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Personal Injury Compensation

Employers liability

Jennings v Otis Ltd and Another [2023] EWHC 2039 (KB)
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

Best interests of adult lacking capacity

Re VA (Medical Treatment) [2023] EWCA Civ 1190
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

Objection by parents on religious grounds to baby's vaccinations

Re WSP (A Child) (Vaccination: Religious Objection) [2023] EWHC 2622 (Fam)
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

The Covid-19 public inquiry

The broad aims of the Covid-19 Inquiry set out in its terms of reference are to investigate the Covid-19 response and to report on the impact of the Pandemic. The scope of the investigation is very wide, so the approach has been to divide the work..
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

Cases involving very young children

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v G and Others [2023] EWHC 2556 (Fam)
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

Infected blood inquiry

It has been announced that the Infected Blood Inquiry has had to delay publishing its report until March 2023. The Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, commented: "I have been obliged to recognise that the sheer volume and scale of the..
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

The Thirlwall inquiry

Lady Justice Thirlwall, one of the most senior judges in the UK, has been appointed to chair the Public Inquiry that follows the conviction, in August 2023, of nurse Lucy Letby for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven more..
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

Independent review of maternity services in Nottingham

Donna Ockenden, who is leading the independent review of maternity care at Nottingham University NHS Trust, has asked families who believe they may have been affected to become part of the review, and hundreds of letters have been sent to people..
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

Compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder

FGX v Gaunt [2023] EWHC 4129 (KB)
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

Application to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from an adult

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v X and Another [2023] EWCOP 34
Online Published Date:  22 November 2023
Appeared in issue:  6555 - 01 April 2024

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