Lawyers with a conscience?
As far as I know, in spite of all the people who have been left dead or damaged by psychosurgery in Britain, only one person has ever received compensation. There may of course be others that I have not heard about. A short piece about the case appeared in the Times, 14 May 1981.
"NHS Lawyers to be disciplined"
Two senior health authority lawyers are to be disciplined because of a case in which a female patient won a £95,000 compensation claim against the South West Thames Regional Health Authority in January when it failed to defend an action in the High Court.
Mrs Eileen Davey, aged 56, now living in Lincolnshire, was said to have dwindled to a wreck after two leucotomies - operations to remove frontal brain lobe tissue.
The judge said the authority solicitors' handling of the claim was a shambles. A range of disciplinary measures, including dismissal, faces the two lawyers who have not been named.
The authority said last night that the case had been mishandled and as a result a significant loss of public funds had occurred. Apart from the damages, the authority had to pay a five-figure sum in costs."
"NHS Lawyers to be disciplined"
Two senior health authority lawyers are to be disciplined because of a case in which a female patient won a £95,000 compensation claim against the South West Thames Regional Health Authority in January when it failed to defend an action in the High Court.
Mrs Eileen Davey, aged 56, now living in Lincolnshire, was said to have dwindled to a wreck after two leucotomies - operations to remove frontal brain lobe tissue.
The judge said the authority solicitors' handling of the claim was a shambles. A range of disciplinary measures, including dismissal, faces the two lawyers who have not been named.
The authority said last night that the case had been mishandled and as a result a significant loss of public funds had occurred. Apart from the damages, the authority had to pay a five-figure sum in costs."
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