Archive for July 2014

Litigation: Misinterpretation of fetal scans during pregnancy – who can claim and what can you claim for?

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 by Darren Deery
Over past years, our specialised medical negligence team at Drummond Miller has dealt with a number of cases in relation to the misinterpretation of scans undertaken during pregnancy (the purpose... Read More >
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Queen's Baton Relay

Monday, July 21, 2014 by Victoria Varty
Drummond Miller are very proud of Musselburgh Associate, Ruth Gallacher, who, on Friday 18 July, was one of the baton bearers in Alexandria in the Queen's Baton Relay for the... Read More >

Litigation: The test for medical negligence - balancing the interests of the patient against the interests of the medical profession

Tuesday, July 08, 2014
The Drummond Miller Court of Session litigation team recently attended the Ampersand Summer Clinical Negligence Conference, where James Badenoch, Q.C. questioned whether or not the test for medical negligence as... Read More >

Immigration: Immigration Act 2014 in focus: Health care & Driving in the UK

Monday, July 07, 2014
As you may have seen from our recent blogs on the subject, the Immigration Act 2014 has been approved by Parliament, and while its provisions are not yet in force,... Read More >

Immigration: Some clarification of the ‘Two Year Cohabitation Rule’ in certain categories: Fetle (Partners: two year requirement) [2014] UKUT 00267

Thursday, July 03, 2014
The Upper Tribunal have recently handed down a judgement in the case ofFetle (Partners: two year requirement [2014] UKUT 00267) (IAC).  This is a useful authority for certain categories of... Read More >

Litigation: What price a loved one?

Wednesday, July 02, 2014 by Liesa Spiller
It is simply not possible to achieve a financial award which will ever truly compensate for the loss of a loved one.   Damages awarded in claims arising out of the... Read More >