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First rate healthcare is the primary objective for all health providers. But if patients are dissatisfied and claims are brought, this can be a source of great stress for everyone involved. We understand the challenges you face and we provide pragmatic solutions, handling claims quickly, efficiently and sensitively and collating evidence to help you reduce risk.
One of the largest dedicated clinical negligence teams in the UK including 11 partners representing healthcare providers across the UK.
Members of the NHS Litigation Authority and Medical Protection Society panels as well as acting for insurers of private healthcare providers.
We have extensive experience of claims, from large obstetric brain damage and shoulder dystocia to claims against prison healthcare providers.
Advising NHS clients in relation to multi-million pound settlements by way of Periodical Payment Orders (PPOs).
Joint and several defendant proceedings.
Review and “lessons learned” in regards to claims, inquests and complaints.
Pioneering solutions – we devised a unique process for handling hundreds of claims from children who had been inappropriately medicated using a panel of experts who meet with the parents to decide on all the issues without going to court.
Known for a tenacious and thorough approach to investigations on complex cases, resulting in favourable liability settlements on cerebral palsy cases saving the NHS millions of pounds.
On 7 June 2018 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Duce v Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, providing clarification on a clinician’s duty to disclose material risks to a patient.
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As a result of recent headline cases, on 6 February 2018, Jeremy Hunt MP, the Health Secretary, announced a rapid policy review on gross negligence manslaughter and how it related to the health profession.
Since the Jackson reforms to clinical negligence claims funding (embodied in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012) defendant NHS Trusts are no longer required to pay the claimant’s success fees under CFAs or after-the-event legal expenses insurance premiums.
The implications of the decisions in Bayley v George Elliot Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Shaw v Kovac, and the key issues for consideration in informed consent claims.
One client notes: 'As a whole the team demonstrates public sector values that resonate with us while also maintaining a sensible business approach and pragmatic high-level legal advice.'
Another source says: 'They have a strong team – they are consistent and they marshal their troops very well.'
Browne Jacobson LLP fields a ‘superb team whose client care is second to none; it is supportive throughout of the defendant and very aware of the great strain that litigation puts on them’.
They are excellent lawyers who are easy to contact and have a can-do attitude. They're calm in a crisis and offer a wealth of experience.
Their staff are friendly and engaging and they consistently demonstrate a tenacity to defend claims where there is an important principle at stake.
An extremely effective and efficient player in the medical defence field.
Christine Brown v Dr Hamid [2013] EWHC 4067 (QB), the case resulted in an important limitation on the damages recoverable where negligence has only caused a brief acceleration of a patient’s death.
Kadir v Mistry [2014] ALL ER (D) 247 – the case raised novel points of law regarding fatal injuries which were considered by the Court of Appeal.
Represented a trust in relation to judicial review proceedings following a complex and lengthy jury inquest. The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal and is one of the leading cases on judicial bias.
The way in which the NHS investigates when things go wrong in order to identify learning and prevent future harm is very much in the spotlight with a number of high profile reports and reviews identifying significant weaknesses in the current system.
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On 28 November 2017, the government announced its refreshed maternity safety strategy to prevent avoidable serious incidents in maternity services.
In line with its greater strategic focus on prevention and learning to improve safety, NHS Resolution has today published ‘Five years of cerebral palsy claims’.
A recent judgment by Mr Justice Newey in Richards v Worcestershire County Council and another could have huge implications for local authorities and CCGs providing after-care services to patients.
We provide a package of services for supporting data protection managers. Our DPA breach support services minimise the risk of a data protection breach.
The helpline is staffed by qualified employment solicitors, giving you access to sensible and practical advice.
Even many years after the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act, there is still a long way to go to get it fully embedded in health and social care practice.
In partnership with Nottingham CityCare, we have developed a fixed price end-to-end solution to handle the processing of retrospective Continuing Healthcare claims.
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