20th March 2018
James Bell, partner in the clinical negligence department of Hodge Jones Allen, says: “We need to remember that seriously injured people, many with long term care needs, were undercompensated between 2001 – 2017 when the discount rate was set at the insurer friendly figure of 2.5%. The insurers made hay while the sun shone for…
15th February 2018
Commenting on today’s Department of Health consultation response to Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims, Agata Usewicz, head of the clinical negligence team at London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen, says: “It is dispiriting that the NHS’s focus remains on clamping down of “spiralling” clinical negligence costs, when the most…
8th February 2018
The inquest into the death of 33-year-old Richard Handley from Lowestoft in Suffolk concluded today with a finding of gross failure to the actions of Ipswich Hospital, part of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. In his narrative conclusion, HM Senior Coroner for Suffolk, Dr Peter Dean, found that changes to Richard’s diet and…
8th December 2017
The High Court has ruled that Charing Cross Hospital was negligent in failing to tell a 28-year-old man that doctors had removed a cancerous tumour from his stomach. In a judgment issued today, His Honour Judge Peter Hughes QC – sitting as a High Court judge – found that Raul Guiu Gallardo had been “lost…
3rd October 2017
HJA’s Clinical Negligence team has been shortlisted for the Clinical Negligence Team of the Year award at the 2017 Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury Awards. Now in their tenth anniversary year, these awards highlight and celebrate the excellence of individuals and organisations across the personal injury claims sector. Commenting on the announcement Agata Usewicz, Head of…
