MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE SOLICITORS
We are a national network of medical negligence solicitors who deal with clinical compensation claims and we are all members of The Law Society panel of medical negligence experts. Legal Aid is still available for clinical claims however less than 1% of UK lawyers are approved by the Legal Aid Board. We are franchised to make an immediate application for legal aid and for those who do not meet the financial criteria for public funding we are prepared to consider talking action under the no win no fee scheme. If you would like free advice direct from specialist medical negligence solicitors with no further obligation just complete the contact form and a clinical law expert will contact you as soon as possible.
LAW SOCIETY SPECIALIST
The Law Society operates a number of specialist panels and a solicitor can only be termed a ‘medical negligence specialist’ if they are a member of the ‘clinical negligence panel’. Membership requires compliance with knowledge and skills criteria to ensure that the overall standard of panel membership is that of a competent practitioner who can identify and advise on a wide range of personal injury and related issues and who does not perform work that is outside their current knowledge, skills and expertise.
To qualify for panel membership a lawyer must be competent in the following areas of law:
Specialist medical negligence solicitors skills
- Investigation
- drafting documents
- research
- calculation of interest
- assessment of damages
- selecting and using expert witnesses
- case management
Area of law
- vicarious liability
- law of negligence
- liability statutes
- limitation of actions
- personal injury work and State benefits
- EC legislation
- County Court rules
- Supreme Court rules
- claims arising from death
Additional knowledge
- relevance of NHS (Crown)
- NHS structure
- Indemnity rules relating to complaints
- medical defence bodies
- private health care
- Community Health Councils
- adequate medical knowledge
- medical professional rules
- support agencies
Medical negligence solicitors ethical issues
- legal ethical code
- medical ethical code
Procedure
- complaints : FSHA, Ombudsman, GMC
- hospital complaints procedures
- inquests and the Court of Protection
- special court directions
- structured settlements
Professional skills
- handling clients
- interviewing
- negotiation
- advising clients
- advocacy
- drafting
- appraisal of issues
SOLICITORS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS SERVICE
The Consumer Complaints Service and the Compliance Directorate monitor and investigate complaints about the quality of service and the standard of professional behaviour of solicitors. Action can be taken including reducing bills, awarding compensation or disciplinary action:
THE LEGAL SERVICES OMBUDSMAN
The Legal Services Ombudsman oversees the way The Law Society handles complaints. In the event of an applicant not being satisfied with the outcome of a decision by the Consumer Complaints Service application can be made for review by the Legal Services Ombudsman. There is a three-month deadline, however the Ombudsman may extend the deadline if there are special circumstances.
The Ombudsman's contact details are:
Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman
3rd Floor Sunlight House
Quay Street
Manchester
M3 3JZ
Lo-call : number: 0845 601 0794
Phone : 0161 839 7262
Fax : 0161 832 5446
LEGAL AID COMPENSATION CLAIMS
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