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CPR Updates 98 & 100
Who'd have thought we'd reach the 100th CPR Update? A little cheating has gone on to get us there before our time: the 99th Update has...
Mike Hill
Oct 16, 20181 min read
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Why do judges like contemporaneous medical records so much?
It has always been an annoyance to claimants. When advised that a contemporaneous medical record is likely to be found to be accurate,...
Mike Hill
Sep 26, 20182 min read
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Dental Expert Witness Course
I'm very happy to be able to tell you that Mike Young and I will be running a specialist dental expert witness course in York on 1 March...
Mike Hill
Sep 20, 20182 min read
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Anyone interested in a day-long dental expert witness course?
If I were to put on a day-long expert witness course in conjunction with a well-respected and time-served expert witness in dentistry,...
Mike Hill
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Round 2 of Mrs Justice Yip's Warning on Expert Agendas. Will a warning of costs consequences be
In March 2018 I wrote briefly of the warning of Mrs Justice Yip, DBE, regarding expert agendas. That was in the case of David John...
Mike Hill
Jul 26, 20182 min read
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Found it! Been looking for this quote for a while....
I knew I'd seen this somewhere but I couldn't find it. Many of us can relate to this I would have thought: "When it comes to the...
Mike Hill
Jul 11, 20181 min read
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“We go through the present blindfolded... Only later, when the blindfold is removed and we examine t
GAIL MARIE DUCE v WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST [2018] EWCA Civ 1307 Hindsight v Foresight I've often said that the...
Mike Hill
Jul 5, 20184 min read
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Book Review: Facts & Figures 2018/19 is out
One of the favourite publication dates of the year for the PI/clinical negligence geek is the arrival of the new edition of Facts &...
Mike Hill
Jun 29, 20181 min read
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Dental Sedation Teachers Group Symposium 2018
Looking forward to speaking to the DSTG tomorrow morning at the Centre for Life, Newcastle. Have seen the delegate list and there will...
Mike Hill
May 14, 20181 min read
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The Discount Rate. Where are we at and what happens next?
The story so far: 27 February 2017 Then Lord Chancellor Liz Truss announces a change from 2.5% to -0.75%, the first change since 2001 28...
Mike Hill
Apr 12, 20181 min read
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Trinity Chambers Pupillage Interviews Tomorrow
One of my favourite days of the year tomorrow. First round pupillage interviews at Trinity. We'll be interviewing all day. If you're...
Mike Hill
Mar 15, 20181 min read
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Advanced Equality & Diversity Training for barristers: Spaces available tonight!
If anyone would like to come to the Advanced E&D training presented by Sam Mercer, Head of Policy: E&D & CSR at the Bar Council, we can...
Mike Hill
Mar 14, 20181 min read
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A short warning about expert agendas: "Sometimes less is more as far as the agenda is concerned
Mrs Justice Yip DBE, sitting at Manchester in DAVID JOHN SAUNDERS v CENTRAL MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2018),...
Mike Hill
Mar 12, 20182 min read
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Lord Justice Jackson's Retirement Speech
This is the transcript of Jackson, LJ's speech, two days before he retired. Answers on a postcard please.... WAS IT ALL WORTH IT?...
Mike Hill
Mar 7, 201814 min read
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New website is here
Hi all, my new website is here but some of the items are not fully functional yet. Please bear with me while I put it together. Doing...
Mike Hill
Mar 7, 20181 min read
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