Why a panel, not personalities
Most legal-content sites attach a single named "Senior Solicitor" or "Director" to every article. We don't, and we are open about why. This site does not take instructions, does not run cases, and does not employ practising solicitors — so attributing pages to a named individual would be misleading. Instead, our content is owned and reviewed by The Medical Negligence Claim editorial team, working to defined editorial roles.
Who reviews what
Each role below is filled by a writer-researcher with a specific UK clinical-negligence focus. Pages are drafted by the lead for that subject area and cross-reviewed by at least one other editor before publication.
Lead clinical-negligence editor
Substantive law: Bolam, Bolitho, Montgomery, causation
Oversees how the substantive legal tests are explained on the site and reviews every page that touches breach of duty, informed consent or causation.
Procedural editor
Pre-Action Protocol, CPR, limitation, mediation, trial
Responsible for the accuracy of pages describing how a clinical negligence claim actually moves through the civil process, including the Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes.
Funding & costs editor
CFAs, ATE insurance, QOCS, the 25% statutory success-fee cap
Reviews everything written about how claims are funded — including the statutory cap on success fees deducted from damages and the operation of QOCS.
Patient-facing editor
Plain-English clarity, accessibility, safeguarding tone
Ensures every page can be understood by a non-lawyer reading it once, and that nothing pressures a vulnerable reader toward instructing a solicitor.
Sources & citations editor
Primary-source verification, dated quotations, case-law accuracy
Checks every cited statute, case and regulator publication against its primary source on legislation.gov.uk, BAILII, NICE, GMC, NMC and CQC before publication.
Review cycle
Every page on this site carries a "last reviewed" date. The current site-wide review was completed in April 2026. The next scheduled review is October 2026. Pages are also re-reviewed out-of-cycle whenever a relevant change occurs — for example, new senior authority, an amendment to the Civil Procedure Rules, or a revised regulator publication.
Conflicts of interest
Guides on this site are published by Medical Negligence Guide and disclose the firm as their publisher. The editorial team does not hold referral arrangements with other law firms, does not run sponsored content, and does not accept paid placements. Where external bodies are referenced — the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Law Society's Clinical Negligence Panel, Action against Medical Accidents — they are cited as authoritative sources, not paid links.
Corrections policy
If you believe any page on this site misstates the law — for example, misquotes a statute or miscites a case — we will correct it promptly and update the "last reviewed" date on that page. Our full standards are set out in our editorial standards.