Posted inClinical negligence Issue 6 Procedural

Application for Permission to Amend a Statement of Case

Pearce v East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1504 (QB)  This article originally appeared in Issue 6 (September 2020). In a succinct judgment from Lambert J, the High Court has provided a useful summary of the court’s approach to applications for permission to amend a statement of case. …
September 1, 2020Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 6, ProceduralTags:
Posted inProcedural Special Issue

Fairness of a Remote Hearing

SC v University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1445 (QB)  This article originally appeared in a Covid-19 Special Issue (July 2020). The facts  The Defendant Trust applied a week before a clinical negligence trial for its adjournment on the basis that it would be unfair to hold the…
July 1, 2020Posted inProcedural, Special IssueTags: , ,
Posted inIssue 3 Procedural

Failure to Serve a Defence on Time and Relief from Sanctions

Kember v (1) Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (2) King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2297 (QB)  This article originally appeared in Issue 3 (November 2019). Background  Proceedings were issued on 6 June 2018 and served on 28 September 2018 following a limitation extension. The Defence was due…
November 1, 2019Posted inIssue 3, ProceduralTags: