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In April 2015, a new clinical negligence pre-action protocol came into force bringing with it a number of amendments. Pre-action protocols, of which there are currently 13, form part of the Civil Proc...

Dr Jock Mackenzie provides a round-up of clinical negligence cases in July's Solicitors Journal.  Please click here to read more. * Disclaimer: The information on the Anthony Gold website is for gen...

I relatively recently settled a clinical negligence case that raised an interesting issue relating to the standard of care to be applied to an A&E SHO and, coincidentally, a not dissimilar issue w...

There have been a few recent cases in which the lower courts have had to explore the extent to which a medical duty of care should be extended, be it the issue of who exactly owes a duty or to whom th...

In August 2015 I wrote a blog about the finding by the High Court that an A&E receptionist was not liable for failing to provide accurate information about waiting times to a patient, that the cla...

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A recent case heard in the High Court in December 2016 has highlighted the importance of the role of the expert witness in clinical negligence cases and the dangers lurking for the expert who the Cour...

On 27 October 2016 the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) published its new guidance on consent on the back of the landmark Supreme Court case in April 2015 of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, with...