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Human Rights | Talking Tactics | When is Kettling Justified Asks Richard Scorer
Date: 02 March 2012
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In briefThe need for imminence or immediacy of a threat to peace as a prerequisite for kettling. The state should not lightly infringe the freedom to protest, and proper scrutiny ...
Will natural sympathy for asbestos sufferers trump policy concerns?
Date: 13 January 2012
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Divided loyalties? Will natural sympathy for asbestos sufferers trump policy concerns?Elizabeth Carley reports In brief How will the courts deal with the rise in litigation surrounding lower level exposure ...
Richard Scorer examines the legal principles behind the child abuse scandal in the Catholic Church
Date: 25 November 2011
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
In brief: the extent to which the church should be held institutionally liable for the behaviour of individual priests. Child abuse compensation claims have increased in recent years and ...
Councillor sparks outrage with controversial comments suggesting that parents are benefiting from their children’s disabilities
Date: 15 November 2011
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Service: Medical Negligence
The Lancashire Evening Post recently reported the controversial statements of Preston City Councillor Carl Crompton, which suggested that parents are benefiting financially from their children’s disabilities. During ...
Pituitary problems after brain injury
Date: 12 October 2011
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Service: Personal Injury; Serious Injury; Serious/Catastrophic Injury
By Carol Jackson, Solicitor at Pannone and Mike Barnes, Professor of Neurorehabilitation This article provides an overview of the functions of the pituitary gland, how it can be damaged in ...
Kettling matters
Date: February 2011
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Richard Scorer considers the rights and wrongs of kettling. Kettling is a police method for management of large demonstrations. Cordons of police contain a crowd within a limited area. Protesters ...
A client for life – our assistance does not end when the case finishes
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
As well as advising our clients on legal issues, we like to ensure clients build a better future for themselves in the long term after the case has settled. ...
Court of Protection explained
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Clients often ask us what the Court of Protection is about, and how it works. Emma Holt, Head of our Medical Negligence team, provides some answers. When someone is ...
Time to act
Date: 26 November 2010
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
The following article is part of the New Law Journal publication. Richard Scorer says local authorities must stand up for at-risk children Children in care are among the most vulnerable ...
Court of Appeal ruling on employers liability trigger litigation
Date: November 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Personal Injury
Handed down on 8th October 2010, 'Durham -v- BAI and Others [210] EWCA civ 1096 has caused concern in the Claimant asbestos community even though, on the face of it, the Claimants were ...
Where the heart is
Date: 28 September 2010
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Richard Scorer asks who cares best? Home or hospice? It has long been accepted in personal injury claims that an injured claimant may seek damages from the tortfeasor in respect ...
Hydrotherapy
Date: August 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Hydrotherapy is the use of warm, deep water in a quiet environment for the therapeutic effect of: alleviating the discomfort of physical impairment maintaining a range of movement It is ...
Hippotherapy
Date: August 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Recreation opportunities for people with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy are often very limited and restricted to activities which take place indoors. In this article, Emma Holt looks at ...
Developmental dysplasia of the hips
Date: August 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Developmental dysplasia of the hips (DDH) can be difficult to detect and we occasionally see cases where a child's condition is more severe because of a delay in diagnosis. ...
Psychological therapies for victims of traumatic brain injury – and how medical evidence plays a crucial role
Date: August 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
In this article Richard Scorer, Head of Pannone's Personal Injury team, looks at psychological therapies for victims of traumatic brain injury and explores some of the issues to be ...
Fears about patient safety with abolition of ‘arms length’ quango
Date: August 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
The culling of the public body responsible for ensuring the safety of patients in our hospitals should be of grave concern to us all. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) ...
‘Hot tubbing’ for expert witnesses?
Date: August 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
'Hot tubbing' is legal slang for concurrent expert evidence. Currently in England and Wales, experts giving evidence in court do so sequentially. In other words, an expert is examined and ...
HRA 1998: who benefits?
Date: 16 July 2010
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Richard Scorer considers the lessons and consequences of Smith. The issue of whether British soldiers serving overseas should have the benefit of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) was considered by ...
Unequal victims
Date: April 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Personal Injury
Pleural plaque sufferers deserve better justice than a UK postal lottery, says Richard Scorer, head of personal injury at Pannone, Manchester. Pleural plaques are a scarring on the lung caused ...
Cyclists - Should they be insured?
Date: January 2010
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Service: Personal Injury
It is estimated that there are over 30,000,000 cars, vans, taxis, buses and lorries registered for use on UK roads at any one time but there are fewer cyclists. The number ...
Specialist advice – now more important than ever with budgets being tight
Date: January 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
I joined Pannone last month as a Partner and the new Head of our Disability Rights and Community Care law team. In this article I look at some of ...
What is ‘public law’?
Date: January 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Richard Scorer, Head of Personal Injury at Pannone, tells all ... Public law is a growing area of legal work. It relates to the powers and duties of public bodies, ...
What is Cerebral palsy? And how claims arise
Date: January 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Doctors use the term cerebral palsy to describe a set of neurological conditions that affect a person's movement and co-ordination, but which can cover a whole range of conditions ...
Disability rights and community care
Date: January 2010
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
In this first edition of our Serious Injury Newsletter for 2010 we focus on disability rights and community care law. These areas of law are concerned with ensuring that disabled ...
Silent killer: Pleural plaques—where now?
Date: 07 December 2009
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Pleural plaques-where now? Asks Richard Scorer Assuming that the inhalation of asbestos fibres is the result of negligence, should persons suffering from pleural plaques be entitled to compensation for personal ...
Are emergency vehicle drivers above the law?
Date: November 2009
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Catherine Leech, Partner in our Personal Injury department, highlights the growing problem of collisions involving emergency vehicles travelling at high speed.A case before the Court of Appeal earlier this ...
Damages claim shows importance of health & safety rules
Date: November 2009
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Carol Jackson, Partner in Pannone's Personal Injury department, looks at a case where basic health and safety rules were overlooked resulting in a young girl sustaining a permanent disability....
Fatal accident claims
Date: November 2009
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Claims for damages after the loss of a loved one are emotional and distressing. No amount of money can compensate you for such a loss. Deirdre Healy, Partner in our ...
Casualties of war
Date: 23 October 2009
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Richard Scorer examines a hidden epidemic suffered by British soldiers The possibilities for civil compensation for soldiers suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are currently bedevilled by several legal ...
Inquests and raising awareness
Date: September 2009
Publication: Clinical Negligence
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Earlier this year, Gill Edwards, Partner in Pannone's Clinical Negligence department, reported on an inquest which revealed problems in staffing levels at Tameside General Hospital but also raised a ...
Wrongly accused – a 10 year fight for justice
Date: September 2009
Publication: Clinical Negligence
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
In September 2008, after a 10 year fight which she took all the way to the European Court of Human Rights, Emma Holt, Head of Pannone's Clinical Negligence department, finally got ...
A preventable death
Date: September 2009
Publication: Clinical Negligence
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Laura Morgan, Partner in the Clinical Negligence department, represented the family of Kathleen Doherty Deceased at the Inquest touching upon her death with Counsel Alastair Forrest. The family have ...
Monitoring equipment turned off results in client’s death
Date: September 2009
Publication: Clinical Negligence
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Helen Budge, Associate Solicitor in our Clinical Negligence department, comments on the recent Inquest held into the death of a 60-year-old grandfather who died after the volume on a hospital ...
Damage limitation
Date: 14 August 2009
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Claimants cannot afford to lose part of their damages in legal costs, says Richard Scorer Assuming the claimant is successful, who should pay the legal costs in a personal injury (...
Court rules time is no healer
Date: August 2009
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Toxic soup" judgment highlights potential for litigation years after original incident The High Court judgment which found that Corby district council had been "extensively negligent" in its ...
Unacceptable treatment
Date: July 2009
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Kris Inskip, Partner in our Clincial Negligence department, obtained substantial damages for a London man who suffered total left-sided blindness, balance difficulties and a lack of sense of taste and ...
Empowering disabled people - disabled access & discrimination
Date: July 2009
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Since the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, subsequently amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the definition of disability has evolved from the traditional medical model to that of the ...
Visual loss & its complications
Date: July 2009
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Emma Holt, Head of our Clinical Negligence department, considers some of the circumstances where visual complications can be caused by medical error.Medical treatment is usually very good and thankfully ...
Sensory loss after a head injury
Date: July 2009
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Richard Scorer, Head of our Personal Injury department, looks at sensory loss implications after a head injury.The brain can be affected in multiple ways by traumatic injuries. During an ...
Jurisdiction matters
Date: 25 May 2009
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
In my article on Rome II I explained how Council Regulation 864/2007/ EC on "the law applicable to non-contractual obligations" lays down a new body of choice of law ...
Adding insult to injury
Date: February 2009
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Personal injury victims deserve a guarantee that their compensation needs will be met, says Richard Scorer Mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos, ...
Supporting Charities
Date: December 2008
Publication: Clinical Negligence
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Julianne MacLennan discusses a few of the charities that the Clinical Negligence department actively support.On a daily basis we are involved with clients and their families who have been ...
Emma Holt
Date: December 2008
Publication: Clinical Negligence
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On 1st May 2008 Emma Holt took over from John Kitchingman as Head of the Clinical Negligence department at Pannone.Emma, a graduate of Manchester University, was a law lecturer before ...
John Kitchingman
Date: December 2008
Publication: Clinical Negligence
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
John Kitchingman was Head of the Clinical Negligence department at Pannone Solicitors from the mid 1980s until May this year. Whilst John continues in his work as a clinical ...
The future costs of care
Date: November 2008
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Richard Scorer, Partner and Head of our Personal Injury department, discusses the future costs of care."Thousands of people in England will receive more help towards their care costs&...
Living life to the full
Date: November 2008
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
In a previous edition of this newsletter, we reported on the walk in a country park that led to tragedy for 27 year old Louise Carhart from Middleton, Manchester, when, through ...
Holiday insurance battle
Date: November 2008
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Catherine Leech, Partner in our Personal Injury department, comments on a particular case that involved difficulty in receiving payout from a holiday insurance policy and highlights the need for those ...
Motorcycle accident: Barber v Brown and M.I.B.
Date: November 2008
Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Catherine Leech looks at the case of Graham Barber and his motorcycle accident.At around 6pm on the 29th April 2003 Graham Barber, 42, was driving his motorcycle home from work along ...
Assisting death
Date: July 2008
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
Terminally ill patients should have the right to choose when to die...and who should help them, says Richard ScorerAssisting a person to die is against the law of England ...
Time for change
Date: February 2008
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Medical Negligence; Personal Injury
The law on suicide is out of kilter with modern society, says Richard ScorerThe Suicide Act 1961 (SA 1961) overturned the previous rule of law which made it a crime for a ...
Zero tolerance
Date: January 2008
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Should the government criminalise the buying of sex? Richard Scorer reportsHarriet Harman QC, leader of the House of Commons, says the government is considering changing the law on prostitution to ...
NHS on trial
Date: January 2008
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Richard Scorer explains why decisions regarding changes in the NHS are increasingly heading to the courtsThe NHS is undergoing huge change. Reform is taking two main forms, privatisation and 'reconfiguration'. ...
Out of time
Date: November 2007
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Illogical and unjust limitation laws are punishing the victims of sexual assault and child abuse, says Richard ScorerIn August 2004 Iorworth Hoare (pictured right), a serial rapist, won £7m in the ...
A vetting epidemic?
Date: July 2007
Publication: New Law Journal
Service: Personal Injury
Computers shouldn't replace common sense in child protection procedures, says Richard ScorerIs there too much vetting going on, or too little? Fears about inadequate checking of people working with ...
Spinal injuries – what happens when things go wrong with treatment?
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Publication: Serious Injury Team
Service: Medical Negligence
Gill Edwards, Partner in our Clinical Negligence department, details the many ways the spinal cord can become compressed and looks specifically at a case involving negligent treatment of cauda equina ...