in brief

The Lord Chancellor's Department is expected to launch a code of practice today aimed at cutting the time and cost involved in clinical negligence cases. The pre-action protocol has been drawn up by Clinical Disputes Forum, which represents lawyers, doctors and victims of medical accidents.

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