Medical Negligence Claims Scotland: Austin Lafferty
Austin provides an initial explanation of the law relating to compensation claims in Scotland, arising out of medical negligence. To find out more ...
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No-fault forum shopping fears calmed by lawyers :: 24/03/2011 ...
No-fault forum shopping fears calmed by lawyers 24/03/2011
Insurance lawyers have played down fears that proposals to introduce a no-fault system for clinical negligence claims in Scotland could result in forum shopping.
Under plans outlined in the No-Fault Compensation Review Group report, patients in Scotland will only have to show their injuries were caused as a result of healthcare treatment allowing claims to be compensated without litigation.
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Negligence cases hit NHS in the pocket A RISING number of clinical negligence claims across Scotland is hitting NHS Lothian's finances, it has emerged. Because of a rise in both the number and the average cost of a claim in the country, insurers have pushed up premiums for the health board. |
Insurers lose Scottish pleural plaques appeal
A Scottish appeal court has today ruled that an Act enabling pleural plaques victims in Scotland to claim compensation from negligent employers is neither unlawful nor irrational. Pleural plaques are small areas of thickening on the membrane covering
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Insurers lose bid to challenge Scottish pleural plaques law EDINBURGH, Scotland—A group of UK insurers say they will go to the country's highest court to appeal a ruling upholding a Scottish asbestos law, which they say will cost them billions in liability claims. The Court of Session in Edinburgh, |
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Smear test bungles rob brilliant scientist of children and career "It's inevitable that where other people have suffered similar medical wrongs, they will seek to obtain just redress." In order to sue successfully, a patient needs to show a hospital was negligent in the treatment provided - and also that this had a |
Home birth: 'What the hell was I thinking?'
The judge also found Gereb guilty of medical negligence in two other home births, including one in which the baby died. The sentencing came just weeks after the Hungarian government finally decided to regulate home births. Until last month, women in
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Q. Until recently, my wife was working three days a week with NHS Highland and two days a week with Alzheimer Scotland. She was paying into both pension schemes. However, for the past couple of years she has been employed only by NHS Highland. Can you advise us on how we can transfer her funds from the Alzheimer scheme into the NHS one? We did contact the pensions agency but I'm afraid we did not find their instructions very easy to follow. John Dolan
You will first of all have to establish whether the NHS scheme will allow a transfer in, and if so on what basis. It will depend on the type of scheme that was available to your wife at Alzheimer Scotland and the scheme rules. If the answer is "yes", then you will need to arrange for transfer documents to be signed by your wife to facilitate the transfer from one to the other. If you decide to go down this route it might be worth speaking to an independent financial advisor who specialises in pension transfers to have a look at the figures to make sure that such a transfer does actually make sense for your wife.
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