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Proceeding contribution from Lord Lloyd of Berwick (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 16 January 2012. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

28: Schedule 1, page 115, line 5, at end insert— ““Clinical negligence (1) Civil legal services provided in relation to the obtaining of one or more expert reports in clinical negligence proceedings. (2) In this paragraph— ““clinical negligence proceedings”” means proceedings which include a claim for damages in respect of clinical negligence; ““clinical negligence”” means breach of a duty of care or trespass to the person committed in the course of the provision of clinical or medical services (including dental or nursing services); ““expert report”” means a report by a person qualified to give expert advice on all or most of the matters that are the subject of the report; ““proceedings”” includes any sort of proceedings for resolving disputes (and not just proceedings in court), whether commenced or contemplated.””

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
734 c363 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Children Compensation Appeals Administration of justice Asylum Carers Damages Costs Civil proceedings Court orders Health services Families Legal aid scheme Liability Expenditure Domestic abuse Insurance Migrants Legal costs Abduction Family proceedings NHS Low incomes Negligence Social security benefits Sentencing Young people UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Expert evidence Citizens' advice bureaux Law centres Mediation
Legislation
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
Link
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