal claims), has proposed a radical change to the way that clinical negligence clients are dealt...

In clinical negligence work expert evidence is vital to the success or failure of a case. The choice of expert and their approach to the case is a fundamental issue to be considered throughout. The...

Recently, Helen Vernon, the head of the NHS body which defends clinical negligence claims decided to blame claimant lawyers for so few cases going to mediation, click here. The organisation, NHS Re...

Clinical negligence practitioners will know that a substantial part of any claim relies on the evidence provided by expert witnesses. There is no doubt that the medical records and the lay witnesses a...

As claimant lawyers, the initial evidence that we have in support of a case tends to come from our own clients and their family and friends.  These are the lay witnesses that ultimately go on to esta...