The impact of witnessing the sudden death of a loved one can never be underestimated, and in such instances people may be compelled to seek legal redress if they feel...
The government is expected to report back soon on findings from a public consultation regarding a proposed licensing scheme for non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England.
The government brought forward...
The general public places enormous trust in the medical profession, a reliance that is rarely misplaced. Where incidences of clinical negligence occur, however, specialist lawyers can prove invaluable, as was...
Serious injury or death in childbirth is thankfully a rare event nowadays. However, as a High Court case in which a mother received more than £5.5 million in damages showed,...
Those who undergo cosmetic surgery overseas take a step into the unknown and, if things go wrong, it can be very difficult to obtain just compensation. However, as a High...
Clinical negligence claims inevitably take time to resolve but, as a High Court ruling showed, judges have the power to provide immediate financial assistance to alleged victims long before their...
Doctors are neither machines nor infallible, but patients are entitled to expect them to exercise a level of care and skill commensurate with their years of training. The High Court...
A young man who sustained catastrophic brain damage after contracting the herpes simplex virus when he was a baby is set to receive a multi-million-pound settlement of his clinical negligence...
The High Court has praised the dedication and professionalism of lawyers after they achieved a settlement of a little boy’s clinical negligence claim. The boy sustained injuries of near-maximum severity...
When an operation ends badly, leaving a patient seriously disabled, any sympathetic person might think that a damages award will follow as night follows day. However, as a High Court...
When children suffer asphyxia in the womb, a delay of minutes – even seconds – in their delivery can make an enormous difference to the level of disability, if any,...
Those who delay lodging clinical negligence or personal injury claims take a serious risk that their cases will be dismissed without a hearing. However, as a High Court ruling showed,...
For personal injury lawyers, negotiating and risk assessment skills are just as crucial as their knowledge of the law or their ability as advocates. That was certainly so in a...
Childbirth is always an anxious time and, for newborn babies, events that occur in a few short minutes can result in a lifetime of acute disability. That was sadly so...
Clinical negligence claims involving extremely rare medical conditions can present a particular challenge. However, that did not prevent a man who fell prey to a neurological disease that only recently...
As many parents are only too well aware, children have an unfortunate tendency to put foreign objects into their ears. The consequences can occasionally be serious and, in one case,...
Monetary compensation can never take away the unquantifiable heartbreak involved when a child suffers serious injuries at the very beginning of their life. As a High Court ruling showed, however,...
There is nothing more satisfying for a clinical negligence lawyer than obtaining justice for a seriously disabled client. The point was made by the case of a woman who for...
No matter how young they may be, qualities of courage and determination are often more evident in severely disabled people than they are in the able-bodied. That was certainly so...
An individual’s disabilities may have both negligent and non-negligent causes and that can pose a difficult challenge to clinical negligence lawyers. The seven-figure settlement of a partially sighted woman’s claim,...
Where personal injury claimants live abroad, lawyers can face formidable difficulties in negotiating appropriate financial settlements. However, as was shown by the case of a 12-year-old girl whose family emigrated...
If you believe that a loved one’s death is attributable to a lack of appropriate medical care, you should consult a clinical negligence lawyer without delay. The point was made...
Some clinical negligence claims raise issues so complex that even the most eminent medical experts struggle to disentangle them. As a case involving a disabled seven-year-old boy showed, however, lawyers...
When children suffer injury at birth, the possibility of compensation should always be explored with their future in mind. A case on point concerned an eight-year-old girl who sustained serious...
UK nationals who travel abroad for cosmetic surgery or other medical treatments can struggle to obtain damages in the event of a poor outcome. However, as a High Court ruling...
Personal injury lawyers never cease to be amazed by the tenacity and sheer guts of people who conquer disability to lead active and fulfilled lives. Such qualities were on abundant...
Even in the teeth of adversity, love will not be conquered. The High Court made that observation in approving the multi-million-pound settlement of a seriously disabled boy’s clinical negligence claim....
Amidst the daily challenge of caring for a disabled child, it is hardly surprising that seeking compensation is far from the top of many parents’ priority list. As a High...
Negotiating settlements in clinical negligence cases involves balancing the prospects of success against the risks of failure in the context of often highly complex medical evidence. That exact exercise was...
Newborn babies are uniquely vulnerable and delays in delivery or treatment in the immediate neonatal period can have devastating consequences. That was sadly so in the case of a gravely...