Andrew Roy KC considers the implications of the Court of Appeal’s recent decision CDE v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 1330 in respect of the vexed and important of material contribution.
90% part 36 offers – effective or not? A look at Chapman v Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 1871 (KB)
Vanessa Cashman summarises this recent clinical negligence case on split liability Part 36 offers, which provides useful insight and clarification following the judgment on this issue in the personal injury case of Mundy v TUI UK Ltd [2023] EWHC 385.
McCullough and others v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26: Montgomery revisited
John-Paul Swoboda and Chris Fleming consider the Supreme Court’s decision clarifying the correct test to apply when considering what treatment options a doctor is under a duty to discuss with a patient.
Bilal and Malik v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 605: informed consent in treatment options.
Christopher Fleming looks at a recent Court of Appeal decision which considered whether the Bolam test has any place in determining what alternative forms of treatment should be discussed with patients.
Robinson v Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Mercier revisited
Thea Wilson looks at the next development in this case in which the Defendant had sought a third-party costs order against an expert witness, because, after this expert's oral evidence at trial, the Claimant had withdrawn her claim.
CNZ (Suing by her father and litigation friend MNZ) v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (1) and The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2)
John-Paul Swoboda discusses this recent case, which relates to events in 1996, and involves consideration of whether Montgomery applies to such historic circumstances.
Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 1171 (QB)
Thea Wilson considers this recent stroke case which involves issues of causation.
Lisa Pal v Dr Damen (1) v Belgo international Research Applications and Development NV (2) [2-22] EWHC 004697 (QB): The jurisdiction battle in foreign clinical negligence claims
John-Paul Swoboda discusses the case of Pal, regarding cosmetic surgery abroad and the issue of jurisdiction.
RKT v Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust: Isaac Hogarth secures large settlement for patient who suffered total colectomy with permanent ileostomy and significant exacerbation to pre-existing schizophrenia, weeks before High Court trial
Isaac Hogarth of 12 King’s Bench Walk, instructed by Alisha Puri of Irwin Mitchell successfully represented the claimant (‘C’) in his claim against Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (‘D’), weeks before the start of a trial on causation and quantum. The settlement of £600,000 was subsequently approved by Deputy High Court Judge Clare Padley.
Publication of the final Ockenden Report into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Post by: Charley Turton Today the Ockenden report into failings in maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been published. Vanessa Cashman of 12KBW’s clinical negligence team will bring you a blog post offering analysis of the report in the coming weeks. For those of you who cannot wait that long, … Continue reading Publication of the final Ockenden Report into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
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