Clinical Judgments in: January 2022

Watson v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 148 (QB)

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26th January 2022
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The case of Watson involved disputed factual issues relating to causation, with the central question being whether the Defendant’s admitted breach of duty in failing to include a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in the differential diagnosis and in turn to prescribe Aspirin would have prevented the Claimant suffering a stroke several months later. The judgment […]

Radia v Marks [2022] EWHC 145 (QB)

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26th January 2022
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The judgment in Radia v Marks is essential reading for those who instruct experts in litigation. It contains an application of the principles set out in Khan v Meadows concerning the scope of a duty of care owed by expert witnesses to litigants.

Dalchow v St George’s University NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 100 (QB)

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20th January 2022
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At first blush, the case of Dalchow looks like a fairly orthodox clinical negligence claim (where the Claimant won on breach of duty but lost on causation). However, the analysis of the trial judge (particularly on matters of law) is of particular interest, including: A ‘first principles’ analysis of the approach that should be taken […]

Paul & Ors v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2022] EWCA Civ 12

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13th January 2022
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The Court of Appeal has now handed down judgment in the conjoined appeals of Paul v Wolverhampton, Polmear v Cornwall and Purchase v Dr Ahmed. The appeals centre upon the ‘secondary victim’ criteria for psychiatric injury in Clinical Negligence claims, with the Court of Appeal finding itself bound by its decision in Taylor v A Novo […]

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