Lawyers representing a 60-year-old man who suffered a brain haemorrhage the day after he was sent home from hospital have negotiated a £330,000 settlement of his clinical negligence claim against the NHS. The man had been born with learning and mobility difficulties but had managed to hold down a job as a janitor at an […]

Unlike the rest of Europe, the UK has no statute of limitations for serious sexual crimes. Whilst victims of sexual abuse may derive some comfort from seeing perpetrators imprisoned, there is a general lack of awareness that they are often also entitled to an award of compensation if the abuser is successfully prosecuted. In one […]

A 16-year-old girl from Manchester has received £10,000 in damages after she had to have two teeth extracted because her dentist failed to spot that she was suffering from tooth decay. Matilda Bruchard suffered months of pain before the teeth that were causing her problems were taken out. She was five years old when she […]

A fruit picker who suffered life-changing injuries in a fatal road accident – in which an unroadworthy coach broke down on a foggy motorway and was shunted from behind by a passing lorry – has won £2 million in compensation from motor insurers. The man, aged in his 30s, was one of 34 passengers on […]

Junior doctors, even the government concedes, are the backbone of the NHS. They comprise a significant proportion of the workforce of the NHS and already provide medical cover for patients 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. They are a diverse group. At one end of the scale are the newly qualified doctors in […]

You might think that 18th Century British politics is not an obvious starting point for an analysis of the current Tory Government’s Trade Union Bill. Here’s why I think it is. David Cameron and George Osborne have taken inspiration from the Whig Supremacy the period 1715 – 1760 when the Whigs took total control of […]