The European Parliament has approved the European Commission’s proposal for two new Regulations on medical devices that aim to ensure better protection of public health and patient safety.

Changes to the Discount Rate applied to personal injury compensation payments in England and Wales have been announced by the Lord Chancellor.

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has recently given her opinion in an interesting case concerning liability to patients for faulty medical devices.

More than 6,000 patients needed treatment as a result of mistakes by medical staff in NHS hospitals in England, the Daily Mail has reported. This is a sharp rise over the 2,193 patients recorded ten years ago.

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has spoken out against new plans to delete the details of defunct businesses from Companies House records after six years.