UK Clinical Negligence Market Report 2024

The 7th annual edition of this report published in October 2024 (48 page PDF report).

Report Contents

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 5

Introduction. 5

Total legal revenue of almost £1.6 million. 5

Case numbers registered increase along with cases settled 5

NHS spending increases. 5

Damages and litigation. 6

The future. 6

Introduction. 6

Overview.. 6

Two types of damage payments. 7

Lump sum payment and the PIDR. 8

Provisions. 9

MARKET STRUCTURE. 9

Four main market participants. 9

Clinical negligence indemnity/insurance cover. 10

MARKET DEVELOPMENTS AND DRIVERS. 12

Review of personal injury discount rate in England and Wales started in 2024. 12

PIDR decisions in Scotland and Northern Ireland. 12

Fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) applied from 1 ^st October 202312

FRCs for low value CN cases – delayed or dropped?. 13

NHS Resolution announces new Clinical Negligence Claims Agreement 2024................................ 14

Darzi Report – CN payments take too much of NHS budget. 14

Obstetrics and emergency medicine lead claim numbers in last two years ......................................... 14

Average damages paid increasing…..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16

Year-on-year decrease in cases reaching court .................................................................................. 20

Damages Claims service issued over 116,000 claims since launch in 202121

Mediation numbers pass the 2,000 mark since service launched in 2016. 22

THE KEY PLAYERS. 23

M&A activity. 23

Main claimant legal advisers. 24

Main defendant legal advisers. 25

Selected Law Firm Profiles. 26

Bevan Brittan. 26

Bolt Burdon Kemp. 27

Browne Jacobson. 27

Capsticks. 28

Clyde & Co. 28

DAC Beachcroft. 29

DWF. 29

Enable Law.. 30

Fieldfisher. 30

Fletchers. 30

Gadsby Wicks. 31

Hempsons. 31

Hill Dickinson. 31

Irwin Mitchell32

JMW Solicitors. 32

Kennedys Law.. 33

Leigh Day. 33

Penningtons Manches Cooper. 33

Simpson Millar. 34

Slater & Gordon UK. 34

Stewarts Law.. 34

Switalskis Solicitors. 35

Thompsons. 35

Weightmans. 35

NHS Resolution contracted mediators. 35

MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS. 36

Volume of cases registered and settled with the CRU increase. 36

NHS Resolution claims closed increase marginally but claims registered decline. 38

Damages paid and legal costs increase for third year running. 38

NHS Scotland and Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme (CNORIS). 39

Medical Protection Society (MPS). 40

Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS). 41

Medical Defence Union (MDU). 42

Medical Defence Shield (MDS). 42

Medical Defence Society. 43

Pharmacists Defence Association. 43

Other medical malpractice insurance and indemnity providers. 43

Clinical negligence legal revenue increases by 7.6%.. 44

THE FUTURE. 45

Associations. 47