Articles in ‘Opinion’ Category

By Maggie Sargent – Director of Community Case Management Services (CCMS) Looking back over the last 12 years, I have taken people who were travelling in a wheelchair on over 20 holidays and have…

  Riding horses can be one the most exciting things we ever do. It can also be one of the most dangerous. Anyone who knows horses will understand that a horse can spook, kick,…

This feature comes at a very opportune moment, with the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) having recently launched its “Strategy 2030”, designed to guide and steer everything they do over the next seven years. Quoting…

RWK Goodman Partner and  Head of Medical Negligence Simon Elliman talks to Claire Thornber, Founder of the Cauda Equina Champions Charity to find out more about the new national pathway for diagnosing and treating…

Many pregnant women carry the bacteria Group B Streptococcus or GBS and it is usually harmless to both mother and baby. However, in some instances the bacteria can pass to the baby and the…

When it comes to personal injury cases, how can you determine their chances of success? Below are our top five factors that could have a significant bearing on the outcome of your case. From…

There has been quite a lot said and written about Artificial Intelligence recently but it’s actually not at all new. Its genesis could be said to lie in the famous code breaking of WW2….

Written by: Dr Jessica Fish, University of Glasgow & St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, [email protected] The third Ahead Together conference took place at Oxford’s Weston Library and the iconic Sheldonian Theatre on…

Injunctions are the “nuclear weapons” in the armoury of the court. They can be effective weapons in civil fraud claims, or indeed in any claim where parties are in dispute and where asset preservation…

On 17 July 2023, the Home Office released a ‘Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules,’ introducing updates related to the EU Settlement Scheme, the Ukraine Extension Scheme, the student route, asylum policies, and the…

If you have a client who has attended a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM), the Mediator has indicated that the case is suitable for mediation, and your client and the other party have…

If you have a client who you think would benefit from attending mediation you may refer them to a mediator, and the mediator will invite them to attend a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting…