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Care home scold compensation claim We pursued a care home scold compensation claim on behalf of a 42 year old man, who for privacy we will call ‘A’, who suffers from congenital cerebral palsy, including tetraplegia and epilepsy, and is

Medical Negligence Lawyer, Oliver Thorne, reviews the approach to patient complaints taken by NHS Trusts and calls for a more empathetic and transparent  framework It has been reported in the press that Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust failed to investigate

Claiming compensation for psychiatric injury caused by medical negligence Patients can claim compensation for psychiatric injury caused by medical negligence. In fact not only can patients make a claim, but what is less widely appreciated is that psychiatric injury claims

Supreme Court turns away from Bolam to adopt a more patient-based approach to informed consent. Historically, in cases of medical negligence, the courts have consistently taken the rather simplistic view that, above all, doctors know best. After all, it’s logical

Access to justice fears rise as Government tries to kerb legal costs. The Government has announced plans to reduce costs to the NHS by fixing legal fees in cases of clinical negligence valued up to £100k. It is proposed that

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