Clinical negligence

Paul Magrath recalls the chequered history of law reporting prior to the establishment of a Council of Law Reporting in 1865

David Walbank KC’s latest NLJ Crime Brief continues his exploration of the principle that ‘all are equal before the law’.

A recent case has underlined that equality before the law is one of the bedrocks of our justice system, no matter who is bringing the claim: David Walbank KC reports

In this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan laments the terrible delays faced by a claimant, who had food poisoning on holiday in 2014, whose claim was not given a fair trial and who has only just been given leave to appeal by the Supreme Court—eight years after falling ill. 

With one claimant left waiting nearly a year for permission to appeal, Dominic Regan offers some advice to the judiciary for cutting down on delays: try shorter judgments?

Claire Christopholus & David Locke on a clinical negligence claim that ran again & the influence of Bailey

The whole basis of the clinical negligence system needs reform, a committee of MPs has said