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The seventh report summarising Rule 43 reports and responses issued by coroners has been published
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- December 7 2012
Rule 43 reports are issued by coroners to prevent future deaths
More calls for discount rate to be revised
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- December 7 2012
Personal injury claims are often settled on a lump-sum basis, rather than a periodical payments order being made
Reducing access to Judicial Review?
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- December 7 2012
The Government has announced a broad intention to reform access to Judicial Review, mainly by raising fees and imposing tighter time limits for applications
Record personal injury damage award
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- December 7 2012
Allianz, the defendant insurers in Collier v A Norton, were ordered to pay a lump sum of £7.25 million in addition to annual payments of £270,000 to 17-year-old pupil of Cheltenham Ladies College, Agnes Collier
What is “revalidation”?
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- December 7 2012
Revalidation is the process by which the General Medical Council (GMC) will confirm the continuation of a doctor’s licence to practise in the UK
Withdrawal of life-saving treatment “do not resuscitate” orders
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- October 18 2012
Do Not Resuscitate orders have recently become the subject of much debate
Complaints about doctors hit record levels
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- October 18 2012
The General Medical Council received 8,781 complaints in 2011, an increase of 23 from 2010
Unauthorised access to medical records
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- United Kingdom
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- October 18 2012
In Grinyer v Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2011 the court considered the effects of an employee’s unauthorised access to medical records, and suitable damages under the Data Protection Act
Clarification on 10 general damages increase
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- October 18 2012
Following an application by the Association of British Insurers, the Court of Appeal has revised the guidance given in Simmons v Castle 2012 EWCA Civ 1039 on the proposed 10 increase in general damages
Recent cases and other news
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- September 19 2012
This personal injury claim gave the Court of Appeal the opportunity to set guidelines on the measure of general damages
