Posted inData & Information Issue 12

Data Protection

Underwood v Bounty UK Ltd & Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 888 (QB) Background Ms Underwood awoke on a post-natal ward, after a difficult labour lasting more than 100 hours and ending in an emergency caesarean, to a woman whom she assumed was part of the hospital’s maternity staff…
May 2, 2023Posted inData & Information, Issue 12
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 12

Out of Hours Emergency Mental Health Provision and Paper Records

Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board [2022] EWHC 455 (QB) In Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board [2022] EWHC 455 (QB) following her husband’s suicide after a relapse in his psychiatric condition, the Claimant brought proceedings on behalf of her deceased husband’s estate and herself as…
May 2, 2023Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 12
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 12

Cosmetic surgery abroad – whose contract, whose law?

Clarke v Kalecinski [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) Lisa Pal v Dr Luc Damen, Belgo International Research, Applications and Development NV [2022] EWHC 4697 (QB) Two cases (Clarke v Kalecinski & ors [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) and Pal v Damen & ors [2022] EWHC 004697) illustrate some of the difficulties faced by claimants in…
May 2, 2023Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 12Tags:
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 12

Stroke prevention

Watson v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 148 (QB) Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 1171 (QB) Both of these cases were stroke cases involving issues of causation. Both were decided by Mr Justice Andrew Ritchie. General As those with experience of stroke…
May 2, 2023Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 12Tags: