Jasper Gold, Author at The QMLR Archive

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…

By Jasper Gold May 2, 2023Data and Information, Issue 12

Clinical negligence Issue 12

Fundamental Dishonesty

Cojanu v Essex Partnership University NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 197 (QB) Mr Cojanu, the Claimant, arrived in prison in need of surgery. His injuries, deep cuts to his fingers, were sustained when he attacked his wife with a knife – the very incident which landed him in prison in the…

By Jasper Gold May 2, 2023Clinical negligence, Issue 12Fundamental Dishonesty

Issue 11 Quantum

Damages: Adequacy of State-Funded Package of Care

Martin v Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 3058 (QB) Introduction The Claimant in Martin suffered a sub-trochanteric stress fracture to the right proximal femur in the shower whilst undergoing inpatient mental health treatment at Prestwich Hospital. The fracture is of a kind which is spontaneous, rather than arising…

By Jasper Gold May 24, 2022Issue 11, Quantum

Issue 10 Regulatory

Departure from the GMC Sanctions Guidance

General Medical Council v Bramhall [2021] EWHC (2109) (Admin) In a series of acts referred to by HHJ Farrer QC as “conduct borne of professional arrogance of such magnitude that it strayed into criminal behaviour”, Mr Bramhall used an argon beam cauterising tool to sign his initials on the livers…

By Jasper Gold January 24, 2022Issue 10, Regulatorydisciplinary