The Future of Clinical Negligence Claims in 2025
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 11 seconds) Navigating change: the future of clinical negligence claims in 2025 As we approach the end of 2024, the clinical negligence sector continues to be influenced by potential legislative changes, government reviews and the ongoing […]
Read moreNHS Reform and Clinical Negligence: What Lord Darzi’s Review Means for Claimant Solicitors and Stakeholders
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 22 seconds) In the interests of full disclosure – this article includes some AI-generated research content. This enabled us to widen the scope slightly in what we’ve commented on below. We then reviewed the content, checking […]
Read moreClinical Negligence Claims Agreement
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 54 seconds) The Clinical Negligence Claims Agreement (“CNCA”) has come into effect as of 26 August 2024. It supersedes the earlier Covid-19 Clinical Negligence Protocol. The Agreement is designed to promote collaboration and to encourage positive […]
Read moreThe New UK Labour Government: Implications for Clinical Negligence Claims
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 31 seconds) In the spirit of a new government and in the interests of full disclosure – this article includes some AI-generated research content. Specifically we asked Chat GPT to ‘Prepare an article for a newsletter […]
Read moreFixed Recoverable Costs for lower value – clinical negligence claims – implementation delay update
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 41 seconds) Temple had already reported in December 2023 that the supplementary consultation on disbursements was taking place with a closing date of 22nd December 2023. As of today the results of the consultation have not […]
Read moreLandmark Clinical Negligence Secondary Victim Appeal Ends in Disappointment for Claimants at the Supreme Court
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 42 seconds) The Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment on conjoined clinical negligence cases concerning psychiatric injuries suffered by secondary victims. Specifically, the case of Paul which concerned a failure to diagnose a life-threatening condition […]
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