The article was authored by David Locke, partner in Hill Dickinson's health litigation team, and first appeared in New Law Journal on 30 January 2020 and is reproduced here with kind permission.
The recent judgment in the case of Collyer -v- Mid Essex Hospitals Services NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 3577 should serve as a reminder that it is for the claimant to prove that the injury was caused by negligent treatment and a defendant need not necessarily provide a non-negligent explanation.
A list of the UK’s top 200 law firms published in The Times yesterday, 14 November, commends full service law firm Hill Dickinson in three separate categories: employment, maritime, and personal injury and clinical negligence.
Regulation, by necessity, introduces rigidity to otherwise flexible processes. Done proportionately, this can be an efficient societal device for preventing harm. At the same time, inherent regulatory rigidity creates particular challenges when the nature of the regulatory target changes quickly or unexpectedly.
Hill Dickinson’s leading national health team continues to grow as new partner Rebecca Hunt joins the firm’s 200-strong health sector practice. Rebecca joins the health litigation team in London where she acts on behalf of NHS organisations in the defence of clinical negligence claims and leads a team of lawyers acting on behalf of NHS Resolution and private insurers.
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The introduction of fixed recoverable costs for low value clinical negligence claims has been at the forefront of discussions for some years now. It is calculated that 60% of clinical negligence claims fall into the under £25,000 bracket. The Civil Justice Council (CJC) report on fixed costs in low-value clinical negligence cases has now been published, proposing some innovative ideas.
Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has been recommended in no fewer than 20 practice areas in this year’s Chambers and Partners UK 2020 legal directory.
