Hospital neglect led to death of toddler Lucas Wellstead – BBC News
“A coroner has ruled a verdict of natural causes by neglect contributed to a Somerset toddler’s death.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: negligence
Valuers Breathe Sigh of Relief – Hardwicke Chambers
“Since the early 1990s it has been common place for ‘the ordinary domestic householder purchasing his own home’ to pursue the valuer contracted by the prospective mortgagee for negligent over-valuation.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th September 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Charity in legal aid challenge on clinical negligence – Law Society’s Gazette
“Action Against Medical Accidents has launched a legal challenge against the government’s controversial plans to scrap legal aid for clinical negligence cases.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Frimley Park Hospital apology for Berkshire woman’s death – BBC News
“The family of a Berkshire woman who died after a serious asthma attack has received a six-figure compensation settlement after a hospital trust admitted it was negligent.”
BBC News, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Charity attacks plan to cut legal aid for victims of NHS neglect – The Independent
“A plan to cut legal aid for patients left physically or mentally damaged by NHS care is being legally challenged by a medical safety charity. Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) has issued judicial review proceedings against the Government on the basis that the cuts are ‘irrational and unfair’. Seriously injured patients, such as babies who suffer brain damage as a result of substandard obstetrics care, will be denied the compensation that their families need to provide proper care for them, according to AvMA.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lord Justice Jackson: legal aid should remain for clinical negligence – UK Human Rights Blog
“Lord Justice Jackson spoke in strong terms last week to the Cambridge Law Faculty on the controversial topic of legal aid and legal costs reforms.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th September 2011
Source: www.http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
Malcolm Drake death: Compensation over Crohn’s disease error – BBC News
“The family of a man from Stoke-on-Trent who died after a life-threatening illness was misdiagnosed as a groin strain has received a substantial six figure settlement.”
BBC News, 1st September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Patients’ legal aid cuts will cost NHS tens of millions – The Independent
“The Government’s plans to slash the soaring legal aid bill threaten to cost the NHS millions and exclude many victims of medical negligence from justice, the National Health Service’s own lawyers have warned.”
The Independent, 28th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Care Home Conviction quashed, raising question over Mental Capacity Act offence – 23 Essex Street
“The owner of a care home, Annette Hopkins, represented by Kate Lumsdon (23es) and Barry McElduff (2KBW), had her conviction for negligence quashed by the Court of Appeal, who cast doubt over the viability of the offence created by the Mental Capacity Act 2005: R v Hopkins and Priest [2011]EWCA Crim 1513. The Court of Appeal, quashing the conviction on other grounds, held that in its view the offence as drafted failed the test of sufficient certainty. The Court was however bound by precedent: R v Dunn [2010] EWCA Crim 2935.”
23 Essex Street, 17th August 2011
Source: www.23es.com
Man had part of brain removed in error – The Guardian
“A former paramedic is seeking compensation and an investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC) after part of his brain was removed in error by an NHS surgeon.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Company director to face manslaughter charge for death of Meg Burgess – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Meg Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th August 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Meg Burgess Prestatyn wall death manslaughter charge – BBC News
“A company director faces a manslaughter charge after a three-year-old girl died when a wall collapsed on a footpath in Denbighshire.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Company director to face manslaughter charge for death of Megan Burgess – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Megan Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.”
Crown Prosecution Service,
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
30% rise in negligence claims against NHS – Daily Telegraph
“Clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service have increased by almost a third over the past year, with an extra £100million paid out to victims of medical blunders.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paralysed woman’s £6m damages claim against pool owner dismissed – The Guardian
“A woman who launched a £6m damages claim after being left paralysed when she hit her head on the bottom of a swimming pool during an impromptu late-night party has lost her high court action.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Negligence claims against GPs rising – The Guardian
“Payouts to patients or their families hit unprecedented levels according to Medical Defence Union.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sophie Clarke’s £5m damages over brain injuries – BBC News
“A girl who was born with severe brain damage has been awarded £5m damages from a health board for her care.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Liam Fox apologises over cleared pilots – The Independent
“Defence Secretary Liam Fox apologised today to the families of the pilots in the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash after a new report cleared them of an earlier finding of negligence. The fresh review concluded that Flight Lieutenants Jonathan Tapper and Richard Cook should not have been blamed for the accident in 1994.”
The Independent, 13th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Chinook pilots ‘did not cause fatal helicopter crash’ – Daily Telegraph
“An official review into a Chinook helicopter crash in Scotland that killed 29 people has ruled the two pilots should not have been blamed.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS ‘above the law’ in legal aid reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government is putting the NHS ‘above the law’ with its proposed legal aid reforms and changes to the ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements, the Gazette has been told.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
