Durham Expertise on Vaccine Damage Scheme Reform Referred to at COVID-19 Inquiry

Durham Law School's expertise on Vaccine Damage Payments Schemes (VDPS) has previously been noted in evidence accompanying a witness statement to the COVID-19 Inquiry.

Anna Morris KC stated:

‘We also ask you to recommend an urgent review of the VDPS to recommend in full and transparent consultation with the vaccine injured and bereaved that a scheme is developed ...which is empathic, understanding, accessible and timely.....

Those in academia in Oxford, Essex and Durham have expertise that you and the government can draw upon to assist on the recommendations and we will address you further on this my lady in our written submissions.'

Professor Richard Goldberg joined Durham Law School in September 2012, and is part of the Durham Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS). He has written extensively on vaccine damage schemes and vaccine liability.

You can read more of his recent work via the Journal Articles below:

• Borghetti, J., Dahan, S., Goldberg, R., Halabi, S., Holm, S., Howells, G., Kirchelle, C., Pillay, A., Rajneri, E., Rizzi, M., Sintes, M., Vanderslott, S., Witzleb, N., & Fairgrieve, D. (2023). Comparing no-fault compensation systems for vaccine injury. Tulane journal of international and comparative law, 31(1), 75-118
• Goldberg, R. (2022). Vaccine damage schemes in the US and UK reappraised: making them fit for purpose in light of COVID-19. Legal Studies, 42(4), 576-599. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2022.9
• Goldberg, R. (2022). Vaccine Liability in the Light of Covid-19: A defence of risk-benefit. Medical Law Review, 30(2), 243-267. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwab053
• Borghetti, J.-S., Fairgrieve, D., Goldberg, R., Howells, G., Machnikowski, P., Pilgerstorfer, M., Rajneri, E., Rott, P., Santos Silva, M., & Ulfbeck, V. (2021). Procurement of Covid-19 vaccines: why were legal liabilities transferred to the public sector?. InDret, 2021(2), 364-366