Clinical Judgments by Key issue: Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Milner v Barchester Healthcare Homes Ltd [2022] EWHC 593 (QB)

Date
22nd March 2022
Court
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In the case of Milner, the court granted a care home partial summary judgment, striking out a claim for damages for alleged breaches of Article 2 ECHR (‘Right to life’). The case concerned the long-standing neglect of a 94-year-old woman with dementia who sadly passed away from pneumonia. Following deliberation, the neglect was deemed insufficient to […]

Traylor & Anor v Kent and Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust [2022] EWHC 260 (QB)

Date
10th February 2022
Court
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Introduction The tragic facts of the case of Traylor were largely undisputed: on the 8th of February 2015, Marc Traylor (“MT”) experienced a psychotic episode.  Having armed himself with two knives, he went to his daughter, Kitanna Traylor’s room (“KT”) and threatened to stab her (para 1, 38).  KT’s sister went to find MT’s father, Peter […]

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