By Michael Shaw – Barrister As a direct access barrister specialising in clinical negligence, I have had the privilege of representing many clients. These cases…
By Michael Shaw, Barrister As a direct access barrister specialising in clinical negligence and complex claims, I have had the privilege of representing clients…
A claim that was decided in May 2024 has added a new element to the vexed issue of fundamental dishonesty. Since the very first cases…
LXB v Ridley [2024] EWHC 3352 (KB) The judgment, delivered by Mrs Justice Stacey in the High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division, concerns a…
The courts power to disapply the primary limitation period When dealing with personal injury claims that fall within LA 1980, s 11, the court has…
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE. The King’s Bench Division dismissed the claimant’s claim for damages following a trial of the issues of liability and causation where the claimant…
Shaw v Maguire (Re Preliminary Issues) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 2155 (KB) (25 August 2023) A judge has allowed a claim to continue despite it being…
Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v IN & Ors [2023] EWCOP 32 (21 July 2023) Read the full judgment The person who is subject of…
This is an application by North Bristol NHS Trust (hereafter “the Trust”) for declarations that R lacks capacity to decide whether or not her unborn…