Posted inCosts Issue 15

Costs orders following budgeting – two recent cases

Costs orders following budgeting – two recent cases Worcester v Hopley [2024] EWHC 2181 (KB) (21 Aug 2024) Jenkins v Thurrock Council [2024] EWHC 2248 (KB) (9 Sept 2024) Two judgments recently handed down by Master Thornett illustrate the risk of adverse costs orders being made at Costs Management Conferences…
October 9, 2024Posted inCosts, Issue 15
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 13 Personal injury

Departing from Guidelines and Balancing of Risks in Different Medical Settings

Mrs Marion O'Brien (Administratrix of the Estate of Mr John Berry (Deceased)) v Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 2735 (KB) At [99] HHJ Tindal (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) summarises aptly that “this case turns not on debates about causation – or indeed the…
July 18, 2023Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 13, Personal injuryTags:
Posted inInquests Issue 13

Fresh Inquest into Death by Suicide Following Cessation of Benefits is Granted

Joy Dove v (1) HM Assistant Coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool and (2) Dr Shareen Rahman [2023] EWCA Civ 289 In Issue 10 of QMLR, I considered the judgment of the Divisional Court that refused the Applicant’s four grounds seeking an order to quash the Coroner’s determination. That article, and…
July 18, 2023Posted inInquests, Issue 13Tags:
Posted inInquests Issue 10

Withdrawal of Benefits, Article 2 and Inquests

Dove v HM Assistant Coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool [2021] EWHC 2511 (Admin) Facts Ms Whiting had spinal conditions since her early twenties, which gave her back pain, required surgery, and regular painkillers. She also had a history of mental health problems (depression, drug dependence, and emotionally unstable personality disorder)…
January 24, 2022Posted inInquests, Issue 10Tags: ,
Posted inIssue 9 Public

The Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme

As of 26 July 2021, over 83.8 million vaccines against coronavirus have been given in the UK. Vaccination is continuing at a rate of around 205,000 doses per day. But what can a person do if they suffer a severe disablement due to their vaccine? Since 31 December 2020, one…
July 5, 2021Posted inIssue 9, PublicTags: