Posted inIssue 9 Procedural Quantum

Interim Payments and Eeles

PAL (A Child) v Davison & Ors [2021] EWHC 1108 (QB) PAL (A Child) v Davison & Ors [2021] EWHC 1108 (QB) This clear and digestible judgment from Yip J provides an excellent example of the court’s approach to applications for substantial interim payments in cases where periodical payments are…
July 5, 2021Posted inIssue 9, Procedural, QuantumTags:
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 7

Material Contribution and PTSD

Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (QB) The High Court applied material contribution causation principles to a case where distress over a delay in an ambulance arriving led the Claimant to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”). The facts The Claimant suffered a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage…
March 8, 2021Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 7Tags:
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 6 Procedural

Application for Permission to Amend a Statement of Case

Pearce v East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1504 (QB)  This article originally appeared in Issue 6 (September 2020). In a succinct judgment from Lambert J, the High Court has provided a useful summary of the court’s approach to applications for permission to amend a statement of case. …
September 1, 2020Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 6, ProceduralTags:
Posted inCourt of Protection Issue 5

Best Interests Assessment and Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration

A Clinical Commissioning Group v AF [2020] EWCOP 16  This article originally appeared in Issue 5 (May 2020). Following a hearing that took place via Skype due to the COVID-19 medical emergency, the court decided it was not in the best interests of a stroke patient to have his Clinically…
May 1, 2020Posted inCourt of Protection, Issue 5Tags: ,
Posted inCourt of Protection Issue 5

Applications Relating to Medical Treatment – A Practical Application

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWCOP 5  This article originally appeared in Issue 5 (May 2020). “Mrs H” was a 71-year-old lady with a history of Bipolar Affective Disorder. She was also suffering from squamous cell carcinoma on her face, but for an extended period of time, she…
May 1, 2020Posted inCourt of Protection, Issue 5Tags: ,