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| Posted By : Bill On 17/03/2016 16:45:00 | |
| Because I've seen a lot of clinical negligence cases recently, it’s very much on my mind, so I've been checking and up-dating my database of experts. It makes fascinating reading, in the sense that so much of what solicitors occasionally struggle with is the selection of a good expert, and so often we can help. 25 midwives, 46 obstetricians, 46 paediatricians and neonatologists, 19 paediatric neurologists (but what a struggle they are!), plus loads of paediatric experts eg cardiac, endocrine, haematology, intensivist, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, radiology, liver disease and immunisation. It’s surprising how many different ways there are of negligently damaging children through medical treatment! They vary, in my opinion, from absolutely first rate, and at the top of their field, to being unusable. Just think what a difference a bad choice can make!! | |
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| Clinical negligence and compensation |
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| Posted By : Bill On 16/03/2016 09:15:00 | |
| I've seen several brain injury clinical negligence cases recently, and they provide a fascinating range of different factual situations, and different prospects of success. It’s so sad that, behind each case, there is a badly injured person, who desperately needs compensation to live a good quality of life. Part of the challenge for the lawyers is to get to the heart of the problem. It is easy to be distracted by complaints, which may well be entirely justified, but which do not progress a technical legal claim against a hospital, and can sometimes serve to distract the attention away from the real issue. | |
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| National Autistic Society Award |
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| Posted By : Bill On 10/03/2016 08:45:00 | |
| Over the last five years, we have had a small group in Chambers which has been providing free representation for families of autistic children who need help in the process of trying to achieve proper education and support. I'm very proud to say that, last week, we were awarded the national award by the National Autistic Society for best provider of family support, in recognition of our pro bono work. That means that we all give up our time, free of charge and paying our own expenses, in order to advise and represent families. We do it because we believe in it. This prestigious award fits in precisely with the values of our Chambers. Bill | |
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| Manchester Chambers Pupillage Forum |
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| Posted By : Bill On 12/02/2016 09:45:00 | |
| We had a delightful day in our Manchester Chambers yesterday; it was our pupillage forum, to which we invite applications, and then select about 20 people to come and spend the day with us. We start with tea, coffee and biscuits, and then spend about 45 minutes talking about some of the realities of life at the Bar (for example, how we now operate as a commercial organisation – a business selling professional services – and what sort of non-legal qualities barristers need to have in order to succeed). We then provide a long session on advocacy, given by the Chair of the Northern Circuit Advocacy Training, during which he encourages the audience to participate in discussing and analysing a fictional case which we send them in advance. Lunch is followed by a description of our system of selecting pupils, and then we ask a current pupil and a moderately junior tenant to chat, and invite questions – the senior ones leave the room, so that no-one feels inhibited! There was lots of tweeting going on, on #pupillage and #exchangepupillageforum. | |
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