Chambers Clinical Negligence and Healthcare

Goldsmith Chambers’ Civil Watch Series – 5th Issue

In the 5th collection of the Civil Watch series, Heather Beckett provides an overview of two County Court dental negligence cases which extended the concepts of non-delegable duty of care and vicarious liability for the acts and omissions of self-employed dental associates providing NHS dental care. Also, Elisabeth Traugott compares two privacy actions against the […]

Webinar – Pupillage and Finding Your Feet in Lockdown

Goldsmith Chambers’ current pupils David Barr, Matthew Poulsom, Toby Roseman and Hannah Gladwell discuss their experiences of pupillage and the challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic. The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link below. The supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here.

Webinar – Clinical Negligence Claims in the Context of Covid-19

Will injuried patients be disadvantaged? In this webinar, Heather Beckett looks at considerations in respect of potential clinical negligence claims, which have arisen during the period whilst provision of medical services has been impacted by Covid 19. She also considers the effects of the pandemic on cases already “in the system”. The webinar recording can be viewed […]

Do Dental Technicians disadvantage themselves in Regulatory Matters?

Heather Beckett, one of Goldsmith Chambers’ Clinical Negligence and Healthcare team, has had a short research article published in February 2020 edition of The Dental Technician Magazine. The research identifies emerging themes from the outcomes of General Dental Council Fitness to Practise decisions in relation to Registered Dental Technicians and underpins suggestions that registrants facing […]

The magic of mentoring

Joanne Wicks QC, Grace Ong and Lucinda Orr outline the benefits of mentoring for barristers. Chancery Bar Association mentoring: Joanne Wicks QC The Chancery Bar Association (ChBA) mentoring scheme was set up in 2009. It was initially, and controversially, only open to women, though it was always intended to be rolled out to men too: […]

 

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