It’s important to have the right people advising and supporting you when raising a claim and setting up a trust. It is not a one size fits all appr...
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Appellants seeking to bring late appeals in the Inner House of the Court of Session will have to show that they have ‘done all ...
Read MoreA court in a medical negligence case has decided that non-clinical hospital staff, as well as the clinicians, owe a duty of care to patients. The c...
Read MoreThe dangers of expert evidence in a medical negligence case being based on only one witness’s account where that account ...
Read MoreThe court has emphasised that where the actions of a professional are alleged to amount to a “failure”, it is necessary for the...
Read MoreA recent English High Court decision has helped clarify the scope of damages which could be recoverable in the case of so-calle...
Read MoreMedical negligence cases involving injuries at birth can present difficulty for pursuers when attempting to prove the facts....
Read MoreThe potentially serious consequences for registrants of a failure to attend disciplinary proceedings was confirmed in the recen...
Read MoreThe Court of Session has ruled that a Minute of Amendment which would have introduced a new case into a medical negligence acti...
Read MoreThe Court of Session has upheld the appeal of a nurse, LM, against a decision of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to str...
Read MoreIn March 2015 the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the field of medical negligence relevant to the issue of consent....
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