‘The ‘husband’s stitch’ is the practice of placing an extra stitch at the vaginal opening of a patient after birth for cosmetic purposes. This practice has at times been inflicted upon birthing patients non-consensually, and a gap in British legislation leaves these individuals particularly vulnerable to obstetric violence.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 9th March 2022
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘In complex clinical negligence cases involving substantial damages and an uncertain prognosis, there is often an urgency on the part of claimants to access funds so as to procure immediate needs such as; treatment, care and suitable accommodation. There are two hurdles to that end goal, however: establishing liability, and the sheer length of time that it is now taking for matters to proceed through the courts to a final conclusion. Undoubtedly, the impact of the pandemic has not helped the latter obstacle, and indeed, has made it even more of a concern than it was before. In clinical negligence claims, cases are often case managed with elongated timetables to trial to allow for the gathering of expert opinion on both sides, joint statements etc.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 16th March 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘A judge has ruled that a woman who suffered a brain haemorrhage is dead after a case at the High Court.’
BBC News, 16th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother has won a legal battle to ensure her teenage son has the right to a potentially life-saving transplant.’
BBC News, 8th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal over a coroner’s ruling that Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Right to life) was not engaged in a case where a vulnerable, 52-year-old woman with Down’s syndrome and learning disabilities died.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘As lawyers representing parties in clinical negligence cases, we will often encounter scenarios where the injured party has been involved in a road traffic accident or an accident at work and subsequently seeks medical assistance for the purpose of treating their injuries. As a result of negligent medical treatment, the Claimant’s injuries are aggravated, or further injury is suffered. In such circumstances, there may be multiple potential Defendants to any legal claim.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 17th February 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘Lauren Gardner reports on some significant recent judgments in the Court of Protection.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 20 January 2022, Hugh Southey QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) handed down judgment in the case of Dalchow v St George’s University NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 100 (QB). The decision gives rise to some interesting considerations on causation and the judicial assessment of expert evidence, and provides a useful illustration of the application of Wisniewski v Central Manchester Health Authority [1998] PIQR P324.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog , 25th January 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘Making claims against the NHS can be “a difficult, and in some cases inhumane, experience”, with the worst cases seeing staff trying to “proactively cover up” errors and even fabricating medical records, a report has found.
However, in other cases they were “very upfront about what had gone wrong” and consultants recommended taking legal action, according to research for the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).’
Legal Futures, 12th January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A surgeon who burned his initials on to the livers of two patients during transplant surgery has been struck off the medical register.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office will undergo a high court battle over a HIV patient who was denied life-saving treatment while being held in an immigration detention centre for over two weeks, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 1st January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Relatives of a woman left brain-damaged and paralysed after contracting Covid-19 have lost an appeal against a ruling that she should be allowed to die.’
BBC News, 15th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection cases, writes Alexander Ruck Keene.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘White v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 3286 (Admin) (03 December 2021). A case in which the High Court reminds the regulator of requirements for imposing curbs on free speech.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th December 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A 50-year-old mother-of-two diagnosed with a rare form of cancer has “no case” for asking the NHS to pay for her potentially life-saving surgery, lawyers on behalf of a Welsh health board have said.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘There is a “pressing need” for the Court of Protection to develop guidance for practitioners and judges on judicial visits to the subject of proceedings, the president of the Family Division has said. A decision that it was in the best interests of a 56-year-old woman, described as “the most complex Covid patient in the world”, to have life-sustaining treatment withdrawn was overturned today because of possible procedural unfairness in relation to the judge’s visit to see her in hospital.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th November 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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