Posted inData and 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 and Information, Issue 12
Posted inClinical 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…
May 2, 2023Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 12Tags:
Posted inIssue 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…
May 24, 2022Posted inIssue 11, Quantum
Posted inIssue 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…
January 24, 2022Posted inIssue 10, RegulatoryTags: