NATIONWIDE CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE SOLICITORS
Compensation claims for dental or medical negligence are usually technical and complex legal matters that are often defended but frequently lead to high awards of damages by the courts. To ensure that you obtain judgement and receive compensation it is important to have specialist clinical negligence solicitors involved from the very beginning of your claim. Our clinical negligence solicitors have many years experience of handling medical claims and are members of The Law Society panel of medical negligence experts. Legal aid is still available for qualifying applicants and for those who do not qualify it may be possible to take legal action using the no win no fee scheme.
If you believe that your doctor has been negligent and you would like free advice on our Legal Aid and no win no fee claim service then just complete the form and a member of The Law Society panel of medical negligence experts will telephone you to discuss your claim.
KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS FOR LAW SOCIETY PANEL MEMBERSHIP
- Area of Law
- Common Law of Negligence and Vicarious Liability.
- Statutes concerned with liability.
- Knowledge of the inter-relationship between personal injury work and
State benefits.
- The rules concerning limitation of actions.
- Relevant European Community legislation.
- Rules of the Supreme and County Court.
- Claims arising from death.
- Additional knowledge
- Structure of the NHS.
- Relevance of NHS (Crown). Indemnity.
- Rules relating to complaints to hospitals, the Family Health Service
Authority, the General Medical Council and the Health Service
Commissioner.
- Different considerations when dealing with private health care.
- Role of the medical defence bodies.
- Role of the Community Health Councils.
- Professional rules of the medical profession.
- Clinical negligence solicitors must have adequate medical knowledge to read medical records and know what
should be there, to understand the implications of medical reports and
assess their objectivity, and to assess the legal relevance of the
medical issues of the case.
- Knowledge of support agencies and their rules.
- Procedure
- Pre-litigation - hospital complaints procedures, complaints to the
FHSA, the Ombudsman and the GMC.
- The rules relating to inquests and the Court of Protection.
- Legal Aid.
- Special directions - exchange of medical reports, timetable. evidence
of defendant doctor.
- Structured settlements.
- Ethical Issues
- Awareness of the ethical issues and problems arising in clinical
negligence litigation, particularly in relation to the disclosure of medical
experts' opinions to their clients.
- Awareness of the medical ethical code and the general professional
relationships between members of the medical and nursing
professions, as well as the delicate position of doctors who give expert
evidence against their colleagues.
- Professional Skills
- General Skills
- Relating to and handling client who have suffered trauma.
- Negotiation
- Interviewing
- Advising Clients
- Drafting
- Advocacy
- Appraisal of issues
- Specialist Skills
- Drafting of pleadings
- Investigation and other research
- Assessment of damages and calculation of interest
- Case management
- Selecting and using expert witnesses
LEGAL AID - NO WIN NO FEE
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