Clinical Judgments by Judge: Mr Justice Ritchie

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

Date

26th January 2022

Court

High Court

Key Issues

Causation, Expert Evidence, Findings of Fact, Witness Testimony

Judge

Mr Justice Ritchie

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 […]