The Supreme Court handed down the long-awaited judgment in the conjoined appeals of Paul and Another (Appellants) v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Respondent), Polmear and Another (Appellants) v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Purchase (Appellant) v Ahmed (Respondent) [2024] UKSC 1 on 11 January 2024. Gemma McGungle considers its impact. Background Each case centred around allegations that the defendants… Read more »
Clinical Negligence Update, August 2023: Ian Huffer highlights recent cases of interest. Briley & Ors v Leicester Partnership NHS Trust & Ors [2023] EWHC 1470 is a cost claim of interest to clinical negligence practitioners. The background claim which settled prior to the inquest was one which arose out of the death of a vulnerable young… Read more »
CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE UPDATE OCTOBER 2022 – Whilst the paucity of reported cases over the summer and early autumn nearly persuaded me to defer my update, I found three cases worthy of my attention. Watts v North Bristol NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 2048 (QB) (Bourne J) was an appeal in an informed consent case arising… Read more »
CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE UPDATE MAY 2022 | Claimant benevolence fails to assist Claimant in establishing causation. 18 St John Street’s Ian Huffer continues his series of Clinical Negligence Case Updates with an analysis of the recent case of Richins -v- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. In Richins v Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation… Read more »
CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE UPDATE FEBRUARY 2022 Ian Huffer considers the recent Court of Appeal decision in Paul in relation secondary victims claiming damages for psychiatric injury resulting from clinical negligence. Whilst there will be disappointment amongst Claimant clinical negligence practitioners at the outcome of the conjoined Court of Appeal decisions in Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Ian Huffer continues his series of Clinical Negligence Case Updates with an analysis of Freeman v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 3378 (QB) CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE UPDATE JANUARY 2022 Freeman v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 3378 (QB), a decision of His Honour Judge Tindal sitting as… Read more »
Following on from his first Clinical Negligence Case Update, 18 St John Street’s Ian Huffer continues the series detailing the recently reported decision of Mr Justice Soole in Thorley v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2604 (QB) (01 October 2021) The recently reported decision of Mr Justice Soole, raises interesting points on… Read more »
In the first of a regular series of case updates, 18 St John Street’s Ian Huffer warns of the pitfalls that may await unwary clinical negligence practitioners when undertaking an analysis of the facts relevant to section 11 and 14 ‘knowledge’. Claimant’s solicitor takes eye off ball but section 33 to the rescue There have… Read more »