Claims of poor standards at South Africa’s government health facilities are often bandied about — and get hackles raised when the National Health Insurance is mentioned, to boot

The judgment that unconscious claimants can’t get general damages for pain, suffering or loss of amenities will have an impact on medico-legal claims in South Africa

You might think of snakebite as a niche issue rather than a devastating one. But it is thought to kill somewhere between 80,000 and 140,000 people a year.

In sub-Saharan Africa, patients face a ‘wild west’ where treatments for snake bites cost the Earth or don’t work

Not all claims result in awards, and litigation is often a personally and professionally devastating experience

The Special Investigating Unit has a year to track down lawyers and patients who file fake medical negligence claims

Lawyers representing Tembisa Hospital say there is nothing staff could have done to avoid newborn’s brain damage.