Clinical Judgments by Key issue: Material Contribution

Thorley v Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2604 (QB)

Date
1st October 2021
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The case of Thorley involved a claim in clinical negligence brought against the Defendant Trust. The case focused on issues of breach of duty and causation. The Claimant contended that the Defendant was in breach for not following its own clinical guidelines. The Facts In February 2002, the Claimant was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and […]

Davies v Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 169 (QB)

Date
29th January 2021
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The case of Davies involved a claim for damages for clinical negligence brought on behalf of the deceased. The crux of the case concerned causation and whether, on the balance of probabilities, earlier administration of antibiotics would have avoided death. The Facts The Claimant, the widower of the deceased, alleges that the Defendant Trust’s negligence caused the […]

Michelle Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (OB)

Date
30th October 2020
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The case of Leach is a helpful reappraisal of the law of material contribution to cases of PTSD in a clinical negligence context. Summary of the Facts On 18th September 2016, the Claimant suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) as a result of a ruptured aneurysm. The Claimant recovered well from the haemorrhage, but she was […]

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