Clinical Judgments by Key issue: Contempt

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust v Metcalf [2021] EWHC 611 (QB)

Date
11th February 2021
Court
Key Issues
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Judge

The case of Calderdale emphasises the serious consequences of exaggerated and fundamentally dishonest claims brought against the NHS. Facts The Claimant (Ms. Metcalf) pursued a legitimate claim for clinical negligence deriving from delay in diagnosing Cauda Equina syndrome in 2012. The Defendant (Huddersfield Trust) admitted liability for a delay of one day in the Claimant’s […]

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