CJC group fails to agree fixed costs for clin neg cases – Litigation Futures
‘The working group charged with agreeing fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) for clinical negligence claims worth up to £25,000 has been unable to do so, although it has made progress on process changes.’...
View ArticleJudge demands “level playing field” on recording medical examinations –...
‘The High Court has insisted that there must be a “level playing field” when it comes to recording medical examinations.’ Full StoryLitigation Futures, 21st April 2020Source: www.litigationfutures.com
View ArticleHealth Records and the Deceased – Panopticon
‘The Access to Health Records Act 1990 is an oft-overlooked member of the information rights family, but it can have a useful role to play. In the case of Re AB [2020] EWHC 691 (Fam) (Re AB) it was...
View Article1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Spring 2020 – Issue 5 – 1 Crown Office Row
‘Welcome to the fifth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row.’ Full Story1 Crown Office Row, 15th May 2020Source: www.1cor.com
View ArticleCovid-19 will have “major impact” on £700m medico-legal market – Litigation...
‘The medico-legal and insurance services (MLIS) market had an estimated turnover of £700m last year but the coronavirus will have a “major impact”, a report has warned.’ Full StoryLitigation Futures,...
View ArticleDisclosure of information to GP: not “data” under GDPR – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The High Court has struck out a claim that the disclosure of certain personal information made by a charity to the claimant’s GP was unlawful. Although only summary, this judgment goes to the heart of...
View ArticleWoman jailed after forging court order in bid to obtain medical records of...
‘A woman has been sentenced to an immediate term of imprisonment of 12 months after a High Court judge found she had forged a purported court order and sent it to an NHS trust with the intention of...
View ArticleRe B: Judgment or Press Release? – Transparency Project
‘The judgment has generated some coverage in the legal and mainstream press, and some of the below the line comments suggest that at least within the legal community it has had a mixed reception. In...
View ArticleChildren: Private Law Update December 2020 – Family Law Week
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4PB analyses some recent important judgments in private children law.’ Full StoryFamily Law Week, 8th December 2020Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
View ArticleUnnecessary Private Law Applications – a warning shot from the judiciary –...
‘Marie Crawford, barrister of Becket Chambers, reflects on a recent children law judgment and its implications for parties and practitioners.’ Full StoryFamily Law Week, 16th December 2020Source:...
View ArticleImproper Non-Disclosure of a Complainant’s Medical Records – Pump Court Chambers
‘A Complainant (“C”) refuses to consent to his GP providing the Crown with medical records. The Defendant (“D”) has requested disclosure of these records, on the understanding that C has a history of...
View ArticleLabour asks NHS and Matt Hancock to pause plans for sharing patient data –...
‘Labour has urged the NHS and Matt Hancock to pause their plan to share medical records from GPs to allow time for greater consultation on how the idea would work, saying that maintaining patients’...
View Article1,500 more patients of jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson recalled – The...
‘Health officials are recalling a further 1,500 patients of the jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson, more than two decades after he treated them, after the discovery of an old IT database.’ Full...
View ArticleBetsi Cadwaladr: Apology over Jean Graves, 10 years on – BBC News
‘A son has accepted a settlement and an apology from the north Wales health board nearly 10 years after his mother was a patient in a mental health unit.’ Full StoryBBC News, 26th March 2023Source:...
View ArticleWarnings over NHS data privacy after ‘stalker’ doctor shares woman’s records...
‘The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown into doubt after a “stalker” hospital doctor accessed and shared highly sensitive information about a woman who had started dating her...
View ArticlePolice barred from requesting rape victims’ medical and school records –...
‘Police will be barred from asking for rape victims’ therapy, health, school or other personal records unless it is “absolutely necessary” under new laws to reverse plummeting conviction rates.’ Full...
View ArticleGoogle representative action on behalf of 1.6m people struck out – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has struck out a representative action brought on behalf of 1.6m people who claimed Google and DeepMind Technologies misused their medical records.’ Full StoryLegal Futures, 22nd May...
View ArticleLaw Commission calls for tighter rules on use of personal records in rape...
‘Greater restrictions should be introduced on the use of rape complainants’ personal records and evidence relating to their sexual behaviour to avoid rape myths contaminating trials in England and...
View ArticleJudge throws out DeepMind NHS data action – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A representative claim on behalf of 1.6 million people whose medical records were drawn upon to help Google subsidiary DeepMind develop an app has been thrown out by the High Court because of the...
View ArticleCambridgeshire NHS trust makes U-turn over suicides review – BBC News
‘The deaths of dozens of patients at a mental health trust who took their own lives will be reviewed externally after fears of a “cover-up” were raised.’ Full StoryBBC News, 19th September 2023Source:...
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