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Our specialist
team handles claims for compensation arising from clinical negligence
causing personal injury, death and/or economic loss arising from:
GP Negligence
Dental Negligence
NHS or Privately
Funded Hospital Negligence
Privately Funded
Health Practitioner's Negligence
Defective medical
products (e.g. drugs, implants)
Negligence may
arise from treatment that has gone wrong, use of the wrong treatment,
delay or failure to diagnose and/or treat a condition, or failure
to obtain valid consent.
It is also essential
to prove that the negligence made a difference to the outcome.
NB: Clinical
negligence claims must generally be brought within strict time limits.
These are usually 3 years from the alleged negligence or 3 years
from the date the claimant should have realised that their treatment
had caused significant injury. Different time limits apply to children
and mentally disabled people, and there is discretion to extend
the time limits. We can advise about this.
We also advise
upon all aspects of medical law and related matters, including:
Inquests
GP, Hospital
and GMC Complaints Procedures
Rectifying errors
in medical records
Options for
treatment of patients without mental capacity
Human Rights
issues related to medical treatment
We have particular
experience and expertise in cases involving head or spinal injury
Community Legal
Services:
A full Community Legal Service (formerly Legal Aid) is offered.
We have a CLS Franchise. Conditional fees: It is now possible to
be represented on a "no win - no fee" basis.
Thomson Snell
& Passmore is one of seven law firms drafted in by two national
charities working in the field of brain injury - BIBIC - British
Institute for Brain Injured Children and CBIT - Child Brain Injury
Trust to form the Child Brain Injury Legal Group.
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