Category Archives: Medical negligence

New military lawyer website

By Tim Bishop | Published: March 6, 2012

Don’t say I didn’t warn you – our websites are indeed like London buses, arriving all at once. We’ve just launched yet another microsite – entitled Military Lawyer. This deals with the various specialist services we provide for members of UK Armed Forces, including the following; Military Divorce -we are particular specialists in the area of [...]

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Funding Personal Injury And Medical Negligence Claims

By Tim Bishop | Published: January 18, 2012

Pursuing any legal claim costs money, so it’s important that you understand your funding options before you start. In essence, there are four ways you can fund your case. 1. Pay for it yourself This is the most straightforward way to take out a personal injury or medical negligence claim, but one which lies beyond [...]

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David Cameron’s comments about the nursing profession – and the implications for medical negligence claims

By Tim Bishop | Published: January 9, 2012

Interesting news on Friday about David Cameron’s comments about the nursing profession – in particular when, in an interview with the BBC, he felt the that not only was there a real problem with levels of patient care in some hospitals – but that some of these problems in hospitals had simply been overlooked due [...]

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Accident claim referral fee ban – the latest surprising turn

By Tim Bishop | Published: November 10, 2011

The ongoing controversy about the proposed ban for referral fees on accident claims continues. The latest, and surprising, turn is a report from the Ministry of Justice. According to the Law Society Gazette, the Ministry Of Justice report, which was, it appears, compiled just one month ago, seems to accept that claimants in personal injury [...]

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Referral fee ban – Labour Party hypocrisy

By Tim Bishop | Published: October 17, 2011

Like most people, I really don’t like hypocrisy. I was therefore amazed to find out today from the Daily Telegraph that over the last 10 years, the Labour Party have apparently had over £355,000 in what are effectively referral fees from personal injury solicitors Flint Bishop for referral fees for accident claims. The injury claim [...]

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Medical negligence claims – why ‘no win no fee’ is a positive thing

By Tim Bishop | Published: October 11, 2011

  In the event of you being the victim of professional medical negligence, it is likely that you will have been highly shaken by the experience. After all, our default setting is to put our faith in medical professionals and to trust the decisions that they make, the advice that they give us, the drugs [...]

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Specialist panel accreditation

By Tim Bishop | Published: October 10, 2011

Here at Bonallack and Bishop, we take specialist accreditation pretty seriously. We firmly believe that many areas of law have now become so very specialist that you really need to make sure that the lawyer you appoint is an expert in their chosen field – the last thing you need is to end up with a lawyer [...]

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What Personal Injury accidents can I claim compensation for?

By Tim Bishop | Published: October 3, 2011

If you have suffered an injury in an accident that was not your fault you may well be eligible for personal injury compensation and it is your legal and civil right to make an accident claim and get your life back on track as soon as possible.  There are many types that you can claim [...]

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New hip replacement recall website

By Tim Bishop | Published: September 3, 2011

The latest in our line of specialist microsites is quite a niche site – Hip Replacement Recall. The site is all about the potential defective product and medical negligence compensation claims arising out of the failure of the DePuy ASR hip units. DePuy Orthopaedics is an American orthopaedics company which forms part of the large [...]

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Your accident claim – avoid unscrupulous claims companies

By Tim Bishop | Published: September 1, 2011

Claims companies are businesses regulated by the Ministry of Justice and are set up to advertise for potential medical negligence or accident compensation claims – and then sell them on at a huge price to those solicitors who struggle with their own accident claims marketing. However, the Ministry of Justice [ MoJ ]has closed over [...]

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