Posted inIssue 15 Personal injury

Fundamental Dishonesty and the Role of Experts

Fundamental Dishonesty and The Role of Experts Matthew Leitch O’Connell v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 2301 (KB) In O’Connell, Christopher Kennedy KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, dismissed claims in negligence and under the Animals Act 1971 brought by a former gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery.…
October 3, 2025Posted inIssue 15, Personal injuryTags:
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 15

Fundamental dishonesty: recent lessons

Fundamental dishonesty: recent lessons Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC Ms Wilma Agnes Cullen - and – Dr Ruth Henniker-Major [2024] EWHC 2809 (KB) This was a clinical negligence case arising out of a negligently delayed diagnosis of laryngeal cancer, resulting in more extensive treatment for the cancer than would otherwise have been…
March 17, 2025Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 15Tags:
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 7

Surveillance Evidence and Fundamental Dishonesty

Wilcox v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2555 (QB) Garraway v Holland & Barrett Limited [2020] 3 WLUK 582 (accessible on Lawtel and Westlaw only) Two recent decisions consider the use of surveillance evidence in the context of fundamental dishonesty. Wilcox v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation…
March 8, 2021Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 7Tags:
Posted inClinical Negligence Costs Issue 2 Personal injury Quantum

Fundamental Dishonesty

This article originally appeared in Issue 2 (July 2019). Introduction  There are two separate and distinct regimes relating to fundamental dishonesty in litigation which have been available in personal injury claims since 2013. However, in the last year or two, there has been increasing attention focused on the perils and…
July 1, 2019Posted inClinical Negligence, Costs, Issue 2, Personal injury, QuantumTags: ,