Half of the medical negligence cases the NHS deals with now are brought on a no win, no fee basis whereby lawyers get paid only if they win the case.

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He has been President of the Scottish Medico-Legal Society since 1996 and is the author of Medical Negligence: An Introduction (1983).

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Her mother contacted Morrish Solicitors four years ago to pursue a claim for medical negligence against the hospital.

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Only a small percentage of complaints progressed to the Ombudsman, the General Medical Council or became medical negligence claims.

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The writer, best known for crime novels featuring medical investigator Dr Kay Scarpetta, has accused the firm of negligence and breach of contract.

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In 2011 BBC London revealed medical negligence that led to the death of Serena Ali and her unborn daughter.

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The success rate of legally aided medical-negligence cases, for example, is only 17%.

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Ian Cohen, a medical negligence solicitor and head of medical negligence at Goodmans Law, based in Liverpool, said the whole system of reporting "never events" was flawed.

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Mrs Wright-Hogeland, 47, who is suing Mr Neale for medical negligence, expressed anger that he was allowed to practise in the UK after being struck off in Canada.

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