‘An earlier post looked at several cases this year where judges have considered fairly fundamental principles of damages when assessing serious personal injury claims. This trend can be seen again in a case decided today Robshaw -v-United Lincoln Hospitals NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 923 (QB).’
Zenith PI Blog, 1st April 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘James Robshaw faces a lifetime of dependence after complications during his birth left him with cerebral palsy.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Montgomery (Appellant) v Lanarkshire Health Board (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 11 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 11th March 2015
‘Swindon Borough Council argue ‘the processes involved in the production of placenta for human consumption present a number of potentially serious health risks”
The Independent, 20th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In the recent case of A (A Child) v University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 366 (QB) the claimant was awarded the cost of installing a hydrotherapy pool in her home. Here we look at the circumstances in which a defendant will be ordered to pay such expensive costs.’
Cloisters, 9th March 2015
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘As an independent investigation finds that mothers and babies might have lived, if not for appalling blunders by staff, and efforts to hide the failings, we look at the history of the Morecambe Bay NHS scandal.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Parents of newborn babies who died due to shocking failings by maternity staff at Furness General Hospital have spoken of how they are “saddened” but “vindicated” by the publication of the damning Morecambe Bay report.’
The Independent, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Failures at a maternity unit where a number of newborn babies and mothers died are expected to be exposed later.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A seven-year-old girl whose mind is “trapped in a body” that will not do as she wants has been awarded £10.1m.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A hearing at the Old Bailey hears Elita Amantova, 39, was living off berries and bread left out for the birds before she gave birth.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Court hears how Charmaine Wilson tricked Liam Griffiths into believing drunken one-night stand led to the birth of a baby boy’
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A judge has ruled a pregnant woman who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia will undergo a Caesarean section.’
The Independent, 22nd October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In a case reported on Lawtel yesterday, the Claimant mother and sister received £160,000 in an out of court settlement following the sudden death of the deceased (‘X’) during the delivery of her stillborn baby in December 2010. The Claimants suffered a traumatic bereavement resulting in post-traumatic stress disorder. The settlement included a dependency claim for the deceased’s son.’
Zenith PI Blog, 9th September 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A woman who dumped her newborn baby in a plastic bag in a Birmingham park has been spared prison.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thalidomide victims have launched legal action against the drug’s manufacturer and distributor 50 years after it was prescribed to their mothers.’
BBC News, 5th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Julie Stather, barrister of 42 Bedford Row, examines the recent use of section 20 and considers its future in the light of the impending 26 week limit for care proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 16th April 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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