Posted inClinical Negligence Data & Information Issue 15

Anonymity orders: putting the genie back in the bottle?

Anonymity orders: putting the genie back in the bottle? Leo Kirby PMC -v- A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) Nicklin J provides guidance on when and how to seek orders for anonymity and/or reporting restrictions. The default position must be open justice: it is for the applicant to…
December 3, 2024Posted inClinical Negligence, Data & Information, Issue 15Tags: ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 14

Privacy in the Public Eye – Disgraced Surgeon Fails to Block Disclosure in Mass Litigation

Privacy in the Public Eye – Disgraced Surgeon Fails to Block Disclosure in Mass Litigation Jasper Gold Dixon v North Bristol NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 1871 (QB)  - The First Judgment Dixon v North Bristol NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 3127 (KB) – The Second Judgment References to paragraphs in the…
September 21, 2023Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 14Tags: , ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 6 Procedural

“What’s In a Name?” Revisited

Jones v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 1603 (QB)  This article originally appeared in Issue 6 (September 2020). Those who practise in the field of serious personal injury and clinical negligence will be very familiar with the principles that govern the grant of anonymity orders. The leading authority is JXMX…
September 1, 2020Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 6, ProceduralTags: , ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 1 Procedural Regulatory

Anonymity orders

Justyna Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 552 (QB) This article originally appeared in Issue 1 (May 2019). Spencer J refused an application for an anonymity order by the Claimant, who had suffered a stillbirth and psychiatric injury and was bringing a clinical negligence claim against the…
May 1, 2019Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 1, Procedural, RegulatoryTags: , , ,