The UK government has launched a crucial evaluation process for the whiplash tariff system. The Civil Liability Act 2018 ushered in...

Guy’s Hospital in London has issued an apology to more than 100 women after their eggs and embryos were likely damaged during the...

Families will be able to request an urgent review from hospitals if they are worried about the condition of a loved one in critical care...

As a doctor, do you worry about medical negligence complaints? It's estimated that 37 complaints are made against doctors in the NHS in...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has not yet ruled out the introduction of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) for low-value...

NHS England (NHSE) has launched a consultation on the future of its never events framework, seeking views on whether it is an effective...

A defendant solicitor has claimed the number of dishonest claims for industrial injury is on the rise, citing two such cases which were...

Patients injured by pelvic mesh implants have said they feel let down by the legal system as their struggles for compensation have...

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is pressing ahead with reforms to the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime that came into force in October,...

The number of motor-related personal injury claims fell yet again in 2023 – continuing a downward trend that has now lasted long beyond...

A young boy whose symptoms were dismissed by doctors as an ear infection or “possibly autism” has died of cancer. Sebastian Nunney was...

The Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a clinical negligence claim in circumstances where no expert report had been obtained by...

A Tesco delivery driver who staged a series of crash for cash accidents has been ordered to pay his former employer £18,000 in exemplary...

APIL has pressed the government to remove all fatal cases from the forthcoming fixed costs scheme for lower-value clinical negligence...

Doctors do not owe a duty of care to their patients’ families to protect them against psychiatric illness that might be caused from...

Hospital neglect contributed to the death of a two month old baby after staff turned off emergency alarms, a coroner has ruled. Louella...

Research by First4Lawyers has revealed that many law firms are deciding not to deal with lower-value road traffic accident claims due to...

The grieving widower of a nurse who died after her cancer was overlooked told an inquest she was a 'beautiful... shining star', whose...

The lack of detail in the government plans for fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) for lower-value clinical negligence cases is “extremely...

The period between a liability decision and the insurer making a first offer is where the ever-lengthening delays in the Official Injury...