Clinical Judgments by Key issue: Witness Testimony

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

Date
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 […]

HTR v Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 3228 (QB)

Date
30th November 2021
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The case of HTR centered upon matters of fact. The Claimant, who proceeds by his mother and litigation friend, LJR, seeks damages arising from an antenatal clinic appointment, during which it is alleged the Defendant acted negligently by not investigating reports of reduced fetal movement. The Facts Proceedings were issued on behalf of the Claimant […]

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