Articles posted in 2012
Governments plan to use specialists in diagnosis of whiplash claims supported by leading GP
Industry News : 27 June 2012
The Governments plans to cut the cost of whiplash claims by requiring claimants to undergo examination by a specialist has been supported by top GP Dr Peter Swinyard.
Hospital negligence leads to womans suicide
Clinical Negligence News : 20 June 2012
A woman who suffered from episodes of severe depression has committed suicide by stepping in the path of a train.
ABSs established to avoid referral fee ban leave SRA powerless
Industry News : 14 June 2012
Preventing the establishment of companies who could get around the ban on referral fees has been described by regulators as something which they would be powerless to.
Tracy Hall dies aged 38 with coroner stating a quicker diagnosis could have prevented her death
Clinical Negligence News : 13 June 2012
An inquest at Leeds Coroner’s Court has heard that a mother of two from Castleford who died due to multi-organ failure may have lived if doctors had acted quicker.
Law Society seek City firms support for LASPO effect
Industry News : 11 June 2012
The support of big City law firms is being requested by the Law Society for a high-profile initiative which is hoping to help high street practices and their clients meet the challenges that they are now facing due to legal aid cuts.
Portal won’t cope with extension, says Law Society
Industry News : 7 June 2012
An extension will not be supported by the Law Society of the RTA portal until there are major structural changes to the system. The Society has warned the government it will be impossible to extend the portal to include employer and public liability cases.
Morwenna Ganz multi-million pounds award ‘impossible’ for similar cases following limits on legal aid from April 2013
Clinical Negligence News : 1 June 2012
Morwenna Ganz, now 26, has been awarded compensation worth over £1,000,000 for the devastating brain injuries she suffered when she was 14 years old.
Doctors Chambers now has Twitter!
Company News : 30 May 2012
We are now up and running on social-media website Twitter!
Margaret Burton, 90, dies after a feeding tube is inserted into her lung
Clinical Negligence News : 30 May 2012
Margaret Burton, a 90-year-old former shop owner died following the incorrect insertion of a feeding tube into her lung instead of her stomach.
Premature twins in “good” state die after being given fatal overdose of morphine at Stafford Hospital
Clinical Negligence News : 29 May 2012
Newborn twins Alfie and Harry McQuillin were given more than 10 times the prescribed amount of morphine at Stafford Hospital, an inquest has heard.