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Doctors and nurses could be sued for mistakes made by the artificial intelligence (AI) equipment they use to treat patients, researchers have warned

Claimants: smile for the camera; costs risks of will challenge; bye bye holiday lets; costs schedules unappealing.

A landmark ruling has reshaped child clinical negligence claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Jodi Newton, head of birth and paediatric negligence at Osbornes Law, explains how the Supreme Court in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5 has overturned Croke v Wiseman, ending the long-standing bar on children recovering ‘lost years’ earnings

The Supreme Court has transformed the law for child personal injury claimants: Jodi Newton sets out the implications for practitioners

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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

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Children have a say in Hague Convention cases, rules Supreme Court

A child’s views can be taken into account during international child abduction proceedings, the Supreme Court has held

Compliance headache for smaller firms

Small and medium-sized law firms have urged regulators to pause plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles

Employers & workers in limbo as backlog mounts

Lawyers have raised the alarm on employment tribunal delays and backlogs, with some cases facing a three-year wait for a hearing

MPs put an end to assisted dying Bill

The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270

Urgent action needed on artificial intelligence risks

MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)

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Clinical negligence

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce

DAC Beachcroft—Kirstie Pike & Simy Khanna