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Compensation for clinical negligence: Application to withdraw acceptance of Part 36 offer
The claimant in the case below was particularly vulnerable as he had many co-comorbidities following a delayed diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis. He changed his mind not long after making a CPR Part 36 offer, but the application for permission to..
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26 November 2025
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Volume 41 Issue 9 - 26 November 2025
Further consideration of the scope of the duty of care in respect of psychiatric injury
A very troubling and tragic case has recently been reported concerning a claim by the wife and family of a consultant anaesthetist who took his own life shortly after being informed of an investigation into his fitness to practise by the GMC. The..
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26 November 2025
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Volume 41 Issue 9 - 26 November 2025
Claim involving alleged negligence in bariatric surgery
Claim involving alleged negligence in bariatric surgery
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26 November 2025
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Volume 41 Issue 9 - 26 November 2025
Alleging fundamental dishonesty in clinical negligence claims
In recent years there has been a noticeable increase in the number of occasions on which defendants allege fundamental dishonesty on the part of a claimant who can establish negligence, but might be exaggerating the extent of their injuries...
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26 November 2025
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Volume 41 Issue 9 - 26 November 2025
Duty of care does not encompass unforeseeable events
In a recent case involving child abuse, the facts of which were particularly harrowing, it was alleged that staff at the defendant hospital had been in breach of their duty of care to a baby when they had failed to recommend an urgent head scan..
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26 November 2025
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Volume 41 Issue 9 - 26 November 2025