Mediating Clinical Claims

Tony Allen first mediated clinical claims in the UK in the 1990s, and has been consistently rated as a leading mediator in this field by Legal Directories. He has written and trained on this topic in the UK and internationally. He is a Senior Consultant to CEDR, after 30 years of solicitor’s practice followed by 12 years as a CEDR Director, and remains a Lead Member of CEDR’s training faculty. He mediates complex cases for CEDR’s Clinical Negligence Panel.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 Party objectives in clinical claimsChapter 2 Settlement processes and trials of clinical claimsChapter 3 The legal and procedural framework for clinical mediations in England and WalesChapter 4 Coping with legal and clinical technicalitiesChapter 5 Choices over clinical mediations: whether to mediate, when, where, and with which mediator?Chapter 6 Preparing for a clinical mediationChapter 7 The mediation dayChapter 8 Mediating clinical claims with multiple partiesChapter 9 Settlement: what is a ‘successful’ clinical mediation?Chapter 10 The future for mediation in clinical claimsPostscriptAppendix A CEDR Mediation AgreementAppendix B CEDR Mediation Model Procedure, 2018 EditionAppendix C CEDR Code of Conduct for Third Party NeutralsAppendix D European Code of Conduct for MediatorsAppendix E Typical Tomlin Order in a clinical negligence claimAppendix F Mediation settlement agreement in the same case (if required)Appendix G Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical DisputesIndex

...any mediator, advocate, policy maker or insurer involved in clinical negligence claims should buy and read this book