Monthly Archives: April 2015

FATAL ACCIDENTS AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND TIMELY WARNINGS

 Fatal accident litigation can give rise to very specific problems in the context of clinical negligence.   All fatal accidents always throw up their own unique problems.  Recent cases have demonstrated a number of particular areas of concern for all practitioners, but particularly those instructed where medical negligence has caused, or hastened, death. WHAT THE CASES […]

FATAL ACCIDENT AND FATAL PLEADINGS: THE NEED TO PLEAD AND PROVE FOREIGN LAW

Originally posted on Civil Litigation Brief:
On the face of it the case of Bianco -v- Bennett [2015] EWHC 626 (QB) is simply a case about fatal accidents. I was going to discuss it solely on the Fatal Accident Blog. On close reading, however, it reveals some procedural issues. THE CASE The claimant was the…