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Medical Negligence Guide is an independent educational website about clinical negligence law in England and Wales. Nothing on this site is legal advice on your individual circumstances. Reading, using, or interacting with any part of this site — including the eligibility information tool — does not create a solicitor–client relationship.
2. We are not a law firm or CMC
We are not solicitors, not a law firm, and we are not a claims management company (CMC). We are not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Financial Conduct Authority. We do not take instructions, run cases, negotiate with defendants, or accept referral fees for sending you to a particular firm.
3. The eligibility information tool
The eligibility tool on this site is an educational aid. It walks you through the same legal tests a solicitor would consider, but it cannot evaluate your medical records, review witness evidence, or give you a reliable answer about your own case. Its output is a prompt to seek regulated legal advice — never a substitute for it.
4. Get regulated advice for your own situation
If you think you may have been harmed by medical care, contact a solicitor regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who is accredited in Clinical Negligence. You can find one via the Law Society's Find a Solicitor directory or through AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents).
5. Accuracy
We take care to ensure the information published is accurate at the date of last review. The law changes; case law develops; procedural rules are updated. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for losses arising from reliance on information published here without first obtaining regulated advice on the specific facts of your case.
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