ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust & ors [2015] EWHC 1394 (QB)

Case report: Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 552 (QB)

Anonymity orders; media; open justice ‘The judge held that, notwithstanding the exploration of intimate details of the claimant’s private and family life, the principle of open justice was not adequately satisfied by only publishing the name of the defendant.’ Martin Spencer J refused an anonymity order in a clinical negligence case in which the claimant …

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Damages: Duty of care

Anna Macey evaluates the balance between patient confidentiality and the prevention of harm ‘The mother’s claim was that her father’s medical practitioners had a duty of care to her, and her child, and ought to have informed her at any earlier opportunity of the likelihood of her father’s diagnosis.’ In the sad case of ABC …

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Liability: A catalogue of errors

In part two of his article, Robert Weir QC continues his compilation of the most significant cases involving liability decisions from the last year ‘The judge properly recognised that the burden of proof lay with the claimant and did not draw inference of negligence from the fact that the extrusion had been retained.’ Part …

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