Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 12

Out of Hours Emergency Mental Health Provision and Paper Records

Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board [2022] EWHC 455 (QB) In Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board [2022] EWHC 455 (QB) following her husband’s suicide after a relapse in his psychiatric condition, the Claimant brought proceedings on behalf of her deceased husband’s estate and herself as…
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Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 12

Cosmetic surgery abroad – whose contract, whose law?

Clarke v Kalecinski [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) Lisa Pal v Dr Luc Damen, Belgo International Research, Applications and Development NV [2022] EWHC 4697 (QB) Two cases (Clarke v Kalecinski & ors [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) and Pal v Damen & ors [2022] EWHC 004697) illustrate some of the difficulties faced by claimants in…
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Stroke prevention

Watson v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 148 (QB) Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 1171 (QB) Both of these cases were stroke cases involving issues of causation. Both were decided by Mr Justice Andrew Ritchie. General As those with experience of stroke…
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Court of Appeal Refuses Permission to Judicially Review Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

In a judgment handed down on 4 February 2022, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal for permission to apply for judicial review concerning the lawfulness of the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) (the “Scheme”). The Court of Appeal concluded that the Scheme’s exclusion of those infected with hepatitis…
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Lessons in dishonesty

GMC v Armstrong [2021] EWHC 1658 (Admin) Bakare v GMC [2021] EWHC 3278 (Admin) The Professional Standards Authority v (1) GDC & (2) Amir [2021] EWHC 3230 (Admin) Are there lessons to be learned from three recent High Court decisions concerning allegations of dishonesty? It is instructive that the cases…
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Dishonesty and Denial – Part 2

Ahmedsowida v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 3466 Sawati v General Medical Council [2022] EWHC 283 I wrote last year about developments in the guidance given by the High Court in cases of professional regulation on the effect on sanctions of unsuccessful denials of dishonesty (link here). The issue continues…
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