By: 17 July 2018

NHS Resolution ‘right’ to focus on mediation to address costs

NHS Resolution’s suggestion that it could increase its focus on mediation as a means to resolve expensive clinical negligence claims...

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By: 14 June 2018

Civil Liability Bill to return to the House of Commons

Opponents of the Civil Liability Bill have welcomed government concessions on compensation tariffs for victims of whiplash injury, but conceded...

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By: 4 May 2018

Turn down that racket: House of Lords on the Civil Liability Bill

With April 2019 outlined as the government’s aim for bringing the Civil Liability Bill into force, little time remains to...

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By: 24 April 2018

Civil Liability Bill up for debate as motor claims fall

The Civil Liability Bill will receive its second reading in the House of Lords today, as the Compensation Recovery Unit...

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By: 7 April 2018

Claims against pelvic surgeon Anthony Dixon subject to new NHS dispute resolution protocol

Women who believe they were left with life changing complications following surgery performed by the UK’s most influential pelvic surgeon,...

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By: 20 March 2018

Civil Liability Bill draws claimants’ ire

The Civil Liability Bill has attracted widespread condemnation from several claimant groups and law firms. Announced earlier today, the Civil...

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By: 23 February 2018

Drug dispensing errors in NHS cause hundreds of deaths

Drug dispensing errors in the NHS are causing hundreds of deaths every year, according to researchers from the Universities of...

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By: 23 December 2017

GP fears over claims affecting practice, finds MPS

The fear of being sued is a major factor in a significant number of GPs’ decisions to order more tests,...

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