Clinical Negligence News

3PB is delighted to welcome Angela Grahame QC (Scot) to 3PB. Angela becomes the first female QC from the Scottish Bar to practice at the Bar in England and Wales. This move comes in the year that many in the legal profession around the UK are marking the Centenary of Women in the Law and notable female ‘firsts’.

Bringing a claim for periodontal disease can be straightforward in terms of breach of duty. Causation can be more problematic. The recent QBD case of Karen Haughton-v-Dr Minersh Patel is one such case and deserves further analysis in terms of how the Claimant was able to prove liability and recover substantial damages despite the complex causation arguments put forward by the Defendant and in particular the smoking defence. Click here to read Sarah Mynard's analysis.

3PB’s Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Group are delighted to be supporting The Child Brain Injury Trust by sponsoring and organising the inaugural Midlands Golf Day & Dinner on Tuesday 21st May at Olton Golf Club. This golf day will help raise crucial funds for the Child Brain Injury Trust and highlight the fine work the charity undertakes. The Child Brain Injury Trust was established by a group of health professionals in 1991 to research and provide...

3PB is pleased to announce its recruitment of barrister Sarah Mynard, a highly successful personal injury litigator and solicitor-advocate who has been the director of Wisdom Law, her own dental negligence practice since 2009. Sarah has over 25 years experience, qualifying as a solicitor in 1991 and becoming a barrister last year. She holds the Solicitors' Civil Higher Rights of Audience qualification which has enabled her to represent her clients in the Higher Courts in...

3PB are delighted to host more than 50 delegates for this two-day course for those who are new to the specialist field of clinical negligence. The event, organised by the charity Action Against Medical Accidents, is especially suitable for trainee and newly qualified solicitors, paralegals, legal executives and medico-legal advisors, and will provide the fundamental knowledge necessary to develop a career in clinical negligence. Expert speakers with a wealth of experience will cover all stages...

Susan Jones successfully opposed High Court Appeal before Mrs Justice Lambert Arising out of a Public Trial, at which Susan acted for the Claimant at First instance, the Appellate Local Authority challenged a decision of a Circuits Judge on 5 Grounds, which Susan categorised under two headings: Whether the Judge was wrong to allow the Claimant’s oral application to rely on his witness statement, which despite his inability to read had not been verified by...

Following 3PB’s recent appointments to several large personal injury and clinical negligence panels across the UK, our well-known personal injury and clinical negligence groups are recruiting for new practitioners – of all levels of seniority – to join any of our six offices: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, London, Oxford or Winchester. Applications from PI and Clinical negligence teams or small groups with a mix of experience led by a senior member are also welcome. You will...