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Law Pod UK Ep. 194: International Women’s Day series part 1: what’s the problem? - Mar 2024

LawPod UK is marking International Women’s Day with a three-part series exploring gender at the Bar. In this series, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Barhey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith...

David Manknell appointed King’s Counsel - Jan 2024

We are proud to announce that David Manknell has been successful in his application to Silk. We offer our warmest congratulations to David on his appointment and look forward to watching him take...

Law Pod UK Ep. 191: Significant Cases of 2023 - Jan 2024

Lucy McCann, Rosalind English and Jon Metzer discuss a selection of significant legal cases from the UK over the past year. Plus: we want your feedback! Please take a couple of minutes to fill in...

Inquest concludes that admitted failure to invite labouring mother in for assessment costs baby’s life - Nov 2023

Rory Badenoch, instructed by Slater & Gordon, acted for the parents of Abigail Fowler Miller at the inquest into her death in January 2022. Abigail’s mother was triaged via telephone by the...

Appeal allowed in case of catastrophic brain injury sustained at birth - Nov 2023

Appeal allowed in the complex causation case of CDE v Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 1330. The Claimant suffered acute profound hypoxic ischemia (“PHI”) at birth which...

1COR remains recommended as a Band 1 Set in Chambers UK Bar Guide 2024 - Oct 2023

We are delighted to remain ranked as a Band 1 set for Clinical Negligence, Inquests & Inquiries and Professional Discipline as well as highly recommended for Administrative & Public Law,...

Meet us at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair 2023 - Oct 2023

We’re looking forward to seeing you all at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 14th October. Meet our barristers for a chat about applications, our practice areas and life at 1COR at our booth. ...

Missed Opportunities for Medical Care - Oct 2023

Leanne Woods, instructed by Tim Deeming at Tees Law, appeared for the family in the inquest into the death of MG. MG died, aged only 19, as a result of an aortic rupture. The Coroner found that he...

Minority Report: Material Contribution or Genetics? - Oct 2023

On 5th October we are hosting a seminar discussing material contribution, underlying genetic conditions, secondary victims (including an update on Paul) and the scope of duty. This seminar is...

Welcoming our 2023 pupils Paula Kelly and Rebekah Lee - Oct 2023

Today we welcome our two new pupils, Paula Kelly and Rebekah Lee. Over the course of their pupillage they will gain experience in all areas of chambers expertise through their pupil supervisors. ...

Welcoming Nick Jones and Lance Baynham as new tenants - Oct 2023

We are pleased to welcome Lance Baynham and Nick Jones as full tenants today. Lance and Nick are joining 1COR after successfully completing their pupillages with us, and are both building strong...

The 1COR Bundle 2023-2024 has arrived - Sep 2023

One Crown Office Row are excited to announce that the 23-24 Bundle is here! Download your copy here: 1COR BUNDLE 2023-24 Some highlights from the last 12 months include: Welcoming Edward...

New 1COR appointments to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Aug 2023

We're delighted to announce that Paul Reynolds, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Jo Moore have been promoted to the Attorney General's B Panel of Counsel. Further congratulations to Amelia Williams, who has...

Rajkiran Barhey appears for family in inquest concerning DVT death - Aug 2023

Rajkiran Barhey, instructed by Meg George of Leigh Day, appeared for the family in the inquest into the death of CN. CN died from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 56 in June 2022. In 2019, CN...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Spring 2023 – Issue 13 – July 2023 - Jul 2023

Welcome to the thirteenth issue of the QMLR, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. Download the Spring 2023 newsletter here: 1COR QMLR - Issue 13 - 2023 Spring ...

Third Six Pupillage Vacancy - Jul 2023

We have a vacancy for one third six pupil. This will be a funded pupillage with an award of £32,500 paid on a guaranteed earnings basis starting in October 2023. Applications will be considered until...

Costs Rules Changes in 2023 Webinar - Jun 2023

Join our latest webinar discussing the costs rules changes in 2023 that every clinical negligence practitioner needs to know with expert barristers Sarah Lambert KC and Richard Smith. When:...

Law Pod UK hits 750k listens! - May 2023

After 5 years and 184 episodes, we’re delighted that Law Pod UK has now surpassed three quarters of a million listens! PLEASE HELP US CONTINUE TO IMPROVE by taking a couple of minutes to...

Lizanne Gumbel KC runs the London Marathon to fundraise for LOOK UK - Apr 2023

Lizanne Gumbel KC will be running the London Marathon on April 23rd 2023 in order to fundraise for LOOK UK. This charity helps visually impaired young people and their families to help develop...

QMLR is looking for a part time Legal Research and Editorial Assistant - Apr 2023

Please note the deadline for applications for this role has now passed Role 1 Crown Office Row produces the Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR), which provides updates and analysis of the...

1COR is pleased to welcome Gareth Rhys as a new tenant - Apr 2023

We are delighted to announce that Gareth Rhys has accepted our offer of tenancy. Gareth joins 1COR after successfully completing a third six pupillage with us, and accepts instructions across all...

Law Pod UK surpasses 700,000 listens - Jan 2023

2022 marked 5 years since the first episode of Law Pod UK, and after 177 episodes we are delighted to have surpassed 700,000 listens this week! Law Pod UK was one of the very first legal podcasts to...

1COR receives top scores for Mini Pupillage and Social Life in the Lex 100 Pupil Barrister Survey - Nov 2022

We are delighted to have scored 100% in Mini Pupillage and Social Life in the Lex 100 Pupil Barrister Survey. The pupils and junior tenants surveyed mentioned "the friendliness of all the members...

Join us at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 15th October - Oct 2022

We're looking forward to seeing you all at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 15th October. Chat through what we do, who we are and a career at the Bar at our booth. Tune in to the Bar...

Law Pod UK is back – and with new presenters! - Sep 2022

This year Law Pod UK celebrates its fifth birthday. In 2017 we were amongst the very first to roll out a specialised series of podcasts about the law in the United Kingdom. And after a brief hiatus...

Welcoming Thomas Hayes and Lucy McCann as new tenants - Sep 2022

We are pleased to welcome Thomas Hayes and Lucy McCann as full tenants today. Tom and Lucy are joining 1COR after successfully completing their pupillages with us, and are both building strong...

Congratulations to our four members appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Aug 2022

Congratulations to Leanne Woods and Natasha Barnes on their promotions on the Attorney General's A Panel of Counsel, effective from 1st September. We are also delighted to announce that Jim Duffy has...

The 1COR Bundle 2022-2023 has arrived - Jul 2022

One Crown Office Row are excited to announce that the 22-23 Bundle is here! Download your copy here: 1COR BUNDLE 2022-23 Some highlights from the last 12 months include: Welcoming...

Inquest into drug overdose on psychiatric unit uncovers failings in care - Jun 2022

Jonathan Metzer recently represented the family of Rullson Warner at the inquest into his death on 9th March 2020 whilst on a psychiatric unit at St Ann’s Hospital in North London. The medical cause...

LawPod UK Ep. 165: A duty to offer alternatives? With John Whitting QC - Jun 2022

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to John Whitting QC about the key healthcare law cases of Bolam, Montgomery, the knotty issue of informed consent and the scope of the duty to offer alternative...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Winter 2021/2022 – Issue 11 - May 2022

Welcome to the eleventh issue of the QMLR, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row to update you on developments in Winter 2021/2022. Download the Winter 2021/2022 newsletter here:...

APIL Advanced Brain and Spinal Injury Conference 2022 with speaker Shahram Sharghy - May 2022

This year the APIL Advanced Brain and Spinal Injury Conference will be held both virtually and in person at The Celtic Manor Resort in Newport - don't miss out on hearing Shahram Sharghy give an...

Welcoming Marcus Coates-Walker to 1COR as a new tenant - Apr 2022

We are delighted to announce Marcus Coates-Walker has joined chambers, effective from 11th April 2022. Marcus was called in 2013 and has a specialist practice in clinical negligence, inquest and...

No breach of duty protecting NHS worker from Covid-19 - Mar 2022

A recent Art.2 inquest into the death of a patient transport driver, Mark Woolcock, found that there had been no breach of duty or failure to protect him from the virus by his employer, an NHS Trust....

1COR Shortlisted for Legal Cheek’s ‘Best Chambers for Social Life’ Award 2022 - Mar 2022

We are pleased to be shortlisted for the Legal Cheek's Award for ‘Best Chambers for Social Life’ 2022, particularly given the challenges faced in recent years. Thank you to our juniors for...

Matthew Flinn successful in important human rights decision - Mar 2022

Matthew Flinn is representing Ms Milner, a lifelong friend of Mrs Casey, who was an elderly patient with dementia residing in a care home from 2013 with Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in place. Mrs...

We’re back at the AvMA 32nd Clinical Negligence Conference 2022 - Mar 2022

1COR are delighted to be sponsoring AvMA's annual Clinical Negligence Conference from 23rd - 25th March 2022 at the Royal Armouries, Leeds. The very best medical and legal experts will provide talks...

APIL Webinar 2/2 on Presenting, Defending and Valuing a Wrongful Birth Claim with Lizanne Gumbel QC & Shahram Sharghy - Mar 2022

We're looking forward to the second of two webinars with APIL focusing on Wrongful Birth Claims with Lizanne Gumbel QC and Shahram Sharghy discussing presenting, defending and valuing a claim at 1pm...

LawPod UK Ep. 157: A Decent Death - Feb 2022

“A Decent Death” is the title of an article written by former Court of Appeal judge Stephen Sedley, and published in the London Review of Books, to which Sir Sedley is a frequent...

High Court Ruling on Shoreham Air Crash - Feb 2022

The High Court has refused an application by the Senior Coroner for West Sussex to allow her to have protected material. The Senior Coroner is undertaking inquests into the death of 11 men who died...

‘Experts – Know Your Limits’ - Feb 2022

Following on from the cases of Robinson v Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2021), Giles Colin and David Locke, Hill Dickinson, discuss the risk of being hit with a third-party costs...

Welcoming our new Chambers Director John Petrie MBE - Feb 2022

We are delighted to announce that John Petrie MBE has joined 1COR as Chambers Director, effective from 1st February 2022. He brings a wealth of experience as a former Chief Executive at Serle Court...

1COR Christmas Card Competition 2021 - Jan 2022

Thank you to everyone for sending in your guesses for who acted Santa Claus this year! Well done to those who spotted it was Emma-Louise Fenelon 'judging' a difficult case as Santa. Congratulations...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Summer/Autumn 2021 – Issue 10 - Jan 2022

Welcome to the tenth issue of the QMLR, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row to update you on developments in Summer and Autumn 2021. Download the Summer/Autumn 2021 newsletter...

LawPod UK Ep. 156: Best of Law Pod UK 2021 - Jan 2022

In our latest episode Rosalind English and Emma-Louise Fenelon have selected and put together some of our favourite snippets from the past year. This episode ranges from Artificial Intelligence, the...

Shahram Sharghy is to represent families of David Fuller’s victims at Public Inquiry - Dec 2021

Shahram Sharghy is representing at least 20 families of David Fuller’s victims at the Public Inquiry and in their civil claims. David Fuller was sentenced yesterday to two life-sentences for the...

Rajkiran Barhey represents family in Article 2 jury inquest - Dec 2021

Rajkiran Barhey, instructed by Ali Cloak of RoydsWithyKing, acted for the family of GS, a young woman who took her own life whilst on home leave from a mental health hospital. Following detailed...

Pupillage Application Tips and Life at the Bar with 1COR - Dec 2021

Join our barristers for a remote discussion on everything from applying for Pupillage, life at 1COR and more on Wednesday 19th January 2022. You'll also have a chance to ask our barristers questions...

Sarah Lambert QC discusses post-pandemic trials at AvMA’s Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel Meeting - Dec 2021

On Wednesday 1st December, Sarah Lambert QC joins expert speakers for the AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel Meeting at RSA house. Members can hear about the latest developments in clinical...

LawPod UK Ep. 153: Loss of Chance with Sarah Lambert QC and Dominic Ruck Keene - Nov 2021

In Episode 153, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Sarah Lambert QC and Dominic Ruck Keene about loss of chance in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. The episode discusses the following...

Jonathan Metzer and Carl Rix examine Article 2 ECHR in inquests in AvMA’s November newsletter - Nov 2021

Available to all Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) members, Jonathan Metzer and Carl Rix of Fosters Solicitors discuss the application of Article 2 ECHR (the right to life) at inquests in light...

Brook House Inquiry hearings begin - Nov 2021

The Brook House Inquiry, chaired by Kate Eves, was set up to investigate the decisions, actions and circumstances surrounding the mistreatment of individuals detained at Brook House Immigration...

All-Party Report into Sickle Cell Care Published Today - Nov 2021

Today the government’s All-Party Report into sickle cell care, highlighting the need for improvement. The report was undertaken following the death of Evan Smith and others with a history of sickle...

LawPod UK Ep. 152: The multibillion dollar claim for Henrietta Lacks’s cell line - Nov 2021

A “HeLa” cell is, or was, the name of a cell from a line of fast producing cancer cells that was taken from the tumour of a patient who died of cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951....

Rajkiran Barhey acts for family in neonatal death inquest - Nov 2021

Baby ER died shortly after his birth on 17 October 2019. Kiran represented his family at an inquest held before Area Coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp in Winchester. At the inquest, there was evidence...

Inquest considering a history of domestic violence - Nov 2021

Instructed by Matthew Gold at Gold Jennings Solicitors and the Centre for Women's Justice, Emma-Louise Fenelon is representing the family in an inquest investigating the death of Daniela Espirito...

Henry Tufnell talks about being a non-law graduate with the University Bristol Bar Society - Nov 2021

Henry Tufnell recently participated in the University of Bristol Bar Society’s new resource for students. They are providing insight and support for undergraduates without a law degree or those with...

Law Pod UK Ep. 151: Healthcare Regulation Reform in the UK - Nov 2021

In the latest Episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to Robert Kellar QC of 1 Crown Office row about the proposed reforms to the regulation of doctors, nurses, opticians, chiropractors and a...

Great Legal Bake Off 2021 - Nov 2021

We're thrilled to be back baking for the Great Legal Bake Off this week with members and clerks supplying sweet treats to fundraise for the LLST. Today we'll be enjoying Guinness Cakes from pupil Lucy...

New book release: Clinical Guidelines and the Law of Medical Negligence: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives - Nov 2021

We are pleased to announce that a book to which Pritesh Rathod has contributed entitled Clinical Guidelines and the Law of Medical Negligence: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives has been...

APIL Child Brain Injury Conference with The Children’s Trust - Nov 2021

We are delighted to be speaking at the first ever virtual APIL Child Brain Injury Conference held in association with The Children's Trust on 2nd November 2021. Hear Lizanne Gumbel QC at 2.55pm...

Andrew Kennedy QC takes silk today - Nov 2021

We are looking forward to being able to celebrate Andrew Kennedy QC taking silk today after the ceremony was delayed due to COvid-19. Accompanied by their families and Senior Clerk Matthew Phipps,...

Acoustic shock from airbag activation claim - Oct 2021

Shahram Sharghy successfully represented a Claimant who sustained acoustic shock caused by airbag activation in a serious road traffic accident in Bates v. (1) MMA Insurance (2) Bates [2021] This...

Damages secured for elite athlete following a road traffic accident - Oct 2021

In Haines v. Jarman [2021], Shahram Sharghy represented former British Tae Kwon Do Champion who was run down by a motorist whilst on a recovery run after a major championship. The Claimant...

Henry Witcomb QC and Shahram Sharghy secure settlement for victim of Finsbury Park Mosque Attack - Oct 2021

In Ali v. (1) Osborne (2) Motor Insurers Bureau [2021], Henry Witcomb QC and Shahram Sharghy successfully represented severely disabled victim of Finsbury Park Mosque terrorist attack whose claim...

Chambers UK Bar Guide 2022 continues to recommend 1COR as a Band 1 Set - Oct 2021

We are delighted to remain ranked as a Band 1 set for Clinical Negligence, Inquests & Inquiries and Professional Discipline as well as highly recommended for Administrative & Public Law,...

Inquest highlights geographical differences in antenatal care for large babies - Oct 2021

Molly Dimmock died shortly following her birth aged just 34 minutes on 25 June 2020. Emma-Louise Fenelon represented her family at an inquest into the circumstances of her death before Senior...

Wrongful Birth Claims: Theory, Law and Practice Webinar - Oct 2021

Join a stellar line up of speakers for an afternoon discussing wrongful birth claims, including a case law update, costs and more on 21st October 2021 from 2-5pm on Teams. This event is accredited for...

Join us at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 16th October - Oct 2021

Looking forward to 'seeing' you all at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 16th October. Chat through what we do, who we are and a career at the Bar at our virtual booth. Read about pupillage during...

Proud to have Amelia Walker shortlisted for the ‘Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year’ at the Bar Pro Bono Awards - Oct 2021

Congratulations to Amelia Walker nominated for ‘Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year’ at the Bar Pro Bono Awards. It reflects her dedication to her clients and commitment to keeping pro bono work...

Strolling through the parks for the London Legal Walk - Oct 2021

Delighted to be walking 10km to raise money for the London Legal Support Trust (LLST) with a team of #1CORWalkers including Suzanne Lambert, Jonathan Metzer, Jack May and more! We are proud to...

Coroner recommends minimum standards for effective online safeguards for schools following Frances Thomas Inquest - Oct 2021

The inquest into the death of 15 year old Frances (Frankie) Thomas concluded yesterday with the Coroner ruling her death a suicide. She took her life in 2018 and had viewed online content about...

Claimant Expert ordered to pay £50,543.85 following discontinuance of claim - Oct 2021

Following on from his success in Thimmaya v (1) Lancasahire NHS Foundation Trust (2) Mr Jamil, January 2020, Giles Colin obtains a Third Party Costs Order against Dr Mercier, General Dental Surgeon,...

Delighted to remain a top tier set in the Legal 500 2022 Guide - Sep 2021

We are delighted to see so many of our members remain recognised in the Legal 500 2022 guide, which was released today. Our chambers also continues to be highly ranked across clinical negligence and...

1 Crown Office Row proudly supports Youth Leaders Programme 2021-2022 - Sep 2021

1COR is proud to have supported London’s Violence Reduction Unit’s ‘MyEnds’ Programme. The MyEnds programme seeks to give communities the backing they need to develop their own initiatives to...

Welcoming our new pupils Lucy McCann and Thomas Hayes today - Sep 2021

Today we are delighted to welcome our two new pupils, Lucy McCann and Thomas Hayes. They will gain experience in all of chambers' practice areas, starting with their first pupil supervisors David...

Law Pod UK Ep. 149: Closed Material Procedures with Angus McCullough QC - Sep 2021

Law Pod UK returns after the summer break with Episode 149: a fascinating interview with Special Advocate Angus McCullough QC on Closed Material Proceedings where evidence is so secretive the SAs...

Suzanne Lambert walks 100km for the annual Oxfam Trailwalker Challenge - Sep 2021

This weekend Suzanne Lambert will be walking 100km non-stop across the South Downs in a team of 4 as part of the Oxfam Trailwalker Challenge. The walk must be completed in 30 hours but this team are...

Rajkiran Barhey acts for family in neglect inquest - Sep 2021

Rajkiran acted for Robert Walaszkowski’s family in a 7-day Article 2 jury inquest which concluded with a finding of neglect. Robert was a fit 35-year old who was sectioned due to psychosis. On...

Andrew Kennedy QC debates Clinical Negligence in the Dock: the case for and against reform at the Society of British Neurological Surgeons Conference - Sep 2021

On Friday 24th September Andrew Kennedy QC discussed Clinical Negligence in the Dock: the case for and against reform for the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SNBNS) annual conference. The...

Court of Appeal overturns high-profile judgment on children’s ability to consent to puberty blockers for gender dysphoria - Sep 2021

On Friday 17 September 2021 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in R (Bell and another) v. Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, overturning the landmark ruling of the Divisional...

Legal Training Clinical Negligence Half Day Online Conference for the Lee Spark NF Foundation - Sep 2021

Join Chair Clodagh Bradley QC and expert speakers including Richard Booth QC for the popular half-day online clinical negligence conference by the Legal Training Consultancy. This year it focuses on a...

Report recommends greater regulation for private care facilities - Sep 2021

Following the inquest into the death of Ben King and two other in-patients at a private hospital in Norfolk, the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board has published a report identifying serious failures...

Jeremy Hyam QC appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge - Sep 2021

Chambers is pleased to announce that Jeremy Hyam QC has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. His appointment will take effect on 1st October 2021. The appointment followed an open competition...

Emma-Louise Fenelon appointed to BSB Independent Decision Making Body - Sep 2021

Delighted to announce that Emma-Louise Fenelon has been appointed to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) Independent Decision Making Body (IDMB). The BSB IDMB decides, in cases of apparent BSB Handbook...

Rosalind English discusses Henry VIII powers, Parliamentary scrutiny and Podcasts in Counsel Magazine - Sep 2021

In the August 2021 issue of Counsel Magazine, Rosalind English discussed concerns over the increased use of Henry VIII clauses giving huge power to ministers and bypassing Parliamentary scrutiny. This...

Lizanne Gumbel QC discusses adolescent sporting injuries at the Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference - Sep 2021

On 24th September Lizanne Gumbel QC joins a stellar line-up of speakers at the 10th Anniversary Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference. This unique conference brings together medical and legal...

Matthew Donmall and Dominic Ruck Keene promoted by the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Sep 2021

Congratulations to Dominic Ruck Keene and Matthew Donmall on their promotions on the Attorney General's Panel of Counsel, effective from 1st September. Matthew Donmall is now appointed to the...

Henry Witcomb QC nominated for Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year at Chambers Bar Awards - Nov 2021

Pleased to announce that Henry Witcomb QC has been nominated for Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year at Chambers Bar Awards. This year the awards will be held at Old Billingsgate Market on the...

Delighted to welcome Shahram Sharghy as a tenant at 1 Crown Office Row - Aug 2021

Join us in welcoming Shahram Sharghy to chambers, effective from 23rd August 2021. Shahram was called in 2000 and has an established practice in personal injury, inquests and clinical negligence. He...

David Hart QC, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Tom Beamont act for victims of the Beirut Port Explosion - Aug 2021

On 4 August 2020, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut exploded, resulting in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. The Beirut Port explosion killed over 200...

Live Q&A with Sarabjit Singh QC to mark South Asian Heritage Month - Aug 2021

On Tuesday 3rd August, Sarabjit Singh QC gave a live streamed Q&A to the Government Legal Department (GLD) Race Network to commemorate South Asian Heritage Month. He covered issues such as his...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Spring 2021 – Issue 9 - Jul 2021

Welcome to the ninth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. Download the Spring 2021 newsletter here: 1COR Quarterly Medical Law...

Jonathan Metzer appears at inquest into death of man with Down’s Syndrome - Jul 2021

Jonathan Metzer was instructed by Carl Rix of Fosters Solicitors to represent the mother of Ben King at a two-week inquest into Ben’s death. Ben was a 32-year old man with Down’s syndrome,...

Law Pod UK Ep. 147: Vicarious trauma in the legal profession - Jul 2021

The Covid pandemic has brought the mental health of those within the legal profession into sharp relief. For some people, the past 18 months will have been the first time they have discussed their...

Find out more about the AvMA Pro Bono Service - Jul 2021

Royds Withy King recently worked with AvMA to produce a short video outlining their their services and how volunteers, including members from Royds Withy King and 1COR, help AvMA deliver the vital...

Inquest returns verdict of neglect after basic error missed - Jul 2021

Neil Sheldon QC, instructed by Fieldfisher, is acting for the bereaved family of Glenda Logsdail. Glenda was a retired NHS consultant who died of a hypoxic brain injury caused by the insertion of an...

Law Pod UK Ep. 146: 5 Key Medical Law Updates - Jun 2021

In Episode 146 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Richard Mumford and Rajkiran Barhey about recent developments in medical law. All of the cases discussed during this episode are covered in the...

Latest AvMA Newsletter looks at Funding Claims and Inquests - Jun 2021

In the AvMA Lawyers Service Newsletter for June 2021, keep an eye out for two articles by Richard Mumford and Thomas Beamont. The newsletter for AvMA members, and how to subscribe for non-members, is...

Get your copy of the 1COR Bundle 2021-22 now - Jun 2021

One Crown Office Row are excited to announce that their 2021-22 Bundle is here! Download your copy here: 1COR BUNDLE 2021-22 Some highlights from the last 12 months include: Launch...

Birthrights Inquiry begins hearing evidence - Jun 2021

On 22nd June 2021, the Birthrights Inquiry held the first evidence session as part of it's ongoing investigation into disparities in maternal outcomes for ethnic minorities. Shaheen Rahman QC is...

Khan v Meadows: The Supreme Court Revisits Wrongful Birth - Jun 2021

Philip Havers QC was instructed by Jacqui Hayat of Taylor Rose MW Solicitors in Meadows v Khan [2021] UKSC 21 to represent the Appellant. The Supreme handed down judgment on 18 June 2021. A GP...

Healthcare Inquests & Covid-19 – Where Are We Now? - May 2021

Join Chair Caroline Cross and expert speakers Shaheen Rahman QC, Matthew Hill and Rajkiran Barhey as they discuss healthcare inquests and Covid-19 at 2pm today. Caroline will begin by looking at...

University of Buckingham: Montgomery and the impact on medical negligence claims with Lizanne Gumbel QC - May 2021

On Tuesday 5th May 2021, Lizanne Gumbel QC will talk to students at the University of Buckingham about Montgomery and the impact on medical negligence claims with Associate Dean of Law, Sandra Clarke...

Law Pod UK Ep. 142: Vaccine hesitancy and the Court of Protection – who decides? - Apr 2021

Informed consent to medical treatment is at the heart of the vaccine debate. Consent is also at the centre of most of the cases that come before the Court of Protection. So now we have a very specific...

Martin Forde QC hands over to Prof. Martin Levermore, the new Windrush independent adviser - Apr 2021

For the last three years, Martin Forde QC has acted as the Independent Advisor to the Windrush Compensation Scheme. Today, he hands over the role to Prof. Martin Levermore, who was appointed to the...

Law Pod UK Ep. 141: 100 days since UK’s withdrawal from the EU - Apr 2021

In her latest episode of 2903cb, Professor Catherine Barnard looks back on the past 100+ days since the UK withdrew from the EU. The dire forecasts of chaos at our borders have not been realised, and...

How can I search for an individual QMLR article? Using our new Archive website! - Apr 2021

Want the latest case summaries? Looking for all the articles on consent? Need one place with all our COVID-19 guidance? Two years after Chambers began the 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR),...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Winter 2020/21 – Issue 8 - Apr 2021

Welcome to the eighth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, updating you on developments in Winter 2020/21 and our announcement: New QMLR website Two years after Chambers began QMLR,...

Law Pod UK Ep. 139: Harriet Wistrich on Criminal Justice for Women - Apr 2021

Following International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Emma-Louise Fenelon spoke to Harriet Wistrich, founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice about the many ways in which the UK...

Sutton Trust Pathways to Law Insight Week: Imposter Syndrome - Apr 2021

On 13th April 2021 a group of barristers from 1 Crown Office Row participated in the Sutton Trust Pathways to Law Insight Week. Alice Kuzmenko led the interactive session, appearing with Judith...

Inquest into the death of pregnant Nurse from COVID-19 begins - Mar 2021

An inquest into the death of Mary Agyapong, a specialist diabetes nurse who continued to work during the pandemic whilst pregnant. In March she stopped working due to back problems. In early April she...

Women’s History Month : Reflections from 1COR - Mar 2021

Clodagh Bradley QC and Jessica Elliott reflect on life at the bar from Silk and junior perspectives to honour Women's History Month and International Women's Day. Clodagh Bradley QC ...

Law Pod UK Ep. 138 : Mediation with Marina Wheeler QC - Mar 2021

In Episode 138 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Marina Wheeler QC about the burgeoning field of mediation, and outlines a number of useful tips for practitioners from her own experience as a mediator. ...

Inquest into death of Toddler at Butlins concludes - Mar 2021

In 2018, whilst on a family holiday at Butlins in Bognor Regis, James Manning choked on a piece of sausage at the resort. This led to his death in hospital some time later due to an ischaemic hypoxic...

Law Pod UK Ep. 137: AI and the Law - Mar 2021

In the latest episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to Matt Hervey, co-editor with Matthew Lavy of a new practitioner’s text book on Artificial Intelligence. Matt is Head of Artificial...

Jo Moore, Rajkiran Barhey and Thomas Beamont cover Witness Evidence at APIL Procedure Special Interest Group - Feb 2021

Looking forward to the special live event run exclusively for APIL members, by APIL Procedure Special Interest Group group coordinator Nicola Wainwright and group secretary Matthew Tuff at 5.30pm on...

Shaheen Rahman QC, Gideon Barth and Jo Moore take part in Pathways to Law mock trial - Feb 2021

Today Sutton Trust Pathways to Law students hosted by the University of Roehampton will participate in a virtual mock trial with Gideon Barth and Shaheen Rahman QC coaching prosecution and defence...

A.I. in Healthcare Webinar - Oct 2020

Hear our experts discussing the impact of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) on Healthcare. Robert Kellar QC discussed broader themes around machines in healthcare settings. Emma-Louise Fenelon built on...

QMLR Q&A : Swift v Carpenter Webinar - Oct 2020

The Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR) released a special issue where Lizanne Gumbel QC explains the Court of Appeal’s much awaited judgment in Swift v Carpenter [2020] EWCA Civ 1295 concerning...

A Trial in Lockdown Webinar - Jul 2020

On 3rd July 2020 Owain Thomas QC discussed his recent experience appearing in the Royal Courts of Justice in one of the first in-person trials held during the first lockdown. He went through...

Impact of Covid-19 on Healthcare Webinar - May 2020

In the first remote event of 2020, three teams looked at the impact of COVID-19. Lizanne Gumbel QC chaired the Claimant team comprised of Isabel McArdle and Matthew Flinn. John Whitting QC...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Autumn 2020 – Issue 7 - Feb 2021

Welcome to the seventh issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. This issue was unfortunately somewhat delayed but covers developments in...

Inquest into the death of Rachel Johnston concludes - Feb 2021

Rachel Johnston died 17 days after surgery to remove her severely decayed teeth. Following the surgery, which was performed as a day case under general anaesthetic, Rachel was discharged to Pirton...

Congratulations to John Whitting QC on being appointed to the Welsh Government Panel of Queen’s Counsel - Feb 2021

One Crown Office Row is delighted to announce the reappointment of John Whitting Q.C. to the Welsh Government Panel of Queen's Counsel. The appointment will be for a period of five years, starting...

Shaheen Rahman QC chairs Birthrights’ inquiry into maternal care - Feb 2021

Shaheen Rahman QC has been asked by the charity Birthrights to chair their inquiry into disparities in maternal outcomes for ethnic minorities. Birthrights has assembled a panel of experts with...

Law Pod UK Ep. 135: “Historical” Crimes: Ireland’s unmarried mothers and their children - Jan 2021

In the latest episode of Law Pod UK, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Máiréad Enright, about Ireland’s recent Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Report which prompted an official State...

1COR Christmas Competition 2020 - Jan 2021

Thank you to everyone who made a guess about our Christmas Card this year! Congratulations to Carol Maunder, Dutton Gregory, the winner has chosen Hope in the Community Bournemouth. This year, 1COR...

Law Pod UK Ep. 134: the significant cases of 2020 - Jan 2021

Whilst many of us would prefer not to dwell on 2020, it was a year that produced many interesting decisions. In Episode 134, Michael Spencer and Jonathan Metzer talk to Emma-Louise Fenelon about the...

Jeremy Hyam QC successful in defence of hospital reconfiguration judicial review - Jan 2021

The High Court has dismissed a judicial review challenge to West Herts Valleys CCG's alleged failure to carry out formal public consultation prior to shortlisting and then approving an outline...

Law Pod UK Ep. 133: Is our Brexit trade deal with the EU a “Canada minus”? - Jan 2021

On Wednesday 30 December, the UK parliament passed Boris Johnson’s trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union. Professor Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University is continuing her...

Congratulations to Lizanne Gumbel QC on completing 10 Marathons - Dec 2020

Well done to Lizanne Gumbel QC on running 10 marathons over the course of 3 months. Lizanne, a running enthusiast, ran her first marathon on 4th October and finished her final one on 30th December. ...

Delighted to announce Andrew Kennedy’s appointment to Queen’s Counsel - Dec 2020

Congratulations to Andrew Kennedy on his appointment to Queen’s Counsel this year. Whilst the ceremony may look a little different we are proud to see Andrew take silk. Described in the...

Inquest into death of toddler from Phenytoin concludes - Dec 2020

Clodagh Bradley QC was instructed by Suzanne White of Leigh Day on behalf of the parents of 11 month old Sophie Burgess who was admitted to St Peter’s hospital in Surrey in 2016 with a history of...

Duncan Fairgrieve contributes a letter on the Coronavirus Vaccine to The Times - Dec 2020

Duncan Fairgrieve contributed a Letter to the editor of The Times, co-signed by Prof. Geraint Howells and Prof. Søren Holm (both of the School of Social Sciences, University of...

Jeremy Hyam QC named The Times Lawyer of the Week - Dec 2020

Delighted to announce that Jeremy Hyam QC is this week’s Lawyer of the Week in The Times. Jeremy practises in Clinical Negligence, Administrative and Public Law, Inquests, Public Inquiries,...

LawPod UK Ep. 132: Best of Law Pod UK 2020 - Dec 2020

Covid, clinical negligence, quarantine, lockdown, inquests, nerve agents, algorithms, child abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour and racism. What’s there not to like in our smorgasbord of...

Landmark ruling on whether children can consent to puberty blocker treatment for gender dysphoria - Dec 2020

Update: This case is being heard on by the Court of Appeal with Jeremy Hyam QC, Alasdair Henderson and Darragh Coffey instructed by Paul Conrathe of Sinclairslaw to represent the claimants. Watch the...

Jo Moore discusses access to the Bar at the Diversity Network Inclusion Festival 2020 - Dec 2020

Head of Outreach Jo Moore discusses social mobility, equality, diversity and inclusion as well as practical ways to widen access to the Bar as part of the Diversity Network flagship Inclusion Festival...

Martin Forde QC features on the Power List 2021 - Nov 2020

Congratulations to Martin Forde QC on being named one of the most influential people for the second year running in recognition of his impact on the legal landscape. The Powerlist is an independent...

Iain O’Donnell joins roundtable on the Enforcement of Animal Welfare Legislation - Nov 2020

On 25th November Iain O’Donnell joins the All Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare (APGAW) remote roundtable on the Enforcement of Animal Welfare Legislation. Iain and other expert speakers...

Coroner makes 11 recommendations in inquest involving a stillbirth - Nov 2020

Barristers from 1 Crown Office Row appeared at the inquest into the death of a baby following a failed forceps delivery. Baby F suffered a fractured skull and it was found that his injuries implied an...

When the Courts closed their doors: remote hearings, should they stay with us? - Sep 2020

Marina Wheeler QC considers the future of remote hearings post pandemic: should they stay with us? So much has changed. In mid-March in the midst of a public health emergency, the Courts slammed...

1COR and Philip Havers QC double award win at Chambers Bar Awards 2020 - Nov 2020

Delighted to win ‘Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ as well as Philip Havers QC named ‘Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year’ at Chambers Bar Awards tonight by Chambers & Partners....

John Whitting QC and Jo Moore secure eight-figure settlement in birth injury case - Nov 2020

In ABC v York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Claimant suffered a severe hypoxic ischaemic brain injury owing to the negligent management of a home birth leaving her with profound and...

Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference 2020 “Forward Thinking: The Bar of the Future” featuring Martin Forde QC - Nov 2020

This year’s Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference “Forward Thinking: The Bar of the Future” is taking place remotely between 18-21 November 2020. The opening panel event at 6pm hear from Martin...

Get insight from Leanne Woods and Jessica Elliott at AvMA’s Clinical Negligence: Law Practice and Procedure 2021 - Jan 2021

At AvMA's virtual Clinical Negligence: Law Practice and Procedure Conference 2021 on Thursday 28 January 2021, a range of expert speakers will cover all stages of the investigative and litigation...

Inquest into death of Sharon Kelly concludes - Nov 2020

Sharon Kelly suffered from a long history of mental health problems, including previous suicide attempts, most recently in May 2019 which resulted in her being admitted for a period as an inpatient....

University of Bristol Medical Law Society and Bar Society: Clinical Negligence at the Bar Panel with Shaheen Rahman QC - Nov 2020

On 13th November Shaheen Rahman QC joins the University of Bristol Medical Law Society and Bar Society virtual event looking at Clinical Negligence at the Bar. She joins a panel of experts discussing...

The Times Lawyer of the Week: Alasdair Henderson - Nov 2020

Proud to see The Times name Alasdair Henderson as their Lawyer of the Week. In addition to his full time practice, Alasdair is a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and...

Law Pod UK Ep. 130: AI in Healthcare with Robert Kellar QC - Nov 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) aims to mimic human cognitive functions. It is bringing a paradigm shift to healthcare, powered by increasing availability of healthcare data and rapid progress of...

Conclusion handed down in four week inquest concerning anorexia nervosa - Nov 2020

Emma-Louise Fenelon, instructed by Sophie Barbour at Hempsons, was instructed to represent an individual doctor at a four week inquest investigation into the care of Averil Hart, who died at...

Inner Temple’s Discovery Day for Schools with Jo Moore and Michael Spencer - Oct 2020

On 30th October, Inner Temple are holding a virtual Becoming a Barrister Discovery Day for Schools. Head of Outreach Jo Moore and Michael Spencer will speak at the ‘plea in mitigation and case...

Jim Duffy to speak at Association of Breast Surgery Webinar - Oct 2020

Jim Duffy joins a panel of speakers at the Association of Breast Surgery’s (ABS) interactive webinar on ‘New medical devices: "first do no harm."’ The event will examine the Cumberlege report,...

1COR recommended as a Band 1 set with top client service in the Chambers Guide 2021 - Oct 2020

Chambers & Partners has ranked 1COR as a Band 1 Set in Clinical Negligence, Inquests & Inquiries and Professional Discipline as well as highly ranked for Administrative & Public Law,...

Martin Forde QC recognised in Oxford BHM 100 list - Oct 2020

In honour of Black History month, Oxford University have put together list of 100 people, past and present, who have contributed to the calibre of Oxford University’s reputation and understanding of...

Law Pod UK Ep. 128: The Cumberlege Review with Marina Wheeler QC - Oct 2020

In Episode 128 Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Marina Wheeler QC about the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, better known as the Cumberlege Review, which investigated the...

Delighted by the Legal 500 Set Overviews and Testimonials - Oct 2020

We are delighted to see the lovely comments and heartwarming testimonials about our clerking team released by the Legal 500 for their 2021 guide. Read all about 1COR's areas of expertise, barristers...

Join Chair Shaheen Rahman QC at the AvMA ‘Medico-Legal Issues in the Care of Older People’ Online Conference - Oct 2020

Join AvMA ‘Medico-Legal Issues in the Care of Older People’ clinical negligence conference chaired by Shaheen Rahman QC today and tomorrow. The conference focuses on the issues impacting on older...

‘See’ you at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair 2020 - Oct 2020

Delighted to virtually join the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 17th October. Chat through what we do, a career at the Bar and meet our barristers on the 2nd floor. Read about Rajkiran Barhey's...

Martin Forde QC discusses the death of a transport worker from COVID-19 on BBC One Panorama - Oct 2020

On 12th October at 7.35pm - 8.05pm on BBC One's Panorama, Martin Forde QC provided legal perspective on the investigation into the death of transport worker Belly Mujinga from COVID-19 after she was...

QMLR Special Release: Lizanne Gumbel QC comments on Swift v Carpenter - Oct 2020

Welcome to this special issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. In this special issue Lizanne Gumbel QC explains the Court of Appeal’s...

APIL annual clinical negligence conference with speaker Shaheen Rahman QC - Oct 2020

This year, the APIL annual clinical negligence conference 2020 is held virtually with a line up of excellent speakers, including Shaheen Rahman QC, giving talks around the health law topic of...

Successful defence of GP surgery in wrongful birth claim - Oct 2020

Jim Duffy, instructed by Stephen Hooper of Hempsons, successfully defended a GP surgery in a claim brought by a former patient alleging a failure provide her with contraception, resulting in an...

1COR barristers highly recommended in latest Legal 500 Bar Guide 2021 - Sep 2020

Today the latest Legal 500 guide was released with our chambers remaining highly ranked across clinical negligence and inquests & inquiries as well as newly ranked for administrative & public...

Welcoming new tenants Henry Tufnell and Alice Kuzmenko - Sep 2020

Chambers are pleased to welcome our two pupils as full tenants today. After an unusual pupillage we are delighted to give them a warm welcome as full tenants building their practice across all of...

Clinical Negligence Half Day Online Conference for the Lee Spark NF Foundation - Sep 2020

Hear from expert speakers including Richard Booth QC for this half-day online conference by the Legal Training Consultancy focusing on a carefully selected range of important topical issues and...

Law Pod UK Ep. 125: Latest on the Brexit transition with Prof. Barnard - Sep 2020

In her latest episode, Professor Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University comments on the transition period towards Brexit since the Withdrawal Act was implemented by the government in January this...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Summer 2020 – Issue 6 - Sep 2020

Welcome to the sixth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. Download the Summer 2020 newsletter here: 1COR QMLR - Summer 2020 - Issue 6 ...

Jo Moore named as finalist for Rising Star – Barrister/Advocate of the Year by Women In Law Awards - Sep 2020

Congratulations to Jo Moore on being a 2020 finalist for the Rising Star - Barrister/Advocate of the Year by Women In Law Awards. We're proud to have her hard work recognised and well done to all the...

Law Pod UK Ep. 123: We’re back! With Joshua Rozenberg - Sep 2020

After a summer hiatus, Law Pod UK returns with an interview with Joshua Rozenberg who will be well known to listeners as a legal commentator, journalist, and presenter of the BBC’s Law in Action. ...

Congratulations on our Six Members appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Aug 2020

We are delighted to announce that Isabel McArdle and Matthew Hill have been appointed to the B Panel of Counsel, with Jessica Elliott, Gideon Barth, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Jonathan Metzer appointed...

The 1COR Bundle for 2020 is out now - Aug 2020

Take a look back at the key cases and life in Chambers over the extraordinary last twelve months with our annual publication, the 1COR Bundle. Download your copy here : 1COR BUNDLE 2020 - 21 ...

Inquest into death of toddler from sepsis concludes - Aug 2020

The inquest into the death of 16 month old Effie Bartlett at Hinchingbrooke Hospital on 1 March 2019 has concluded. Thomas Beamont, instructed by Rosie Stafford of Irwin Mitchell, represented the...

Law Pod UK Ep.122: Secondary Victim Claims update with Gideon Barth - Jul 2020

In Episode 122, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Gideon Barth about secondary victim claims, and the recent case of Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1415. This episode also...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – 2020 – Special Issue – Part 3 - Jul 2020

Welcome to this COVID-19 special issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. Given the fast moving nature of this situation, we will likely...

Sutton Trust Pathways to Law Annual Virtual Conference with 1COR barristers - Jul 2020

This week 21 1COR barristers from London and Brighton have come together to speak at live stream events or for pre-recorded talks for the Sutton Trust's Pathways to Law annual conference, now being...

£37 million awarded to young boy left brain damaged at birth - Jul 2020

In what is thought to be among the largest clinical negligence claims against the NHS, a young boy has been awarded £37 million in compensation. A delay in arranging an emergency caesarean because...

William Edis QC secures compensation for brain damaged boy - Jul 2020

William Edis QC, instructed by Corrina Mottram of Gadsby Wicks, acted on behalf of a young child who had suffered severe brain damage as a result of negligence leading up to the time of his birth. ...

LawPod UK Ep. 118: Challenges for Dentistry during Pandemic with Len D’Cruz - Jul 2020

The spotlight during the pandemic has been on frontline workers in the medical profession. But if you think of it, the real hazards are to be found in the dentist's surgery, where most interactions...

Join us at AvMA’s ‘Not the ANCN’ 2020 - Jun 2020

This year AvMA have taken their Annual Clinical Negligence Conference online with 'Not the ACNC 2020' on Thursday 25th June 2020. We're excited to remotely join expert speakers with Richard Booth QC...

LawPod UK Ep. 114: Fall in rape prosecutions - Jun 2020

Since 2017 the rate and volume of rape prosecutions in the UK have fallen steeply, collapsing to the lowest level since records began. The reasons for this are unclear. In Episode 114,...

Matthew Flinn examines the impact of Coronavirus on inquests on LexisNexisPSL - May 2020

Matthew Flinn provides analysis on the way coroners’ courts are operating during the COVID-19 emergency, having regard to the unique pressures they are facing as they carry out their function of...

Oliver Sanders QC talks emerging tech with Law Commissioner Sarah Green in Counsel Magazine - May 2020

In the June issue of Counsel Magazine, Oliver Sanders QC interviews Professor Sarah Green, the new Law Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law. They discuss how her background in coding has...

LawPod UK Ep.113: Tracking Coronavirus Symptoms - May 2020

The new contact tracing app (NHSX) is due to be rolled out in the rest of the UK some time after the Isle of Wight trial in May. Is this a way out of lockdown or an irreversible erosion of our...

Leanne Woods secures settlement for psychiatric injury suffered by mother after a still-birth - May 2020

Leanne Woods was instructed by Adele Wilde and Nicola Rawlinson-Weller of Enable Law to represent a mother who sustained a serious psychiatric injury following the still-birth of her first child. ...

Philip Havers QC and Hannah Noyce look at disclosure in PI Focus - May 2020

In the May Issue of PI Focus, Philip Havers QC and Hannah Noyce consider the important decision in ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and others, a high profile clinical negligence...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Spring 2020 – Issue 5 - May 2020

Welcome to the fifth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. In this packed edition you will find: Download the Spring 2020 newsletter...

Duncan Fairgrieve remotely appears before the Supreme Court in landmark tort law case - May 2020

Duncan Fairgrieve is appearing in a landmark case before the Supreme Court concerning the application of the doctrine of illegality in tort law. The appeal is being heard over a day and a half by a...

Dominic Ruck Keene examines whether the lockdown is compliant with the European Charter of Human Rights? - May 2020

In response to this post on the UK Human Rights Blog, Dominic Ruck Keene examines where the lockdown is compliant with the European Charter of Human Rights (ECHR). Download his analysis here and...

Giles Colin offers further insight into significant wasted costs case in PI Focus (April Issue) - May 2020

In a landmark case, and what is considered to be a legal first, Giles Colin, instructed by Leona Beaumont of Hempsons Manchester, secured a Wasted Costs Order of £88,801.68 against a Consultant...

Coronavirus lawsuits across Europe, UK and USA in Wired UK - May 2020

Rajkiran Barhey offers insight into potential coronavirus mass litigation in the latest Wired article by Elaine Allaby. The article looks at the different group actions being brought in European...

LawPod UK Ep. 110: Commercial surrogacy arrangements – within or without the law? - May 2020

In the latest episode of Law Pod UK, Rosalind English talks to William Edis QC of 1 Crown Office Row about the recent Supreme Court ruling on whether damages can be claimed against the NHS in respect...

Brain damaged child receives over £11m in compensation in clinical negligence claim - May 2020

A girl born at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, was left catastrophically injured as a result of a delay in her delivery. She now suffers from cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and developmental...

LawPod UK Ep. 109: Medical Law Developments - Apr 2020

In the latest Law Pod UK episode, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rajkiran Barhey about the the most recent issue of the Quarterly Law Medical Review. The QMLR covers developments in medical law...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – 2020 – Special Issue – Part 2 - Apr 2020

Welcome to another special issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. Given the fast moving nature of this situation, we will produce a number...

LawPod UK Ep. 108: Renewed lockdown, new guidance - Apr 2020

In this latest episode we consider the probable attitude of the judiciary to any challenges regarding the government’s responsibility for providing sufficient PPE, the risk imposed on individuals,...

(Remote) Life at the Bar with the Sutton Trust - Apr 2020

Barristers from 1 Crown Office Row (London and Brighton) have been working with the Sutton Trust to run remote outreach sessions after the students’ planned Easter work experience placements were...

1COR welcomes Rory Badenoch - Apr 2020

We are thrilled that Rory Badenoch is joining 1COR, effective from 20th April 2020. He brings extensive clinical negligence, inquests and personal injury expertise. Read more about Rory and his...

LawPod UK Ep. 106: Vicarious Liability with Robert Kellar QC & Isabel McArdle - Apr 2020

The Supreme Court has recently handed down two judgments rejecting vicarious liability of employers for the wrong doing of of an employee on the one hand, and an independent contractor on the other....

Success in Supreme Court of St Helena case for David Manknell - Apr 2020

Judgment was handed down this week by the Supreme Court of St Helena in a case concerning contested jurisdiction between St Helena and South Africa. A claim had been brought in St Helena against...

John Gimlette explores ‘Fundamental Dishonesty’ in the latest AvMA Newsletter - Apr 2020

In the March 2020 issue of the AvMA newsletter, John Gimlette covers ‘Secrets and Lies’, exploring the world of ‘Fundamental Dishonesty’ in medical negligence claims on pg. 19. Subscribe...

Lizanne Gumbel QC & Rob Kellar QC in Supreme Court case on vicarious liability - Apr 2020

Today, 1st April 2020, the Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Barclays Bank v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13. This is an important decision clarifying the scope of vicarious liability for...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review -2020 – Special Issue - Mar 2020

Welcome to this special issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR), brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. We are endeavouring to provide legal analysis of changes caused by...

COVID-19 Outbreak – Information for Clients - Mar 2020

Current as of: 04/11/2020 Chambers continues to help protect the health and wellbeing of clients, staff, Members and the wider community by implementing measures which minimise social interactions...

1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Winter 2019/20 – Issue 4 - Mar 2020

Welcome to the fourth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. This quarterly publication aims to provide summaries and comment on recent cases...

In Conversation With…Robert Kellar QC and Edite Ligere on “Artificial Intelligence, Real Headache?” - Mar 2020

On 5th March 2020 DWF are hosting a breakfast seminar 'In Conversation With...' Robert Kellar QC and Edite Ligere sharing their expert observations on Artificial Intelligence in healthcare. AI is...

Michael Spencer contributes to 3rd edition of the legal handbook for disabled children - Mar 2020

Disabled Children: a legal handbook LAG, 3rd Edition is an excellent, easily understood guide to the legal rights of disabled children, young people and their families in England. It is intended as a...

Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar Revisited in Leeds - Feb 2020

Join us for an afternoon debating the scope of duty and causation in medical claims based on Chester v Afshar [2005] 1 AC 134, which have come to the fore in recent cases (which we have also acted in)...

John Whitting QC and Charlotte Gilmartin discuss the trial of going to trial at Clyde & Co’s first training seminar of 2020 - Feb 2020

Clyde & Co's healthcare team are pleased to announce that John Whitting QC and Charlotte Gilmartin of 1 Crown Office Row, will be joining us to discuss the particularities of cross-examination...

Widening Participation with the Inner Temple and Warwick University - Feb 2020

On 12th February, four members of 1COR volunteered their time to participate in Inner Temple’s School's Day event with Warwick University's Pathways to Law students. Michael Deacon and Alice...

David Manknell represents father at inquest into death of mental health campaigner - Feb 2020

Teyneen Taylor was a mental health campaigner and raised awareness of mental health by blogging about her experience with borderline personality disorder. She died in October 2018 at a psychiatric...

Hear from Lizanne Gumbel QC at APIL’s next London regional group meeting - Feb 2020

On the evening of Tuesday 11th February, APIL are holding their next London regional group meeting with expert speakers invited to talk on the theme of client issues involving the use of alcohol....

Giles Colin secures Wasted Costs Order against Claimant Expert in clinical negligence case - Feb 2020

In a landmark case, and what is considered to be a legal first, Giles Colin, instructed by Leona Beaumont of Hempsons Manchester, has secured a Wasted Costs Order of £88,801.68 against a Consultant...

Christopher Mellor and Emma-Louise Fenelon represent different GPs in Prince Fosu Inquest into death at Harmondsworth IRC - Feb 2020

Christopher Mellor, instructed by Sam Flew at RadcliffesLeBrasseur, and Emma-Louise Fenelon instructed by James Stevenson at the MDU, are instructed to represent two different GPs at a five week jury...

Leanne Woods discusses Fatal Claims at the AvMA Clinical Negligence: Law Practice & Procedure 2020 - Jan 2020

On the second day of the AvMA Clinical Negligence: Law Practice & Procedure 2020, Leanne Woods will give insight into Fatal Claims at 15.05. This is a key conference for those looking to develop...

Justin Levinson named as one of The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2020 - Jan 2020

Delighted to have Justin Levinson recognised in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2020 for his landmark cases and dedication to his clients. The Lawyer’s Hot 100, with Alix Partners and Lexis Nexis, celebrates...

Law Pod UK Ep 101: Should we sue doctors? James Badenoch QC & David Hart QC discuss - Jan 2020

In this episode, Rosalind English brings together two members of 1 Crown Office Row who have spent their professional lives both claiming against and defending the NHS. James Badenoch QC, now retired,...

Clodagh Bradley QC represents Shante Turay-Thomas’ family at inquest - Jan 2020

Clodagh Bradley QC acts for family of Shante Turay-Thomas in anaphylaxis inquest Clodagh Bradley QC, instructed by Jill Paterson & Thomas Jervis of Leigh Day, acted for the family of 18-year...

1COR Christmas Card Competition 2019 - Jan 2020

Well done to all who guessed who was carrying the figgy pudding! This year saw Michael Deacon and Emma Buckland sitting down to enjoy figgy pudding, carried in by Leanne Woods. Congratulations to our...

Matthew Donmall represents family at inquest into death of Caroline Pearson-Smith - Jan 2020

Matthew Donmall, instructed by Suzanne White and Firdous Ibrahim of Leigh Day, represented the family of Caroline Pearson-Smith at the inquest into her death. 52-year-old Caroline had been managing...

Jeremy Hyam QC and Alasdair Henderson in legal challenge to legality of transgender treatment for children - Jan 2020

The claim R(ota) Mrs A, and Sue Evans v. Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, is brought on behalf of an ex nurse from the Tavistock and the mother (Mrs A) of a young girl who is on the waiting...

Law Pod UK Ep. 100 : Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Neil Sheldon QC - Dec 2019

In our 100th episode, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Neil Sheldon QC about how to help your expert stay out of trouble in clinical negligence cases. The episode considers the recent trend in trenchant...

John Whitting QC successfully defends NHS Trust in High Court clinical negligence trial - Dec 2019

Judgment has been handed down by Mrs. Justice Lambert following a two week trial in AB v East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 3542 (QB). The Claimant suffered a perinatal arterial...

Alasdair Henderson represents prison healthcare team in Max Clifford inquest - Dec 2019

The Assistant Coroner for Cambridgeshire has ruled, at the conclusion of a three-day inquest this week, that the disgraced publicist Max Clifford died of natural causes. Mr Clifford was a...

Henry Witcomb QC secures settlement for family of city banker - Dec 2019

Henry Witcomb QC, instructed by Paul McNeil of Fieldfisher, represented the family of city banker Robert Entenman. He secured a £2.1m settlement from the hospital’s operator, who admitted liability...

Angus McCullough QC represents young boy who recovered nearly £5m plus annual sums for brain injury at birth - Dec 2019

A boy (who is the subject of an anonymity order) sustained brain damage from oxygen starvation at the time of his birth at a hospital managed by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust....

Jim Duffy represents family of Natasha Wild - Dec 2019

Jim Duffy has represented the family of Natasha Wild at the 8-day inquest into the 23 year-old's death in November 2016. Natasha was stabbed by her boyfriend, Lloyd Brackenbury, who suffered from...

Shaheen Rahman QC joins panellists at HRLA’s Review of the Year 2019 - Dec 2019

Each year the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) invites a panel of legal professionals to review the year in human rights law. 2019 has been an interesting year including First 100 Years of...

Henry Witcomb QC secures settlement for abuse survivor - Dec 2019

Henry Witcomb QC represented a man who suffers from PTSD as a result of sexual abuse in his early teens. He was instructed by Alison Millar and Catriona Rubens of Leigh Day. The abuse was carried...

Clodagh Bradley QC represents Shante Turay-Thomas’ family at inquest into death from suspected anaphylaxis - Dec 2019

Clodagh Bradley QC, instructed by Jill Paterson & Thomas Jervis of Leigh Day, to act on behalf of the family of 18-year old Shante Turay-Thomas, who died of suspected anaphylaxis after her mother...

The 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Autumn 2019 – Issue 3 - Dec 2019

Welcome to the third issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. This quarterly publication aims to provide summaries and comment on recent cases...

A closely fought final at the eighth National University of Leicester Medical Law Mooting Competition - Dec 2019

On Saturday 8th December 2019, 1COR were delighted to sponsor the eighth national University of Leicester Medical Law Mooting Competition. Henry Witcomb QC sat on the panel of judges for the final and...

1COR named ‘Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ with Lizanne Gumbel QC named ‘Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year’ by Legal 500 - Dec 2019

We are pleased to announce that 1 Crown Office Row has been named ‘Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ and Lizanne Gumbel QC named for ‘Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Silk...

Lizanne Gumbel QC and Robert Kellar QC in Supreme Court case on Vicarious Liability: Barclays Bank v Various Claimants - Nov 2019

Lizanne Gumbel QC and Robert Kellar QC appeared before the Supreme Court on 28 November 2019 in an important case concerning the scope of vicarious liability for personal injury in Barclays Bank v...

Three 1COR members appear in landmark case about disclosure of confidential medical information: ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & ors - Nov 2019

This week sees the beginning of the trial in the High Court of ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and others, a high profile clinical negligence case concerning the disclosure of...

Caroline Cross, Christopher Mellor and Matthew Flinn instructed in complex inquest - Nov 2019

A 36-year-old mother of three, Louise Harvey, died of a pulmonary embolism 16 days after plastic surgery. As an inpatient, one dose of prophylactic anticoagulants was given late, a second dose was not...

Silks at 1COR on both sides in £30m Birth Injury Settlement - Oct 2019

The Claimant, a young boy, was delivered by emergency caesarean section but had been deprived of oxygen, causing brain injury. As a young child he consistently exhibited volatile behaviour which...

Join us at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair 2019 - Oct 2019

1COR are excited to exhibit at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair on 26th October 2019. Learn about life at the bar by chatting with our barristers, ask questions about the life as a pupil and get clarity...

Clodagh Bradley QC represents mother in wrongful birth claim concerning Down’s Syndrome - Oct 2019

Clodagh Bradley QC, instructed by Richard Money-Kyrle of Boyes Turner, acted on behalf of the successful Claimant Edyta Mordel in a claim for ‘wrongful birth’ where no screening for Down’s...

1 Crown Office Row remains a Tier 1 Set in the Legal 500 2020 - Sep 2019

We are delighted to remain ranked as a tier 1 set in the latest edition of the Legal 500 for Inquests & Inquiries as well as Clinical Negligence with our members highly ranked in Administrative...

1COR nominated for ‘Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ at Chambers Bar Awards 2019 - Sep 2019

We are pleased to announce that 1COR have been shortlisted for 'Clinical Negligence Set of the Year' at the Chambers Bar Awards, run by Chambers & Partners. The ceremony will be held on 31st...

Hill Dickinson’s Healthcare Hub – Medical Lecture Series: AI in healthcare; using data to improve clinical outcomes with Oliver Sanders QC - Sep 2019

AI is increasingly making great advances in health and care. This free seminar run by the Hill Dickinson Healthcare Team will explore how AI is being used to drive improvement in patient outcomes and...

Read through some of the highlights of 2019 in the 1COR Bundle - Sep 2019

The 1COR bundle is our annual Magazine with news and features about people and cases. Highlights of this year’s magazine include: The launch of the new 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review...

The 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Summer 2019 – Issue 2 - Aug 2019

Welcome to the second issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. This quarterly publication aims to provide summaries and comment on recent cases in...

Supreme Court refuse to grant permission to appeal in ARB v IVF Hammersmith Limited - Jul 2019

On 17 July 2019, the Supreme Court refused to grant permission for ARB to appeal the 17 December 2018 decision of the Court of Appeal [2018] EWCA Civ 2803. Jeremy Hyam QC and Suzanne Lambert acted for...

Use of banned substance ‘not intentional‘: Jo Moore represents rugby player before the National Anti-Doping Panel - Jul 2019

A decision in the case of the UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) v Miles Normandale was published last week (here). Jo represented Mr Normandale, a semi-professional rugby player and former Cardiff Blues lock....

Congratulations to David Manknell, Suzanne Lambert, Alasdair Henderson, Natasha Barnes and Paul Reynolds on their appointments to Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Jul 2019

We are proud to announce that David Manknell has been re-appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel, Suzanne Lambert, Natasha Barnes and Alasdair Henderson have been appointed to the...

Clodagh Bradley QC represents Mother in wrongful birth claim - Jul 2019

Clodagh Bradley QC, instructed by Richard Money-Kyrle of Boyes Turner, acts on behalf of Edyta Mordel in respect of a claim for ‘wrongful birth’ because no screening for Down’s syndrome was...

Shaheen Rahman QC authors chapter in the UK Supreme Court Yearbook Volume 9 - Jul 2019

Shaheen Rahman QC has authored a chapter on Health and Safety Law in the UK Supreme Court Yearbook Volume 9. The chapter includes commentary on the case of R (Black) v Secretary of State for...

Looking forward to the AvMA Clinical Negligence Conference 2019 - Jun 2019

1COR are delighted to take part in this year's AvMA Clinical Negligence Conference at the Royal Armouries, Leeds. 11:00 Lecture L: Vicarious Liability Post-Paterson Richard Booth QC Stand 11 ...

1COR welcomes Cara Guthrie to 1 Crown Office Row - Jun 2019

We are delighted to announce that Cara Guthrie has joined us, effective from Thursday 20th June 2019. She brings extensive Medical Law experience with a strong Clinical Negligence focus. Cara also...

Dominic Ruck Keene examines evidential difficulties in proving a Montgomery case for AvMA Newsletter - Jun 2019

In the June 2019 AvMA Newsletter, Dominic Ruck Keene writes about the evidential difficulties in proving a Montgomery Case (pg. 18). He looks at the two recent cases of Lucy Diamond v Royal Devon...

Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar Revisited - Jun 2019

Join us for an evening looking at scope of duty and causation in medical claims based on Chester v Afshar [2005] 1 AC 134, which have come to the fore in recent cases such as Pomphrey v Secretary of...

Protecting children from harm: CN & GN v Poole Borough Council - Jun 2019

Protecting children from harm: Supreme Court hands down key decision on tort of negligence. In an important decision on the liability of social welfare services and public authorities more generally,...

Rachel Marcus represents family at inquest into death of Oliver Hall - Jun 2019

The inquest has now closed with the coroner concluding that gross failure to provide medical treatment contributed to Oliver Hall's death. The coroner will write a Prevention of Future Deaths report...

The 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Spring 2019 – Issue 1 - May 2019

Welcome to the first issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. This new quarterly publication aims to provide summaries and comment on recent cases...

Andrew Kennedy succeeds in clinical negligence trial examining causation and the scope of duty - May 2019

In Pomphrey v Secretary of State for Health and another, Mr. Pomphrey made a claim against the Defendants alleging a failure to diagnose compression of the cauda equina nerve roots and a delay in...

Public Hearings begin in The Infected Blood Inquiry - May 2019

On 30th April 2019, the first public hearings of the Infected Blood Inquiry were held in London. More are planned over the next year in Belfast, Leeds, Edinburgh and Cardiff. The Inquiry is chaired by...

Philip Havers QC, Emma-Louise Fenelon & Charlotte Gilmartin discuss Darnley v Croydon Health Services at Weightmans’ Healthcare Training Seminar - Apr 2019

As part of Weightmans’ Healthcare Training Programme 2019, Philip Havers QC has been asked to speak about the significant case of Darnley v Croyden Health Services, in which he appeared as leading...

Sarabjit Singh QC features in the latest AvMA Newsletter - Apr 2019

In the April AvMA Newsletter, Sarabjit Singh QC discusses 'Relief from Sanctions' (pg. 23), examining the well-established process that applies when the court is considering any application for relief...

Suzanne Lambert discusses ‘Psychiatric injury: Primary rules’ in latest Personal Injury Law Journal - Apr 2019

Suzanne Lambert examines whether a claimant for psychiatric injuries associated with their child’s birth is a primary or secondary victim in the April 2019 #174 Personal Injury Law Journal. Read the...

Jeremy Hyam QC in important case on NHS consultant employment contracts concerning suspension of pay - Mar 2019

In North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust v Dr Andrew Gregg (2019) EWCA Civ 387 the Court of Appeal have held that NHS Trust was not entitled to withhold pay during a period of interim suspension by...

Richard Booth QC to chair AvMA’s Medico-Legal Issues in Accident & Emergency Care Conference - Mar 2019

In what promises to be a comprehensive conference including topics ranging from Sepsis, Emergency Care and who provides it and Common Orthopaedic Injuries, we are delighted that Richard Booth QC has...

Iain O’Donnell, Matthew Donmall and Emma-Louise Fenelon act in important recent Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) hearing - Feb 2019

This week the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is hearing evidence regarding child abuse at Ealing Abbey and St Benedict’s School, as part of the Inquiry’s investigation into...

Suzanne Lambert comments on consent and IVF Clinics in the latest APIL PI Focus - Feb 2019

Suzanne Lambert give an insight into patient consent and IVF clinics after the recent judgment in ARB (Appellant) v IVF HAMMERSMITH (Respondent) & R (Third Party) (2018), where she was led by...

1COR named ‘Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ in the Legal 500 UK Awards 2019 - Feb 2019

Last night Head of Chambers Richard Booth QC, Senior Clerk Matthew Phipps and Marketing Manager Olivia Kaplan enjoyed a lovely evening at the Legal 500 UK Awards 2019 ceremony. Having a focus on the...

Alasdair Henderson secures award of damages for false imprisonment in a hospital setting - Jan 2019

Christiana Esegbona was a 68-year-old who was independent and self-caring when she was admitted to Kings College Hospital on 19 October 2010 with shortness of breath. She was fit for discharge within...

Robert Wastell successfully acts for husband denied access to his brain injured wife for 2 years - Jan 2019

Sivasakthy Mahindan was left catastrophically brain damaged after doctors failed to note a blood clot in her leg. The clot moved into her lungs over the next few months, leading to her suffering...

Infected Blood Inquiry announces innovative plans to allow individuals to give evidence anonymously - Jan 2019

The Infected Blood Inquiry has announced innovative plans to allow individuals to give evidence through appointed intermediaries. The intermediaries will visit those who request their support and then...

Hill Dickinson’s Healthcare Hub – Medical Lecture Series 2019: HSIB – An Introduction with Jeremy Hyam QC - Jan 2019

Join 1 Crown Office Row at Hill Dickinson's next Medical Lecture considering the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB). Talks by representatives from HSIB (including Jude Piper, Maternity Team...

1 Crown Office Row named ‘Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2019 - Jan 2019

Delighted to announce that 1COR have been named 'Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence Set of the Year' in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2019. Awards distributed on 6th February, you can read the results...

Jeremy Hyam QC and Suzanne Lambert in the Court of Appeal case on recoverability for damages for upbringing of healthy child as a result of wrongful conception - Dec 2018

A couple underwent successful fertility treatment at an IVF clinic and froze five embryos, with both their gametes, after the birth of their first child. The couple later separated and the mother...

Clodagh Bradley QC chairs AvMA’s Medico-Legal Issues in Diabetes Conference - Dec 2018

Delighted to announce that Clodagh Bradley QC is chairing the upcoming AvMA conference focusing on Medico-Legal Issues in Diabetes on 11th December 2018, sponsored by Irwin Mitchell. It brings...

Delighted to have 1COR, Lizanne Gumbel QC and Matthew Hill nominated in the Legal 500 Awards - Dec 2018

We are pleased to announce that our chambers and two members have been nominated for the Legal 500 Awards in recognition of their hard work. 1 Crown Office Row has been nominated for 'Personal...

1COR delighted to again sponsor The University of Leicester Medical Law Mooting Competition - Dec 2018

On Saturday 1st December 2018, The University of Leicester held its seventh annual mooting competition focusing on medical law. 1 Crown Office Row and LIME Clinical Negligence jointly sponsor this...

Richard Booth QC and Robert Kellar to speak at MBL Clinical Negligence 2018 Conference - Nov 2018

We are delighted that Richard Booth QC has been asked to speak at the annual Management, Business, Law (MBL) Clinical Negligence Conference on 28th November 2018 along with Robert Kellar. The popular,...

The Liability of Private Hospitals & Clinics: Lessons from the Paterson Litigation - Nov 2018

This seminar will look at developments in the law relating to vicarious liability following the Paterson Litigation. A hypothetical case study will be debated between a claimant and defendant team of...

Justin Levinson represents woman whose doctor claimed the Devil was having a field day with her - Nov 2018

Sally Brayshaw, 54, was recovering from bowel surgery and suffering from other mental and physical health problems, including depression, which she sought help for from Apsley Surgery in 2012. Locum...

Richard Booth QC wins damages for psychiatric injury for mother of child with cerebral palsy - Nov 2018

In YAH v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 2964, the Court had to consider two live questions: In circumstances where the Defendant had admitted negligent delay in delivery of a baby who...

1 Crown Office Row remains a ‘Band 1 Set’ according to Chambers & Partners - Nov 2018

Chambers & Partners has ranked 1COR as a Band 1 Set in Clinical Negligence, Inquests & Inquiries and Professional Discipline as well as highly ranked for Personal Injury, Civil Liberties &...

1 Crown Office Row remains a ‘top tier set’ in the Legal 500 2018 Guide - Oct 2018

The Legal 500 Directory has named 1 Crown Office Row as the only top tier set for Clinical Negligence & Healthcare and a top tier set for Professional Discipline & Regulatory Law. The Legal...

Brain damaged child receives over £18m in compensation in clinical negligence claim - Oct 2018

A boy born at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, was left catastrophically injured in the first few days of his life. He now suffers from cerebral palsy, learning difficulties, developmental delay and...

The Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in this interesting and important claim in Darnley v Croydon Health Services - Oct 2018

Philip Havers QC led Bradley Martin QC of 2 Temple Gardens and was instructed by Cassius Box of Capsticks in Darnley v Croyden Health Services. On Monday 17 May 2010, the claimant was struck on...

Henry Witcomb QC and John Whitting QC in record £37 million clinical negligence settlement - Oct 2018

In 2012, the Claimant, now 6 years old, contracted Herpes Simplex virus at birth, which developed into a brain infection. A two day delay in prescribing and administering the necessary anti-viral...

Shaheen Rahman QC to speak at Hill Dickinson’s Medical Lecture Series 2018 with Prof. Derek Tuffnell and ENS Representatives - Oct 2018

Shaheen Rahman QC joins consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Professor Derek Tuffnell as well as ENS Team Leader Kamalpreet Bedi and other representatives from NHS Resolution in one of Hill...

APIL Clinical Negligence Conference - Oct 2018

1COR are delighted to take exhibit at the annual APIL Clinical Negligence Conference at Celtic Manor, Newport. Listen to experts speak at the conference and visit us at stand 32. Find out more on...

Pritesh Rathod to speak at ‘Clinical Guidelines: Litigation, Patient Safety and the Law’ conference - Sep 2018

Pritesh Rathod has been invited to speak at the 'Clinical Guidelines: Litigation, Patient Safety and the Law' conference to be held at Friends House, London on 27th September 2018. Drawing upon...

Robert Kellar and Michael Deacon overturn dishonesty finding against doctor in Court of Appeal - Sep 2018

Robert Kellar has successfully defended a paediatrician in proceedings brought by the GMC alleging him to have been dishonest in the way he prepared notes of a patient consultation and in relation to...

Capsticks Seminar ‘Resolving obstetric claims: medicine and the law’ with Richard Booth QC - Sep 2018

In partnership with NHS Resolution, Capsticks are arranging an external seminar on how to best resolve obstetrics claims. Richard Booth QC is delighted to join Professor Steve Thornton from Queen...

John Whitting QC wins high profile post natal collapse trial - Aug 2018

John Whitting QC was instructed by Catherine Bennett and Rebecca Young of Capsticks to represent the Defendant Hospital in this high profile case. Cerys Clements was less than an hour old when she...

John Whitting QC successfully defends Leigh Day in professional negligence action - Jul 2018

Following a week long trial in the High Court, Mrs. Justice Andrews dismissed a claim brought by Gabrielle Shaw, a former client of Leigh Day, for damages arising out of the firm's representation of...

Clodagh Bradley QC represents family at Inquest into maternal death from sepsis - Jul 2018

Clodagh Bradley QC, instructed by Iona Meeres-Young, Partner at Fieldfisher, represented the family of a 38 year old mother of two who was admitted to Basildon hospital, Essex, 15 weeks pregnant,...

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Robert Kellar win in the Court of Appeal regarding an employer’s vicarious liability in Barclays Bank v Various Claimants - Jul 2018

Lizanne Gumbel QC is leading Robert Kellar in this ongoing group litigation, concerning the vicarious liability of a bank for sexual assaults committed by a now deceased doctor during medical...

Jeremy Hyam QC and Matthew Barnes in significant clinical negligence case on Part 36 offers and indemnity costs - Jul 2018

Jeremy Hyam QC and Matthew Barnes in significant case regarding late acceptance of a Part 36 offer and whether litigation conduct justified indemnity costs. The claimant, who was mentally fragile,...

Giles Colin wins in Court of Appeal defending vascular treatment provided by the Health Board - Jul 2018

In Keith Williams v CWM Taf University Hospital Board, the Claimant appealed against the decision that the multidisciplinary medical team who had treated him for critical limb ischemia were not...

30th AvMA Clinical Negligence Conference - Jun 2018

1COR are delighted to take part in the 30th AvMA Clinical Negligence Conference at the Hilton Brighton Metropole. Listen our members speak at the conference (details below) and visit us at stand 36. ...

Jeremy Hyam QC is successful in employment injunction - Jun 2018

Jeremy Hyam QC successful in employment injunction to prevent NHS Trust convening a gross misconduct disciplinary hearing against psychiatrist. The Claimant was a consultant forensic psychiatrist...

Philip Havers QC and Richard Mumford successfully resist appeal in consent case - Jun 2018

On Thursday 7 June the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Duce v Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 1307. The case concerned allegations of failure to warn of the risk of...

Philip Havers QC appears today in the Supreme Court in Darnley v Croydon Health Services - Jun 2018

The Supreme Court will today hear this case involving the liability of NHS Receptionists following allegations of negligence after a permanent brain injury was sustained by the claimant. Philip Havers...

1COR members featured in the latest AvMA Newsletter - Apr 2018

Rachel Marcus, Leanne Woods, Dominic Ruck-Keene and Jo Moore all contributed articles in the recently released AvMA newsletter, which you can download here : AvMA March 2018 Newsletter Leanne Woods...

1COR sponsors BISWG ‘Risky Business: The Challenges of Acquired Brain Injury through the Stages of Life’ - Mar 2018

We are looking forward to the upcoming Brain Injury Social Working Group (BISWG), sponsored by 1COR, Enable Law and Nestor. It is always a great conference with a fantastic programme covering the...

Jeremy Hyam QC successful in obtaining healthcare employment/disciplinary injunction - Mar 2018

Jeremy Hyam QC successful in obtaining healthcare employment/disciplinary injunction for Consultant Anaesthetist against his employing Trust. He was instructed by Ian Sadler of Radcliffes Le...

The Liability of Private Hospitals and Clinics - Feb 2018

Lessons from the Paterson Litigation: Developments in the law relating to vicarious liability. Dame Christina Lambert chairs a panel of 1COR members who will discuss developments in the law...

Jim Duffy in Subject Access Request win for GP - Feb 2018

Jim Duffy has successfully defended a GP who refused to comply with a Subject Access Request made by a father in respect of his children’s medical records. A Child Protection Plan was in place...

Supreme Court will hear case involving the liability of the NHS for Hospital Receptionists - Oct 2017

The Supreme Court has granted leave to hear the case of Darnley v Croydon Health Services, which involves the liability of NHS Receptionists after allegations of negligence were made following a...

Pritesh Rathod successful in High Court trial Scaddon v Morgan (2017) - Jun 2017

Pritesh Rathod successfully represented the Claimant in a High Court trial relating to negligent treatment given to her by a Consultant Gynaecologist. Mrs Scaddon proved that at a private...

Clodagh Bradley QC Interviewed for Comment By BBC South East - Jun 2017

Clodagh Bradley QC comments to BBC South East's reporter Leanne Rinne about struck-off doctor Michael Sheill who was filmed performing Botox consultations.

Clinical negligence and the duty to disclose: full house of 1COR members in high profile Court of Appeal case - Jun 2017

Five members of Chambers appeared before the Court of Appeal in ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and others. The Appellant, known as ABC, appealed against the strike out of her...

1 COR are recruiting new tenants with Clinical Negligence expertise - May 2017

Pressure of Clinical Negligence work means that we are looking for energetic, experienced and able prospective tenants of seven years or more call with well-established practices predominantly. We...

James Badenoch QC comments about judges considering gross negligence manslaughter prosecutions against doctors - Apr 2017

The British Medical Journal published an article today that looks into whether judges might consider "the impossible conditions in which some doctors work" in defence to negligent behaviour or...

Richard Mumford acts for family at inquest leading to review of baby deaths - Apr 2017

Ivy Morris died aged 4 months as a result of injuries sustained during her delivery at the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. Richard (instructed by Penningtons solicitors) represented Ivy's family...

Philip Havers QC wins appeal about negligence of NHS Receptionist - Mar 2017

Philip Havers QC was successful in a key Court of Appeal case as to whether receptionists in the A&E Department of a hospital owe a duty of care to patients as to the information they provide (or...

Clodagh Bradley QC successfully resists strike out in clinical negligence nervous shock claim - Mar 2017

Clodagh Bradley QC, instructed by Mark Bowman of Fieldfisher, successfully resisted an application to strike out / summary judgment of a nervous shock claim on behalf of the secondary victim father of...

Robert Seabrook QC selected to sit on new NHS Litigation Authority Mediation Service - Jan 2017

The NHS Litigation Authority has launched a new mediation service following a public tender. The tender enabled the NHS LA on behalf of the NHS to procure the highest quality, and most cost-effective,...

Paterson case listed in The Lawyer top 20 cases for 2017 - Jan 2017

The Paterson breast surgery litigation has been identified by The Lawyer as one of the top 20 legal cases for 2017. The Claimants are represented by a team from 1 COR including Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel...

Philip Havers QC and Isabel Mcardle represent APIL in a judicial review brought by the Association of British Insurers - Jan 2017

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is acting as an Interested Party in a judicial review brought by the Association of British Insurers (ABI), who are seeking to challenge the decision...

John Whitting QC succeeds in application to withdraw admission of liability and to revoke consent order entering judgment - Oct 2016

John Whitting QC was successful in a key High Court case involving City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust in a liability decision of the High Court v Kelly Marie Simmons. Mrs Simmons was...

Adam Wagner involved in successful compensation appeal by rape victim - Aug 2016

A woman known as "Sarah" has successfully overturned an appeal under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The First Tier Tribunal had made a 40% reduction in her award for compensation because...

John Whitting QC in clinical negligence abuse of process strike out - Jul 2016

In Wright v Barts Health NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 1834, the Claimant suffered an accident at work sustaining multiple injuries and was admitted to, and treated at, the Defendant Hospital. He is now a T7...

Judith Rogerson wins clinical negligence liability trial - Jul 2016

Judith Rogerson successfully defended all allegations of breach of duty and causation in Devonport v Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 1729 QB, a claim arising out of unusual...

Angus McCullough QC qualifies as an arbitrator - Jun 2016

PIcARBS, the Personal Injury claims Arbitration Service, is an arbitration institute that has been set up specifically to resolve personal injury and clinical negligence disputes, using arbitration....

David Evans QC wins perinatal cerebral palsy damage case - Jun 2016

David Evans QC for hospital trust before Cheema-Grubb J. [2016] EWHC 1246 (QB). Despite a midwifery breach of duty, the Judge held that there was no breach of duty by the obstetrician and that the...

Jeremy Hyam QC wins infective endocarditis case for GP before Garnham J - May 2016

In a careful judgment in the high value clinical negligence claim, Tucker v Griffiths [2016] EWHC 1214 (QB), Garnham J. decided that the appropriate test for referral to hospital of infective...

Illegal drug use a bar to care and deputyship claim - May 2016

Robert Seabrook QC and Richard Mumford appeared on behalf of the Defendant Trust in AB v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 1024 (QB), Irwin J, 4 May 2016. The claimant, who...

Judith Rogerson successful in defence of clinical negligence claim - May 2016

Judith Rogerson acted for the Defendant in Hosseini v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWH 974 (QB). The Claimant, who suffered from cerebral palsy, underwent...

John Whitting QC strikes out claim by patient’s relatives over missed diagnosis of genetic disorder - Apr 2016

Third party cannot recover damages for a personal injury suffered because of an omission in the treatment of another. On 19th March 2003, NC was seen by a consultant neurologist at the Defendant...

John Whitting QC in successful trial defence of neonatal team - Mar 2016

John Whitting QC appeared for the Defendant Trust in Ali v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2016]. Ismael Ali was born with a congenital malrotation of the bowel. This was not diagnosed until he...

John Whitting QC successful in pivotal post Montgomery clinical negligence trial - Oct 2015

In Tasmin v Barts Health NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3135 (QB), the Claimant sustained severe cerebral palsy after a period of acute profound hypoxic ischaemia at the very end of labour. She argued that she...

David Hart QC and Henry Witcomb shortlisted for the 2015 Chambers UK Bar Awards - Sep 2015

We are delighted to announce that two of our members have been shortlisted for the 2015 Chambers UK Bar Awards. David Hart QC for the Environment section and Henry Witcomb for the Personal Injury /...

Philip Havers QC, Rachel Marcus and Kate Beattie contribute to 5th edition of Clinical Negligence - Sep 2015

Philip Havers QC, Rachel Marcus and Kate Beattie have written the chapter on clinical negligence and human rights for the 5th edition of 'Clinical Negligence' (editors Dr Michael Powers QC and Dr...

John Whitting QC argues important quantum of damages principle in High Court - Jun 2015

In Harman v East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1662 (QB), John Whitting QC appeared for the Defendant Trust in an assessment of damages hearing in a very high value clinical...

Four members of 1COR in duty of care case - Jun 2015

The Claimant's father killed the Claimant's mother in 2007 and was detained at a hospital run by the Second Defendant. In 2009 he was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease, meaning that the Claimant...

John Whitting QC represents Hospital Trust in successful defence of meningitis claim - Jun 2015

Judgment has been handed down in FB v Rana et al [2015] EWHC 1536, in which John Whitting QC represented the Hospital Trust. FB was a 13 month old child who developed bacterial meningitis and...

Martin Downs in case about infant bone density - Mar 2015

Judgment has been handed down in a new case concerning bone density and fractures in young children where Martin Downs had been instructed. Having considered international research on this subject,...

James Badenoch QC wins Supreme Court case on the need for doctors to warn patients of the risks in proposed treatments - Mar 2015

James Badenoch QC acted for the Appellant, Nadine Montgomery, who was appealing the Court of Session's judgment refusing her reclaiming motion. As a result of complications during delivery, the...

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Henry Witcomb secure the right to anonymity for children and protected parties - Feb 2015

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Henry Witcomb, instructed by Mark Bowman of Fieldfisher, represented the Claimant in a pro bono case in The Court of Appeal. Judgment was handed down in the much...

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC settles case for family of mother who died hours after leaving A&E where she was told that her crippling pain was caused by holding her baby daughter the wrong way. - Feb 2015

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC obtained undisclosed damages for the husband, Jason, and daughter, Ava (now three), of Nadia Wearn who died just hours after leaving A&E where she was told that her...

Rachel Marcus acting in clinical negligence claim against an out-of-hours GP - Jan 2015

Rachel Marcus is acting for a mother who is claiming negligence against an out-of-hours GP who failed to diagnose that her seven week old son was critically ill. Papers were lodged at the High...

Richard Booth QC successfully defends GPs against allegations of negligence - Jan 2015

In a judgment handed down by HHJ Denyer QC in the Bristol CJC on 5th January 2015 (following a 5 day trial in November 2014) in the case of Heal v B & W, allegations of clinical negligence against...

Philippa Whipple QC wins Global Offers and Part 36 argument - Dec 2014

Philippa Whipple QC acted for the claimants in the case of Wild v Southend University NHS Foundation Trust. Michael Kent QC, sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court, has decided that a...

Stephen Miller QC named Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence “Silk of the Year” - Oct 2014

We are delighted to congratulate Stephen Miller QC who was named "Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year" at the 2014 Chambers and Partners Bar Awards.

Clodagh Bradley is representing Dr Waney Squier, in GMC proceedings before the Fitness to Practise Panel of the MPTS - Sep 2014

Clodagh Bradley, who is being led by Sir Robert Francis QC, is representing Dr Waney Squier, consultant paediatric neuropathologist, in the GMC proceedings before the Fitness to Practise Panel of the...

1COR appear on both sides of a case where a woman had to wait 100 minutes for an ambulance - Jun 2014

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC represented Caren Paterson in her claim against the London Ambulance Service. Caren Paterson collapsed in her flat in 2007 and suffered abnormal breathing. An ambulance was...

Philippa Whipple QC successfully defended a claim brought by the family of a brain damaged child seeking substantial damages for negligence - Apr 2014

Josh Tippett suffered a cord compression immediately prior to his birth on 8 November 2005. He suffered acute hypoxia, leading to brain damage. At the time of his birth, his mother was on the...

Clodagh Bradley represented Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the inquest into the death of Mr Goold - Jan 2014

Clodagh Bradley represented Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the inquest into the death of Mr Goold who had advanced Alzheimer's and was admitted to hospital with severe head...

Robert Seabrook QC and Sarah Lambert represent the widow of a man who died from cancer which his GP failed to diagnose years earlier - Jan 2014

Robert Seabrook QC and Sarah Lambert represented the widow of Christopher Goodhead who died from rectal cancer in 2009. He visited his GP in 2005 complaining of bleeding and it is alleged that his GP,...

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Henry Witcomb represented the family of a girl whose brain was accidentally injected with glue - Jan 2014

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Henry Witcomb represented the family of Maisha Najeeb who suffered permanent brain damage when her brain was accidentally injected with glue during a treatment at Great...

Neil Garnham QC, Marina Wheeler and Karwan Eskerie successfully defend NHS proposals for Chase Farm Hospital - Nov 2013

Neil Garnham QC, Marina Wheeler and Karwan Eskerie, representing the four NHS defendants, successfully resisted a judicial review challenge by Enfield London Borough Council (R(on the application of...

1COR Pupil Ross Beaton wins the Bar Council Law Reform Essay Competition - Nov 2013

We are delighted to announce that 1COR pupil, Ross Beaton, has won the Bar Council's Law Reform Essay Competition. The essay addressed the topic of assisted suicide and was entitled "Assisted dying -...

Jeremy Hyam succeeds in the Court of Appeal for Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign Ltd - Oct 2013

Jeremy Hyam acted as junior counsel representing Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign Ltd in the Secretary of State's appeal against the High Court's decision that the reconfiguration of South London...

Philippa Whipple QC represented the family of a triplet who was struck almost blind by medical negligence - Oct 2013

Philippa Whipple QC has represented the family of Alice Warner who suffered from Retinopathy of Prematurity at Bedford Hospital in the first few days of her life. This left her blind in one eye and...

Joanna Glynn QC prosecutes father of baby Ocean Elliot whose death was caused by shaking - Jun 2013

Ocean Elliot was shaken by her father, Benjamin Curtis, in 2007 after he momentarily lost his temper. He caused her severe brain damage. In 2009 she died from swine 'flu, exacerbated by her...

4 members of 1COR in the Kenyan Mau Mau Case - Jun 2013

The Mau Mau uprising, which took place in central Kenya between 1952 and 1961, was a rebellion against British colonial rule. Claims were brought by four Kenyans for serious personal injuries and...

Richard Booth QC defends Consultant Breast Surgeon in GMC - May 2013

After a GMC Fitness to Practise Panel hearing (GMC v D) which lasted a total of 13 weeks, starting in August 2012 and finishing in April 2013, and which involved twelve patient cases at the outset,...

Joanna Glynn QC prosecutes a case in which a 5 week old baby was shaken to death - Mar 2013

Joanna Glynn QC acted for the prosecution in a case in which it was alleged that Simon Hathaway lost his temper and shook his five week old son, causing a brain damage from which he died 90 minutes...

Philip Havers QC, Jeremy Hyam and Marina Wheeler in judicial review on consultation re closure of centres for paediatric cardiac surgery - Mar 2013

Philip Havers QC and Jeremy Hyam have successfully represented the Save Our Surgery group in a judicial review challenge to 'Safe and Sustainable' paediatric heart reconfiguration. In this...

John Whitting QC for the Medical Protection Society in a leading case in the Court of Appeal on the application of res ipsa loquitur in Clinical Negligence - Feb 2013

John Whitting QC represented the MPS in the case of Thomas v Curley [2013] EWCA Civ 117'. In this case the Claimant suffered an injury to the common bile duct during the course of a laparoscopic...

Philip Havers QC and Sydney Chawatama win in Court of Appeal on a matter of fact in breast cancer claim - Mar 2012

Sydney Chawatama successfully represented a claimant at trial in a clinical negligence case arising from the failure to investigate a breast lump correctly which was later diagnosed as cancerous. ...

David Balcombe QC and Sarah Lambert in High Court clinical negligence claim for a breast cancer sufferer - Mar 2012

David Balcombe QC and Sarah Lambert successfully represented a woman's claim against a surgeon who allegedly failed to obtain informed consent during breast re-construction surgery. This left the...

Martin Forde QC secures not proven decision from GMC Fitness to Practise for Consultant Anaesthetist - Sep 2011

Martin Forde QC recently represented Dr X a consultant anaesthetist accused of acting in a sexually inappropriate manner in the course of three operations involving consciously sedated patients. After...

Neil Garnham QC and Sydney Chawatama win appeal on mental health patients unlawful detention - Jan 2011

Neil Garnham QC and Sydney Chawatama were instructed by Capsticks to defend East London NHS Foundation Trust in this important case touching upon the right to freedom (TTM v London Borough of Hackney...

Margaret Bowron QC in £4m settlement - Sep 2010

A girl who will be 18 years old on 23rd September 2010, was brain damaged at birth due to the negligence of Rochford Hospital, Essex and sustained extensive and permanent injuries which render her...

Must the family be told? Genetic information and liability for non-disclosure to relatives - Jan 2018

Legislation: European Convention on Human Rights 1950 article 8. Cases: ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 336; [2017] P.I.Q.R. P15 (CA (Civ Div)) Caparo...

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Robert Kellar succeed in establishing vicarious liability of bank for sexual assaults - Aug 2017

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Robert Kellar were successful in establishing that Barclay's bank were vicariously liable for any sexual assaults committed by a GP in the course of pre-employment health...

Philip Havers QC and Shaheen Rahman to appear in the Supreme Court in prisoner smoking case - Oct 2016

R(Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] 1 WLR 3963, [2015] 4 ALL ER 790; [2016] 3 WLR 28: [2016] 3 All ER 30: (2016) 150 BMLR 145: Times, May 6, 2016. In this case Philip Havers QC and...

Clodagh Bradley QC appears in landmark Appeal on Expert Evidence - Oct 2016

Clodagh Bradley QC, who is being led by Sir Robert Francis QC, is instructed to appear on behalf of Dr Waney Squier, consultant paediatric neuropathologist, in an appeal against the findings of the...

”Healthier Together” judicial review challenge dismissed - Jan 2016

Philip Havers QC, Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie succeeded in defending the judicial review challenge to the "Healthier Together" programme in Greater Manchester. Mr Justice Dove rejected each of the...

1COR in Do Not Resuscitate Order case - Dec 2015

Angus McCullough QC, Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie appeared in a landmark High Court case about the rights around do not resuscitate orders for patients who lack mental capacity. In Winspear v City...

1COR in Healthier Together judicial review - Dec 2015

Philip Havers QC, Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie appeared in the "Healthier Together" judicial review claim heard on 9 and 10 December 2015 in Manchester. In this case a private company called "Keep...

Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie succeed for AvMA in duty of candour challenge - Jul 2015

Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie acted for AvMA in a challenge to the duty of candour regulations which create a "two tier" system for different health organisations. A statutory duty of candour was...

John Whitting QC successfully defends Trust in wrongful birth claim and first case to test the scope of Montgomery - Apr 2015

In A v East Kent University NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1038 (QB), John Whitting QC appeared for the Defendant Trust. The Claimant argued that, during her pregnancy, she should have been informed...

Shaheen Rahman wins ruling on smoking in jail and the status of Crown premises - Mar 2015

Shaheen Rahman won her case for prisoner, Paul Black, inmate at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, who says he suffers from a range of health problems made worse by second-hand smoke. The landmark ruling means...

John Whitting QC instructed as lead counsel in a pioneering product liability action against Novartis Plc - Jan 2015

Instructed by Leigh Day, John Whitting QC is lead counsel in a claim against the drug company Novartis. He is representing Mr Hailer, an elderly former priest, who was left disabled and unable to care...

Philip Havers QC, Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie in landmark Court of Appeal victory for patient rights in DNACPR decisions - Jun 2014

The Court of Appeal has upheld a challenge to the lawfulness of "Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation" (DNACPR) orders, holding that NHS Trusts are under a legal duty to consult with and...

Neil Garnham QC and Jeremy Hyam in a case on the scope of a Clinical Commissioning Group’s s.3 duty under the NHS Act 2006 - May 2014

Neil Garnham QC and Jeremy Hyam were successful in resisting this claim about the scope of a CCG's s.3 duty under the NHS Act 2006, and the asserted obligation to provide an eligible patient with NHS...

John Whitting QC in landmark decision by Court of Appeal about doctors’ responsibility for product literature - May 2014

The Court of Appeal has given judgment in Webster v Liddington [2014] EWCA Civ 560 ('the Isolagen litigation'). John Whitting QC led for the MPS and the MDU in this class action. Isolagen was an...

Philip Havers QC, Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie appear in the Court of Appeal for the family of Janet Tracey - May 2014

Philip Havers QC, Jeremy Hyam and Kate Beattie, instructed by Leigh Day appear in the Court of Appeal for the family of Janet Tracey, who had a "Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation" (DNACPR)...

Jeremy Hyam represents Crohn’s sufferer Elizabeth Rose in challenge to NHS refusal to fund freezing of her eggs before chemotherapy - Apr 2014

Elizabeth Rose has suffered from Crohn's disease since she was 14 and now faces an "imminent" bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy which she fears will render her infertile. She has applied for...

Neil Garnham, Marina Wheeler and Karwan Eskerie secure victory for the NHS in North West London reorganisation - Oct 2013

Neil Garnham QC, Marina Wheeler and Karwan Eskerie have secured an important victory for the NHS in a challenge to its proposals for a fundamental reorganisation of health care services in North West...

Christopher Mellor’s podcast on the proposed Duty of Candour for the NHS - Jun 2013

Christopher Mellor acted for the Strategic Health Authority in the Mid Staffordshire NHS Public Inquiry. In a podcast with Hill Dickinson he discusses the final report into this Inquiry and the...

Members of 1COR acted in the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust Public Inquiry - Feb 2013

Members of One Crown Office Row were involved in this inquiry, drawing on their combined expertise in clinical negligence and public law. The hearings took place from November 2010 until December...

Marina Wheeler in Royal Brompton Hospital cardiac services lawful consultation case - Apr 2012

Marina Wheeler, led by Dinah Rose QC, represented the NHS in the Court of Appeal where the Royal Brompton Hospital sought to quash the consultation into the reconfiguration of paediatric cardiac...

Sydney Chawatama defends claim by mental patient released under Habeas Corpus - Jun 2010

Sydney Chawatama represented East London NHS Foundation Trust in an important decision involving the habeus corpus rights of a mental health patient under the Human Rights Act 1998 (TTM v London...

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