Patients lose hip replacement court case – BBC News
‘Hundreds of patients have lost the first round of a legal battle for compensation at the High Court over allegedly “defective” hip implants.’
BBC News, 21st May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: medical treatment
Alfie Evans case: Court rules against parents again – BBC News
‘The parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans have lost their latest legal battle. Tom Evans and Kate James asked Court of Appeal judges to rule that the 23-month-old should be allowed to receive treatment in Italy.’
BBC News, 16th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High court judge backs end-of-life care plan for toddler on life support – The Guardian
‘A high court judge has endorsed an end-of-life care plan for a 23-month-old boy who has been at the centre of a life-support treatment legal battle.’
The Guardian, 11th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Alfie Evans ‘about to be murdered’, says father after court defeat – The Guardian
‘The father of seriously-ill Alfie Evans said his son had been “failed disgracefully by the system” after losing a last-ditch legal bid at the European court of human rights.’
The Guardian, 29th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Theresa May refuses to intervene over man’s £54,000 NHS cancer bill – The Guardian
‘Theresa May has refused to intervene in the case of Albert Thompson, the London cancer patient asked to pay £54,000 for treatment despite having lived in the UK for 44 years, as it emerged that there could be tens of thousands of people in a similarly uncertain immigration position.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Burdens of proof, res ipsa loquitur and experts’ joint statements: Saunders v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 343 (QB) – Zenith PI
‘Two discrete procedural points arise out of Yip J’s decision in Saunders v Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 343 (QB). They restate principles which are of considerable practical significance for those preparing and litigating civil claims.’
Zenith PI, 6th March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Duty of care owed by the MOJ to serving prisoners limited to matters arising out of their custody – Zenith PI
‘Benius Razumas v Ministry of Justice [2018] EWHC 215 (QB): In this case the claimant claimed damages from the MoJ for personal arising from clinical negligence and breach of his rights under ECHR art.3.’
Zenith PI, 2nd March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Seriously sick child and distraught parents – where to draw the line – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust v Evans, James and Alfie Evans (a child by his guardian Cafcass Legal) [2018] EWHC 308 (Fam). This was an application by the hospital for a declaration to allow their doctors to withdraw life support from a 19 month old child, Alfie. He suffers from a progressive, ultimately fatal neurodegenerative condition, probably a mitochondrial disorder. His epileptic seizures have not been brought under control by anti-convulsant treatment. The evidence before the court was that even if these seizures were to end, his brain is “entirely beyond recovery”. However caused, his neural degeneration is both “catastrophic and untreatable”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Inmates receive payouts of £2m for poor healthcare amid ‘unprecedented pressures’ in prisons – The Independent
‘Inmates have been paid close to £2m in compensation for poor healthcare behind bars since 2010 amid mounting concern over the scale of the crisis gripping Britain’s prisons.’
The Independent, 26th February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Alfie Evans: Appeal against ending life support – BBC News
‘The family of a seriously ill boy is to appeal against a High Court ruling allowing doctors to switch off his life-support.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
