Webb v Barclays Bank [2001] EWCA Civ 1141

Case Report: Wright v Barts Health NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 1834

Negligence; contribution to loss; multiple injuries ‘The compromise agreement did not include any reservation of the right of Mr Wright to proceed against the hospital, nor any agreement by Mr Wright to indemnify CCR against any liability it may have to the hospital in any contribution proceedings.’ Assume an accident involving a neck injury to …

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Multiple Defendants: Who to sue?

In the second of two articles Linda Jacobs looks at legal liability in multiple defendant claims ‘Where two or more tortfeasors cause different damage to the claimant, the causes of action are distinct from one another. The claimant can sue each defendant, but can only recover the extent of the damage for which each tortfeasor …

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Evaluating Claims: Successive causes of injury: the causation conundrum

Julian Matthews assesses the difficult legal issues that arise when multiple causes give rise to a compound injury ‘In clinical negligence cases, the complexity of the factual matrix means that the fine line between recovery and no recovery is regularly tested.’ Most clinical negligence litigation arises out of adverse outcomes secondary to medical intervention required …

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