“The government is putting the NHS ‘above the law’ with its proposed legal aid reforms and changes to the ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements, the Gazette has been told.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A high court judge has blocked attempts by families of soldiers killed in Iraq to seek compensation from the government under human rights legislation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two nursing home workers who were found guilty of wilfully neglecting a man who broke his hip have been sentenced to community service.”
BBC News, 27th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Indefensible legal claims for mistakes by doctors and nurses are being contested unnecessarily by ‘macho’ NHS lawyers, the head of the Law Society warned as the bill for damages exceeded £1bn for the first time.”
The Independent, 19th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wright v Cambridge Medical Group (a partnership) [2011] EWCA Civ 669; [2011] WLR (D) 189
“General practitioners were liable in negligence for the late referral of an infant to hospital where, if she had received effective treatment in time, she would probably have made a full recovery from an infection which in fact caused permanent damage to her hip.”
WLR Daily, 9th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A woman has won more than £6m damages against a plastic surgeon who she said decided to “play God” with her life.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lane v Cullens Solicitors and others [2011] EWCA Civ 547; [2011] WLR (D) 157
“Where a personal representative had distributed sums out of the relevant estate notwithstanding a notified third party claim against the estate, and sought to sue solicitors in professional negligence, the applicable limitation period could be found to run from the time at which the legal position had altered, viz upon payment out, regardless of the question whether the third party claim was correctly to be characterised as a vested or a contingent claim.”
WLR Daily, 11th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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“Economically speaking, the law is generally thought to be a counter-cyclical profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A woman who hit her head on the bottom of a swimming pool during a party in Surrey and was left paralysed is suing the owner for £6m at the High Court.”
BBC News, 5th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Great Ormond Street being sued by 11-year-old after operation left her with extensive brain damage.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has refused to endorse a Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling on noise induced hearing loss, blocking the progression of what lawyers believe could have been thousands of hearing loss claims.”
The Lawyer, 13th April 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Pritchard v Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd[2011] EWCA Civ 329; [2011] WLR (D) 110
“Where a claimant sued a defendant for damages for the torts of assault and battery then, as a matter of law, the defendant could not assert that there had been contributory negligence on the part of the claimant such that any damages awarded in respect of the assault and battery could be reduced to take account of that contributory negligence.”
WLR Daily,28th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Mohammed and others v Home Office [2011] EWCA Civ 351; [2011] WLR (D) 112
“The Home Office did not owe a common law duty of care to claimants applying for indefinite leave to remain for maladministration.”
WLR Daily, 29th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Suing the NHS for medical negligence may become too costly in the wake of cuts to both legal aid and lawyers’ success fees.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman seeking compensation from a Norfolk hospital after taking over an MRSA sufferer’s damages claim could set a legal precedent, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 24th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Oxford graduate who sued a law college after failing her exams has lost a bid for damages and was told her own lack of aptitude was to blame.”
BBC News, 18th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a boy who suffered severe brain damage due to hospital failures have received a £7m settlement.”
BBC News, 16th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a miner who died years after an experiment with asbestos coating in a pit have won compensation three years after his death.”
BBC News, 10th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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