In switching a clinical negligence case from legal aid to CFA, the costs judgment in EPX v Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Trust [2019] was an unhelpful decision for ATE insurance premium recovery. It is another win for the paying party – as the claimant lost the appeal against the Master’s initial ruling. The High […]

Having Trouble With an ATE Insurance Premium Recovery in Cases Involving Minors? In a recent judgment A High Court judge has said there is no general rule preventing costs being awarded against children. the ruling ought to strengthen the need for ATE insurance in minor cases is still very much needed and for ATE insurance […]

The Leeds Royal Armouries Museum was the setting for this year’s AvMA conference and is one of three museums across the UK looking after one of the most important national collections of arms and armour in the world. It was a fitting setting for the event, with all of the respective exhibitors ‘ready for battle’ against […]

It was only a few short weeks ago that I was attending the BIBA conference in Manchester and so much has happened since. The UK did not leave the EU, our Prime Minister is standing down, there were the European elections and the rise of the Brexit party. Plus a Conservative party leadership race, with Boris […]

Paul Balen, a consultant at Freeths LLP, is also a Director of Trust Mediation, one of the two providers to the NHS Resolution Mediation Scheme. Below Paul shares his views on mediation for clinical negligence cases, based on actual cases that have been through the process. The impetus to mediate as parties become more familiar […]

By Matthew Best, Underwriting Manager Our Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Team have been involved in a number of leading claims of this type working with leading serious injury litigators. I attended this event and found the conference to be very useful, both in terms of content and relationship building and let’s not forget the […]