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Are bereavement damages in medical negligence cases sufficient? What are bereavement damages and what amount can be claimed? Within the current legal framework (as at June 2015), bereavement damages can be claimed from whoever has negligently caused the death. Since

Oliver Thorne, a specialist clinical negligence lawyer, has welcomed the Government’s announcement that a meningitis vaccine is to be offered to all babies by the National Health Service. “I have been a clinical negligence specialist for almost 10 years and have

First an attack on entitlement to Legal Aid. Then an attack on the ‘no win, no fee’ regime, meaning that people have to pay their own success fees. Now claimant’s are facing an attack on their compensation. The Medical Defence Union’s latest

Medical Accident Solicitors recommended by influential independent publication, the Legal 500 Slee Blackwell Solicitors, the people behind Medical Accident Lawyers, have been featured as a recommended law firm in the latest edition of the prestigious Legal 500 guide, with the

Some people have cosmetic surgery for aesthetic reasons, others for health reasons, but whatever the reason for the procedure being carried out, patients are entitled to receive an appropriate level of service. A Manchester coroner has recently urged a private

It has been announced that Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, Devon, has over 100,000 patients that are waiting for follow up appointments. 36,000 have breached their ‘see-by date’  and 5,000 have been classed as ‘high risk’ or ‘time critical’. Specialist Clinical

The BBC reports that one in five child deaths in England could be prevented. According to The Lancet around 5,000 children die each year, with 15 to 17 year-olds having the highest proportion of preventable deaths from suicide, accidents, abuse and neglect.

Handy tips for people who are considering a cosmetic surgery negligence claim The number of cosmetic surgery procedures is increasing every year. This in turn means that there is a higher number of procedures going wrong. It is also a

A pioneering breast cancer treatment that replaces weeks of radiotherapy with a single, targeted shot is set to be offered on the NHS. The technique, called intra-operative radiation, is suitable only for patients who have caught their cancer early and

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