How to Improve Patient Safety Post-Paterson

Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson  This article originally appeared in Issue 5 (May 2020). The report of the Independent Inquiry into the case of surgeon Dr Ian Paterson was published on 4 February 2020. It makes for harrowing reading.  One of the Inquiry’s key…

Vicarious Liability – Associate Dentists

Ramdhean v Agedo and The Forum Dental Practice Limited 2020 WL 00620352  This article originally appeared in Issue 5 (May 2020). The Facts  The claim arose out of allegedly negligent care given to the Claimant at a dental surgery. A preliminary hearing was held at Leeds County Court to consider…

A Blow for Big Pharma

Bayer Plc & Anor v NHS Darlington CCG & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 449  This article originally appeared in Issue 5 (May 2020). In the interesting case of Bayer Plc v NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group [2020] EWCA Civ 449 in the Court of Appeal, two pharmaceutical companies, Bayer Plc…

Vicarious Liability – Is It Still ‘On The Move’?

WM Morrison Supermarket plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12  Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13  This article originally appeared in Issue 5 (May 2020). These parallel judgments, handed down on the same day by the Supreme Court, clarify the two stage approach to determining whether an…

In Brief – May 2020

In each issue, we try and cover cases in brief which we were unable to cover in full. Below are the cases covered in brief in Issue 5, May 2020. M (Declaration of Death of Child) [2020] EWCA Civ 164 – Issue was whether the child, Midrar, was legally dead…