John-Paul Swoboda KC assesses the state of play after the Supreme Court allowed a lost years claim in the case of a child. CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: What was decided and what further issues arise? When the Claimant was born, she suffered severe brain injury caused by hypoxia, as a result of … Continue reading Lost Years Claims following CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals [2026] UKSC 5
Month: February 2026
Hospital and consultant held liable for tragic failures in fetal monitoring: Singh v Persad [2026] UKPC 1
Author: Daniel Millar, 12KBW Pupil Introduction The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has handed down its first judgment of 2026 in an appeal from the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago in Singh v Persad [2026] UKPC 1. The Claimant sought damages in respect of a catastrophic hypoxic brain injury he suffered at … Continue reading Hospital and consultant held liable for tragic failures in fetal monitoring: Singh v Persad [2026] UKPC 1
