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We were delighted to hear this week that our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams have been short listed for the second consecutive year in the 2012 Proclaim Personal Injury Awards, in the ‘Claimant team of the year’ category. In...
Our Civil Liberties team was recently involved in a high profile case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) concerning three offenders who had been jailed indefinitely without being given access to courses which would have aided their rehabilitation. ...
There has been a recent flurry of merger and acquisition news perhaps pointing towards hope in the market. BAE and EADS have confirmed merger talks, while Xstrata has been given an extra week to decide on a revised $36billion bid from Glencore. A few months...
The issue of duress has come under the spotlight in relation to whether a threat of false imprisonment could suffice for the defence of duress. Dao & Ors v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 1717 (31 July 2012) considered this point: The case in essence stated that...
Figures from the General Medical Council have revealed complaints have soared by 69% in the last three years. Last year 8,781 complaints were made against all types of Doctors, up by 23% in just 12 months. The likelihood that a complaint about a doctor will...
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), hundreds of hospital patients are dying of dehydration each year. The figures reveal that dehydration was a contributing factor in 812 deaths and the cause of a further 155 deaths in 2010, the latest...
The number of complaints in the UK made to the General Medical Council (GMC) about doctors has risen 23% in the past year, the regulator says. The report from the GMC said that in 2011 there were 8,781 complaints compared to 7,153 in 2010. This increase is...
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) states that if a small business feels its application for finance has been unfairly rejected it should take advantage of the appeals process. It has been reported that 49% of small business loan and overdraft applications...
With only 69 days to go to the start of Road Safety Week, an initiative sponsored by Brake, the road safety charity they have announced the theme this year is ‘Slower Speeds = Happy People.’ They will be raising awareness of the vital...
Stephensons and Barnardo’s have been shortlisted for a prestigious Law Society Excellence Award. We’re shortlisted in the ‘excellence in community investment’ category, and it’s all down to the work we’ve been...
The Daily Mail has recently reported that nearly one in ten patients saw their GP five or more times before being referred to hospital to be tested for cancer. The Daily Mail has also reported that on average, 25% of those who go on to be diagnosed...
Last July, Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, spoke to the BBC after his visit to the Florida State Penitentiary and an inspection of the death chamber there. Since the reintroduction of the death penalty in Florida in 1979, 73 people have been executed by...
On August 31st, German company Grunenthal issued an apology to all the victims of the thalidomide birth defects tragedy. This is the first apology that has been issued by the company since the drug was released on to the market over half a century ago....
When the NHS took over medical care in jails from the Prison Medical Service in 2005, it was hoped that this would improve the medical treatment of prisoners dramatically. However, The Guardian has recently published a harrowing story which highlights the...
Police seized the millionth uninsured vehicle last month, which may be seen as the police cracking down on the issue. But many still argue that the fines are too lenient, leading to people, in this difficult economic climate, taking the risk as the fine may...
Official NHS data taken from the ‘NHS Safety Thermometer,’ which was launched in April this year, has shown that more than 20% of patients in some NHS Hospitals suffer harm due to avoidable accidents, complications and mistakes. The Department...
The Telegraph has recently reported that the new leader of the British Medical Association Dr Porter, has warned that key services throughout the NHS are being rationed as a result of budget cuts. Dr Porter said that there was a ‘realistic...
The Guardian has recently reported that in the last year, written complaints to the NHS rose by more than 8%, with the service receiving more than 3,000 complaints a week. The NHS Information Centre have reported that in 2011-2012 they received 162,129...
