Phil Hesketh

Judge proposes mediation for serious medical treatment cases

February 27, 2019 By phil-hesketh Mediation Caselaw

Our panel mediator and specialist clinical negligence solicitor Andrew Hannamdiscusses the European Court of Human Rights Decision re: Charlie Gard This article was first published by LexisNexis What issues did this case raise? The domestic Courts and...

NHS Resolution

February 27, 2019 By phil-hesketh News and Views

On April 1st the NHS Litigation Authority re-branded itself as NHS Resolution and embarked upon a 5 year strategy to implement processes ensuring fair resolution of claims and that lessons are learnt from adverse patient incidents. In its forward to its...

NHS pays indemnity costs again for failing to mediate costs dispute

February 27, 2019 By phil-hesketh Mediation Caselaw

The NHS has again been penalised for failing to mediate costs litigation. I wrote last month about the case of Reid v Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust where indemnity costs were ordered from the date of the offer to mediate. In Bristow v The...

SCCO penalises NHS for not mediating costs dispute

February 27, 2019 By phil-hesketh Mediation Caselaw

Master O’Hare in the Senior Courts Costs Office has confirmed that the rules on penalties for unreasonable refusals to mediate apply to costs litigation, not just the substantive personal injury or clinical negligence claim. In Reid v Buckinghamshire Healthcare...

Mediation Achiever of the Year 2015

February 27, 2019 By phil-hesketh News and Views

Frances McCarthy of Pattinson and Brewer and Trust Mediation has received the award of Mediation Achiever of the Year 2015. The judges also had an award for a founder member of Trust Mediation Advisory Council and longstanding supporter of...