Posted inClinical negligence Issue 9

Supreme Court Revisits Wrongful Birth Claims

Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 In Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 the Supreme Court has revisited the principles to be applied in 'wrongful birth” claims: claims for the cost of bringing up a disabled child who would not have been born but for a doctor’s negligent medical advice/treatment.…
July 28, 2021Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 9Tags: ,
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 9

The Importance of Contemporaneous Medical Records

HXC (by her litigation friend) JXS vs Hind, Craze [2020] 10 WLUK 603 The facts On 8 June 2016, the then 24-year-old Claimant suffered a catastrophic subarachnoid haemorrhage arising from the rupture of a 10-11mm left internal carotid artery aneurysm. As a result of the haemorrhage she had a dense…
July 5, 2021Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 9Tags: ,
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 9

Non-Delegable Duty: Different Dentist, Same Drill

Around this time last year, Dominic Ruck Keene examined the County Court decision in Ramdhean v Agedo and The Forum Dental Practice Limited 2020 WL 00620352. HHJ Belcher concluded that a dental practice owed a non-delegable duty of care with respect to treatment carried out by a dentist working there.…
July 5, 2021Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 9Tags: ,
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 8

Further Developments in Secondary Victims Claims

Polmear v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2914 (QB) The High Court dismissed the Defendant Trust’s strike-out application in a secondary victim claim where the primary victim had ‘clearly suffered actionable damage’ prior to the shocking collapse. Master Cook held that it was not necessary to identify a…
April 15, 2021Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 8Tags: