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John Mayberry & Affifa Farrukh on the sweeping statutory powers of the Health Services Safety Investigation Body

The NHS’s safety watchdog may itself need watching. Writing in NLJ this week, John F Mayberry, criminal barrister at 2DRJ, and Affifa Farrukh, consultant physician, examine the sweeping powers granted to the Health Services Safety Investigation Body under the Health and Care Act 2022

Children can claim for ‘lost years’ damages in personal injury cases, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark judgment

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has urged the government to move towards a less adversarial system of clinical negligence, after the total cost to the NHS quadrupled within 20 years to an eye-watering £60bn

The NHS may be paying twice in clinical negligence claims as damages are calculated based on private healthcare packages but patients may go on to use the NHS for treatment, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report last week

Sarah Moore & Harry Wilkinson shed light on the underutilised ‘black box’ of product liability claims

In this week's NLJ, Sarah Moore and Harry Wilkinson of Leigh Day spotlight the untapped evidentiary power of explanted medical devices in product liability claims

Advances in implantable neurotechnologies could have a profound impact on rehabilitation, with consequent game-changing implications for personal injury and clinical negligence claims, Harry Lambert, barrister at Crown Office Chambers, explains in this week’s NLJ.

Coming advances in neurotechnology & their potential impact upon rehabilitation will be nothing short of transformational: Harry Lambert outlines their game-changing implications for personal injury & clinical negligence

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NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire

Sidley—Jeremy Trinder

Global finance group strengthened by returning partner in London

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MPs dissent but deliver on jury trials

The controversial Courts and Tribunals Bill has passed its second reading by 304 votes to 203, despite concerted opposition from the legal profession

Bill to repeal presumption of parental involvement

The presumption of parental involvement is to be abolished, the Lord Chancellor David Lammy has confirmed

No Mazur exception in family court

A highly experienced chartered legal executive has been prevented from representing her client in financial remedies proceedings, in a case that highlights the continued fallout from Mazur

No to interest plans, says CILEX

Plans to commandeer 50%-75% of the interest on lawyers’ client accounts to fund the justice system overlook the cost and administrative burden of this on small and medium law firms, CILEX has warned

Consultation opens on assault of police officers

Lawyers have been asked for their views on proposals to change the penalties for assaulting a police officer

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Clinical negligence

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

Sidley—Jeremy Trinder