Thea Wilson considers this recent stroke case which involves issues of causation.
Tag: Expert Evidence
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.
Clinical Negligence Law 