On Monday 20th January 2025, Professor Richard Goldberg addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pandemic Response and Recovery (APPG) on 'The UK Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme: Reappraisal and Reform Within a Revised National Vaccine Policy'.
Members of both Houses were in attendance and several questions were asked about the claims figures and process. The Group is engaging with Professor Goldberg on suggestions for the reform of the scheme.
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