Posted inInquiries Issue 15

Hospital successfully challenges Public Inquiry’s refusal to admit expert evidence

Hospital successfully challenges Public Inquiry’s refusal to admit expert evidence Matthew Hill In the Petition of the Greater Glasgow Health Board for Judicial Review against The Rt Hon Lord Brodie KC PC, Chairman of the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry [2025] CSOH 12 In a rare successful judicial review of a statutory…
February 27, 2025Posted inInquiries, Issue 15Tags:
Posted inInquests Inquiries Issue 9

The Justice Committee Report into the Coroners Service – is a long overdue overhaul in the offing?

The House of Commons Justice Committee – The Coroner Service – First Report of Session 2021-2022 On 27 May 2021, following an inquiry into the effectiveness and capacity of the Coroner Service in England and Wales, the House of Commons Justice Committee published a report calling for a number of…
July 5, 2021Posted inInquests, Inquiries, Issue 9
Posted inInquiries Issue 6

“First Do No Harm”

The Independent Medicines & Medical Devices Safety Review (The Cumberlege Review)  This article originally appeared in Issue 6 (September 2020). “We have been astonished,” wrote the authors of the Cumberlege Report, “how the healthcare system – which includes the NHS, private providers, the regulators and professional bodies, manufacturers, and policymakers…
September 1, 2020Posted inInquiries, Issue 6Tags:
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Being BAME is a Major Risk Factor for Dying of Covid-19 – What Can Be Done About It?

Introduction  This article originally appeared in a Covid-19 Special Issue (July 2020). The Public Health England (“PHE”) review into the disparities in risks and outcomes of COVID deaths was published on 3 June 2020. It was intended to address increasing concerns, notably voiced by the British Medical Association, about the…
July 1, 2020Posted inInquiries, Special IssueTags: