The report commended us, as the only set of chambers featured, as “stand-out” in terms of our success in “facilitating a partnership between clients and Chambers and introducing initiatives to help clients…”.
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Serjeants’ Inn Chambers wins Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Set of the Year award at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2015
We are delighted to have been named Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Set of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2015.
The awards will be presented to the winners at a networking dinner on 10th November 2015. Click here for further information.
A European perspective on the Duty of Candour
1. Where an individual doctor has provided information pursuant to his employer/provider’s duty under the Regulated Activities Regulations 2014, would the subsequent deployment of that information in criminal proceedings offend any individual doctor’s claim to the right against self-incrimination and/or violate Article 6? This short paper seeks to set out the European perspective.
Article 6 states:
In the determination of… any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair….hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal.
Does the Duty of Candour impact upon inquests?
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 Coronial jurisdiction of the rather snappily named “Regulation 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014” (i.e. the Duty of Candour regulations). Their paper is summarised below.
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers wins Chambers of the Year award at the Halsbury Legal Awards 2015
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 international markets marking a truly remarkable year.
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