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The Supreme Court Allows Lost Years Claims for Children in CCC

The Supreme Court Allows Lost Years Claims for Children in CCC Lizanne Gumbel KC and Rajkiran Arhestey CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5 Introduction The Supreme Court has finally provided the answer to a question which has vexed many clinical negligence practitioners, particularly those who…
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Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 16

Birth injuries and expert evidence

Birth injuries and expert evidence Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC OAJ By His Mother and Litigation Friend CFT v Dorset County Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 3345 This is the third birth damage case in just over 3 years in which Mr Justice Ritchie has been the trial Judge. The other…
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Fundamental dishonesty: recent lessons

Fundamental dishonesty: recent lessons Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC Ms Wilma Agnes Cullen - and – Dr Ruth Henniker-Major [2024] EWHC 2809 (KB) This was a clinical negligence case arising out of a negligently delayed diagnosis of laryngeal cancer, resulting in more extensive treatment for the cancer than would otherwise have been…
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Posted inAbuse / Child Abuse Issue 14

Vicarious Liability for Abuse by Foster Parents who are also Relatives

Vicarious Liability for Abuse by Foster Parents who are also Relatives Lizanne Gumbel KC DJ v Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, AG [2023] EWHC 1815 (KB) Introduction Despite the developments in the law of vicarious liability through the cases of: JGE v The Trustees of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust…
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The Supreme Court Examine Vicarious Liability for Rape in the Context of a Religious Organisation

The Supreme Court Examine Vicarious Liability for Rape in the Context of a Religious Organisation Lizanne Gumbel KC Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15 Introduction In 1965, Lord Pearce, in the case of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Shatwell [1965] AC 656, described…
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