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An NHS Foundation Trust breached a consultant’s contract by delegating an investigation into his knowledge of nurse Lucy Letby’s case

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

Amy Woolfson analyses the legal position of healthcare professionals who take part in climate activism

Doctors with placards—what is the law? In this week’s NLJ, barrister Amy Woolfson, of 5 St Andrew’s Hill, analyses the legal position where healthcare professionals take part in climate activism

An NHS trust and former ward manager have been found guilty of Health and Safety Act breaches but cleared of corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter, respectively, following the death of Alice Figueiredo

What emerged from the hearings of the Thirlwall Inquiry & what are its likely final recommendations? Richard Scorer reports on the troubling picture it painted

The Thirlwall Inquiry into the deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, in respect of which nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murder and attempted murder, held its final hearings in March

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Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

International arbitration team strengthened by double partner hire

Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

Firm celebrates trio holding senior regional law society and junior lawyers division roles

Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler

Partner joins commercial and business litigation team in London

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Protecting children from VPNs & doomscrolling

The government has pledged to ‘move fast’ to protect children from harm caused by artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, and could impose limits on social media as early as the summer

Mazur appeal begins

All eyes will be on the Court of Appeal (or its YouTube livestream) next week as it sits to consider the controversial Mazur judgment

Trust breached former Letby colleague’s contract

An NHS Foundation Trust breached a consultant’s contract by delegating an investigation into his knowledge of nurse Lucy Letby’s case

Clarity on gender questions in schools

Draft guidance for schools on how to support gender-questioning pupils provides ‘more clarity’, but headteachers may still need legal advice, an education lawyer has said

Funder challenge to Mastercard settlement given green light

Litigation funder Innsworth Capital, which funded behemoth opt-out action Merricks v Mastercard, can bring a judicial review, the High Court ruled last week

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler