Medical Negligence Litigation
A Practitioner's Guide
Legal Action Group (Publisher)
Published in February 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-905099-55-2 (ISBN)
Description
Medical-negligence litigation is a complex and potentially confusing area, fraught with difficulty for the inexperienced practitioner. This practice guide concisely sets out the substantive law before leading the reader through all the stages of running a medical-negligence action on behalf of plaintiffs. Practical in approach, the book covers negotiation, tactics and relations with the client and witnesses, as well as law and procedure. Risks and costs are emphasized throughout, and means to reduce them suggested. The book's step-by-step approach is designed to make it easy to find information, and the appendices contain an extended case-study as well as valuable precedents and other useful information, such as a glossary of medical terms, health circulars, and relevant addresses and telephone numbers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
checklists, glossary, addresses
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-905099-55-2 (9780905099552)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The substantive law of medical-negligence; legal aid and funding the action; the first interview and preparing to investigate a claim; commencing the investigation - pre-action discovery; the records and how to respond to them; choosing and instructing the expert; choosing and instructing counsel and arranging the first conference with experts; the conference; limitation; issuing proceedings and pleadings; the summons for directions and other interlocutory applications; exchange of evidence with the defendants; damages; the schedule of special damages; the trial; settlement and structured settlements; the end of the client's case; the medical inquest v the future; postscript - Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee.