Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 16

Three lessons from ex-footballer’s successful clinical negligence claim

Three lessons from ex-footballer’s successful clinical negligence claim Samuel Talalay Ebanks-Blake v Calder [2025] EWHC 3327 (KB) Introduction As temperatures dropped and trees went up in the days before Christmas, judgment was handed down in the case of Ebanks-Blake v Calder. Mrs Justice Lambert’s decision in the Claimant’s favour, circulated…
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Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 16

Birth injuries and expert evidence

Birth injuries and expert evidence Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC OAJ By His Mother and Litigation Friend CFT v Dorset County Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 3345 This is the third birth damage case in just over 3 years in which Mr Justice Ritchie has been the trial Judge. The other…
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Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 15

Expert evidence refused for a Defendant who puts a Claimant to proof

Expert evidence refused for a Defendant who puts a Claimant to proof Robert Mills Fox v Moroney and Others [unreported, 5 September 2025] The claim was brought against a dental practice for negligent dental treatment performed by dentists based at the practice. The allegations were based on breaches of non-delegable duties…
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Posted inInquiries Issue 15

Hospital successfully challenges Public Inquiry’s refusal to admit expert evidence

Hospital successfully challenges Public Inquiry’s refusal to admit expert evidence Matthew Hill In the Petition of the Greater Glasgow Health Board for Judicial Review against The Rt Hon Lord Brodie KC PC, Chairman of the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry [2025] CSOH 12 In a rare successful judicial review of a statutory…
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