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23 Jun 2021 10:00
Khan (Respondent) v Meadows (Appellant)In this clinical negligence case note Justin Meiland and Charlotte Wilk discuss the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the Khan (Respondent) v Meadows (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 21, examining the implications of this important decision. You can read the full case note here more...
23 Jun 2021 09:57
Simon Gorton QC successfully represents Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust at Royal Courts of JusticeSimon Gorton QC from Exchange Chambers has successfully acted for Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust at the Royal Courts of Justice (Mrs Justice Thornton). The Claimant is a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon employed by the Defendant, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, since 2009. The claim more...
19 Jan 2021 10:08
The Conventional Wisdom Prevails: a refusal to consent to medical treatment by a Gillick competent minor is NOT determinativeJudgment has today been handed down in In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam) an essential read for the law on consent to medical treatment in relation to those under 16 and those aged 16 and 17. The facts: X suffers from sickle cell syndrome and is a Jehovah’s Witness, as is her more...
1 Oct 2019 14:33
A new legal duty on doctors to report deaths to CoronersWritten by Josiah Kirpalani & Bridget Dolan QC The Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 [1] (here) come into effect on 1 October 2019 and will place a legal duty on ALL doctors who come to know of a death to ensure it has been reported to a Coroner where any of the circumstances that might more...
7 Aug 2019 11:27
Counsel secure settlement for teenage boy affected by negligently untreated meningitisTwo counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers have secured a settlement for a teenage boy who sustained severe brain damage as an infant due to negligently untreated meningitis. Jonathan Jones QC and Henry Pitchers saw the case conclude with a settlement at the then capitalised value of £22 million. The more...
25 Jun 2019 15:43
Bradley Report - 10 years onThe Magistrates Association welcome all the great work that has been done since the initial Bradley Report 10 years ago and were very grateful for the opportunity to input into this vital update. We support this report in stating that it is important to be ambitious to push for more change to more...
24 Jun 2019 15:47
Lies, damned lies and a prison statisticLiverpool Victoria Insurance Company Limited v Dr Asef Zafar [2019] EWCA 392 (Civ) -and- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust v Elder (2019), QBD, 5 April 2019 Introduction Dr Zafar ran his own medico-legal company, producing over 500 expert reports a year. In February 2012, he examined Mr Iqbal 11 weeks more...
19 Jun 2019 09:31
Tom Kark QC: Stop the revolving door for failed NHS managersThe Health Service Journal published excerpts from an interview with Don Berwick in which he was reported to have warned that too much surveillance of NHS managers could be “quite toxic”. He said that the NHS placed “too much emphasis on accountability, supervision and metrics and not enough on more...
17 Jun 2019 10:31
Trust was ‘right’ to bring case to court (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J) (2)University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2019] EWCOP 16, [2019] All ER (D) 106 (May) What are the practical implications of this case? ‘Do we need to make an application to the court or can we just get on and treat? It’s more...
1 May 2019 14:12
Gresham Lecture: The Child & Medical Treatment: The Chance to Live, or Die with Dignity?What happens when doctors and parents cannot agree on whether a child should be given experimental medical treatment? Why is there any question mark over a parent’s right to decide if medical treatment for their child continues? From the parents of Aysha King who successfully secured proton beam more...
16 Apr 2019 10:21
Dr Bawa Garba returns to work – now it’s time for the GMC and the profession to take stockIt was fitting but tinged with irony, that the GMC itself, in its submissions to recent the MPTS review of Dr Bawa-Garba’s suspension maintained that the ‘appropriate and proportionate sanction’ to reflect her continuing ‘impairment’ of fitness to practice was now a period of conditional more...
27 Mar 2019 09:33
Brain injury and sportIn the space of just a few days, the charity Headway, which offers support to victims of Traumatic Brain injuries, has had reason to be critical of FIFA, football’s governing body, following serious head injuries on the pitch. On 17 of March, Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina collapsed during a match more...
6 Mar 2019 14:24
Sick girl to be treated against parents' wishesSara Mann represented a sick thirteen-month-old baby whose parents do not want her to have potentially life-saving treatment. The child was born with kidney failure and has survived against the odds. Doctors have said that haemodialysis, where blood is taken and cleaned, is in her best interests. more...
26 Feb 2019 12:02
UK Human Rights Blog: Does someone who assists with journey to Dignitas risk losing benefit of deceased’s estate?Ninan v Findlay and others [2019] EWHC 297 (Ch), 21 February 2019 The claimant, Mrs Ninian, is the sole beneficiary of the residue of the estate of her late husband Mr Ninian under his will. Mr Ninian, who suffered from a progressive incurable disease, died on 16 November 2017 with the assistance of more...
25 Feb 2019 15:34
UK Human Rights Blog: Court authorises experimental treatment for CJD patientUniversity College London Hospital and others v KG (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) [2018] EWCOP 29 This case concerned a man, KG, who suffered from the human prion disease CJD. As was explained in the judgment, prion diseases are invariably fatal, neurodegenerative conditions. They more...
30 Jan 2019 13:34
Virtuoso Legal Successfully Defend Leading Scientists in Breach of Confidence Case Brought by Invista Textiles (UK) LimitedVirtuoso Legal successfully defend VideraBio Limited and Drs Botes, Chokkathukalam and Chen in High Court breach of confidence claims brought by industry giant, Invista Textiles (UK) Limited. The Background The Claimants in this case, “Invista” is part of the Koch Industries group based in Wichita, more...
18 Jan 2019 15:02
NHS wins £1billion Hepatitis drug challengeABBVIE LIMITED -v- THE NHS COMMISSIONING BOARD (OPERATING AS NHS ENGLAND) [2019] EWHC 61 (TCC) Pharma giant AbbVie challenged the largest NHS drug procurement ever undertaken, for contracts to treat and eliminate Hepatitis C (“HCV”) worth about £1 billion over five years commencing April 2019. The more...
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