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Reducing access to Judicial Review?
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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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
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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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
Unauthorised access to medical records
- RPC
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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
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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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
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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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
“Sufficient cause” for resuming inquest
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- June 8 2012
In the recent case of R (on the application of Medihani) v HM Coroner for Inner South District of Greater London, the issue of whether a Coroner should resume an inquest following criminal proceedings was considered
Unregistered cosmetic surgery clinic fined £40,000 by CQC
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- June 8 2012
In the first prosecution of its kind, a private clinic has been fined £40,000 for performing cosmetic surgery without being registered
Ability to rescind an earlier decision
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- June 8 2012
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N) was not entitled to rescind its earlier decision that a nurse (B) had no case to answer in respect of allegations of mistreating andor neglecting a patient
Suspension following breach of undertaking
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- June 8 2012
D was suspended for nine months after she breached an undertaking to agree to a professional performance assessment
High Court approves £11m settlement in medical negligence claim involving a girl injured at birth
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- June 8 2012
The NHS has agreed to pay £10.8m in compensation after a hospital’s failure to monitor a woman during labour led to her daughter suffering catastrophic injuries when she was born
