Serjeants’ Inn Chambers hosted an evening with Sir Robert Francis QC on Thursday 24 September 2015 to discuss and reflect upon the impact of the Duty of Candour, as recommended in the 2013 Francis Report, upon practice in a variety of healthcare areas, including inquests. Cecily White and Paul Spencer considered the impact in the […]
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Anthony Haycroft successfully secured an order of conditions for a Spanish dentist facing numerous allegations of both clinical safety issues and widespread record keeping deficiencies. The dentist was working in Cambodia and gave evidence via Skype. All of the recording issues were admitted and some isolated clinical issues but all contested clinical issues were found not […]
We are delighted to have been named Chambers of the Year at the Halsbury Legal Awards 2015. The award brochure noted: The judges were impressed by this set’s progressive approach which runs in tandem with its strong record on ground-breaking litigation. Effective management and dedicated client management teams have combined to enable it to develop […]
Please click here for details of this new publication by Charles Foster and Jonathan Herring. The book is described by its publishers as contending that: “our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and […]
David Morris represented a GP doing weekend Out of Hours work. He had been accused of issuing a series of prescriptions for long term (2-4 months) supply of high value medications including insulin, asthma inhalers, Viagra and nutritional supplements in fictitious patient names. The prescriptions had been dispensed many weeks after their prescription at pharmacies […]
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