Two Defendants and a Part 20 contribution claim in a clinical negligence case – a look at Healey v McGrath and Ramsay Healthcare UK Operations Ltd [2024] EWHC 1360 (KB)

Vanessa Cashman considers the judgment of the Part 20 claim brought by D2 against D1 for a contribution towards the claim it settled with C.

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costs order against an expert witness, because, after this expert's oral evidence at trial, the Claimant had withdrawn her claim.

Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 1171 (QB)

Thea Wilson considers this recent stroke case which involves issues of causation.

Tips on expert evidence

Thea Wilson gives her tips on expert evidence in clinical negligence cases, considering the recent case of Robinson v (1) Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2) Mercier.

Michelle Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (QB)

Samuel Cuthbert writes about this recent case, which involved issues of material contribution as well as defendant expert evidence which appeared to intentionally paint the claimant in a bad light.

Breach of duty: Bradfield-Kay v Cope [2020] EWHC 1352 (QB)

In this post, 12KBW pupil Samuel Cuthbert considers the ramifications of the case of Bradfield-Kay v Cope [2020] EWHC 1352 (QB) for the tests set out in Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 583 and Bolitho v City and Hackney HA [1998] AC 232.

Pneumococcal meningitis judgment: SC v University Hospital Southampton NHS FT [2020] EWHC 1610 (QB)

In this post, Isaac Hogarth summarises the recent case of SC v University Hospital Southampton NHS FT [2020] EWHC 1610 (QB), which involved a failure to diagnose pneumococcal meningitis.