Posted inAbuse / Child Abuse Clinical Negligence Issue 15

Child Abuse and Scope of Duty of Medical Practitioners

Child Abuse and Scope of Duty of Medical Practitioners Rajkiran Arhestey Conway v Yeovil District Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2025] EWHC 2488 (KB) In this sad case, Turner J considered the scope of duty of hospital doctors towards a baby who was the victim of an assault perpetrated…
October 15, 2025Posted inAbuse / Child Abuse, Clinical Negligence, Issue 15Tags: , , , ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 13 Personal injury

Cancer and Contributory Negligence: Who is the Objectively Reasonable Patient?

Otu v Vivek Datta [2022] EWHC 2388 (KB) When will a patient be partly at fault for not following up when their doctor negligently fails to arrange an appointment? That was the question asked of the High Court in Otu v Datta, a case concerning the death of the Claimant’s…
July 18, 2023Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 13, Personal injuryTags: , ,
Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 9

Supreme Court Revisits Wrongful Birth Claims

Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 In Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 the Supreme Court has revisited the principles to be applied in 'wrongful birth” claims: claims for the cost of bringing up a disabled child who would not have been born but for a doctor’s negligent medical advice/treatment.…
July 28, 2021Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 9Tags: ,