Archive for June, 2015
Cashman v MID Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1312 (QB)
In detailed assessment proceedings, the claimant had submitted a bill in the sum of around £260,000 but had made an offer to settle closer to £152,000 pursuant to Part 36. At the assessment hearing, the bill was assessed at around £170,000. The claimant sought the additional amount provided for in CPR 36.14(3), representing 10% of […]
June 28, 2015
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3 tips to avoid a medical slip-up
Consideration was given for the editing and publication of this post. No one thinks being a doctor is easy – so why do we give them such a hard time when they mess up? The answer is obvious – these are people with the lives of others in their hands every day, leaving them open […]
June 22, 2015
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Vann v Ocidental [2015] EWCA Civ 572
Proceedings arose from an accident in Portugal in which two pedestrians were killed after being knocked down by a speeding car while in the process of crossing a road. The case came for trial before Supperstone J on 17th and 18th February 2014. It was an agreed fact at trial that soon after the pedestrians […]
June 15, 2015
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