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Mediation In Personal Injury And Clinical Negligence: The Pros And Cons
Emma Zeb’s articles from Gatehouse Chambers are most popular: in United Kingdom Gatehouse Chambers are most popular: within Employment and HR topic(s) with readers working within the Property industries Mediation is in theory supposed to have moved from the periphery of personal injury and clinical negligence litigation to something approaching the mainstream. In some ways we have seen this and of course court directions now require this.
Court Of Appeal Reopens Scope Of Inquest In Domestic Abuse Death
Emma Zeb’s articles from Gatehouse Chambers are most popular: in European Union in European Union Gatehouse Chambers are most popular: within Employment and HR topic(s) with readers working within the Basic Industries and Property industries On 22 April 2026 at Winchester Crown Court the jury found Christopher Trybus not guilty of manslaughter, rape and controlling and coercive behaviour against his wife Tarryn.
Clinical Negligence, PI, Inquests & Inquiries Newsletter
GC Gatehouse Chambers More Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke) is a leading commercial chambers which specialises in arbitration and all forms of ADR, commercial dispute resolution, construction, insolvency, restructuring and company, insurance, professional liability and property disputes. It also has niche specialisms in clinical negligence and personal injury as well as private client work.
Hillsborough Law: What Public Authorities And Service Providers Need To Know
On 16 September 2025, the Government introduced the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill – widely known as the Hillsborough Law – into Parliament. The Bill represents one of the most significant shifts in recent years in how public bodies, officials, and contractors delivering public services are expected to operate.
Handling Vulnerability In The Civil Courts
ust over a week ago, Emma Zeb spoke at the Gatehouse Chambers seminar on brain injuries on the issues of capacity and vulnerability in the civil courts and asked whether we can and should do better in these areas. She touched upon the use of special measures which is something she frequently encounters and manages when sitting as a Recorder in the criminal jurisdiction but hardly ever when doing the day job at the bar in civil litigation and inquest work.
Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences
From 9 September 2024 Chief Coroner Guidance No. 47 is implemented. This marks reform to the death certification system and provides clearer delineation between the medical and judicial certification of death. Annex 1 provides a helpful table to help navigate through the system from today and includes enhanced statistical reporting in terms of ethnicity and pregnancy status of the deceased. Please find the link to the Guidance and Annex 1 here.
Fixed Recoverable Costs and Vulnerability
The changes extending fixed recoverable costs (FRC) to most civil litigation claims with a value of up to £100,000 are now here and were implemented on 1 October 2023. With this comes the new ‘intermediate track’ which lay between Fast Track and Multi Track cases valued at £100,000 and over.
Fixed Recoverable Costs And Vulnerability
The changes extending fixed recoverable costs (FRC) to most civil litigation claims with a value of up to £100,000 are now here and were implemented on 1 October 2023. With this comes the new 'intermediate track' which lay between Fast Track and Multi Track cases valued at £100,000 and over.
Public Inquiries And A Little On Covid-19
As we enter the early weeks of the Public Inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic, it is hard to believe that in three years from now we will still be seeing snippets of evidence on the news, as the whole Inquiry itself is set to run until summer 2026. What the public is seeing now is Module 1 of the Inquiry which is set to examine whether the UK was properly prepared for and able to respond to a civil emergency of the type seen in the United Kingdom in 2020 and 2021.
Complex Inquests: Procedure & Practice – The Rule Against Self-Incrimination (Video) - Knowledge Management - UK
In this Brew, Emma Zeb and Helena Drage discuss The Rule Against Self-Incrimination. Emma and Helena will take you through the application of Rule 22 of the Coroner's Rules with some tips on how to deal with such issues when they arise. Watch a recording of the webinar below. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.
Chief Coroner's Guidance No.42 – New Guidance In Respect Of Remote Participation At Hearings - Trials & Appeals & Compensation - UK
Subject to the court having effective technology, the pandemic has seen a significant change in the way that pre-inquest review hearings (PIRHs) and final inquest hearings have been conducted with widespread use of remote attendance of both witnesses and legal representatives. To my mind this has worked well for PIRHs and in most cases for the inquest itself.
Gatehouse Chambers Brew: Inquest Conclusions – Key Practice Points (Video) - Trials & Appeals & Compensation - UK
UK: Gatehouse Chambers Brew: Inquest Conclusions – Key Practice Points (Video) 30 May 2022 Gatehouse Chambers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Gatehouse Chambers' Inquests Team; Emma Zeb, Vanessa McKinlay and Helena Drage discuss: The Coroner's task Short form conclusions Narrative conclusions The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.
16th Edition Of The Judicial College Guidelines (‘The Pink Book')
I access most of my key practitioner texts electronically now but decided to get a copy of the new JC Guidelines, the first update since January 2020. The new 16th edition was published on 13 April 2022 and mine arrived last week. Many of us who use the Guidelines electronically will tend to go straight to the section we need for the injury we are assessing but with the arrival of the new shiny 'pink book', I took a moment to flick through it cover to cover.
J2J Clinical Negligence Series – Part 5 – Quantum (Video) - Professional Negligence - UK
This is the fifth webinar in our J2J Clinical Negligence Series. In this session, Emma Zeb, Aneurin Moloney and Helena Drage cover: What you can claim; General damages and the judicial college guidelines; and How to draft a Schedule of Loss/Counter Schedule of Loss. Watch a recording of the session below.
Emma Zeb Provides A Helpful Practice Note Summarising The New Guidance On E-bundling For Court Hearings And The Rules You Must Follow
UK: Emma Zeb Provides A Helpful Practice Note Summarising The New Guidance On E-bundling For Court Hearings And The Rules You Must Follow 06 December 2021 Gatehouse Chambers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Emma Zeb provides a helpful practice note summarising the new guidance on e-bundling for court hearings and the rules you must follow.
Emma Zeb Takes A Look At The Coroners (Determination Of Suicide) Bill
UK: Emma Zeb Takes A Look At The Coroners (Determination Of Suicide) Bill 25 November 2021 Gatehouse Chambers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On Friday 19 November 2021 the second reading of the Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill took place in the House of Lords.
Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury Newsletter: October 2021
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Introduction Welcome to the Gatehouse Chambers Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Team newsletter, October 2021 edition, edited by Emma Zeb. There is always a real buzz in the legal community at this time of year as we see the professional rankings in Legal 500, not only of our team but also those of friends, colleagues and much valued clients who have shown us such support over the last 12 months.
Changes Afoot For The Coroner's Service…. Just A Few!
UK: Changes Afoot For The Coroner's Service…. Just A Few! 21 October 2021 Gatehouse Chambers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Summary of the Government's recent response to the Coroner's Service Inquiry Report. It has been a tough time during the Pandemic for those practising in the area of complex inquest work. There remains a significant back log of cases in many Coroner jurisdictions and especially in cases that require a jury.
Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury Newsletter: September 2021
UK: Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury Newsletter: September 2021 17 September 2021 by Charles Bagot QC , Colm Nugent , Emma Zeb , Jasmine Murphy , Helena Drage and Emma Woods Gatehouse Chambers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
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