22 April Case Updates Not a bridge too far – dental negligence Causation, Dentistry, Consent, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, Bridge, Implant, Ischaemic Colitis, NSAID, 11. Report Writing The detail of this case is of relevance to dental experts and attention is drawn to the clarity and particularity with which Professor Harding set out the instances of treatment of the Claimant which was below the standard she could reasonably have expected and then identified the consequences thereof. There is a gastroenterological and pharmacological dimension to the case because it was alleged, and found, that the pain resulting from the negligent dental treatment necessitated treatment with NAISDs which caused ischaemic colitis. Bailey v Bijlani [2025] EWHC 175 (KB)
6 June Case Updates Dove v HM Assistant Coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool [2023] EWCA Civ 289 Causation, Psychiatry, Suicide, Inquest, 11. Report Writing “The meaning of causation in the coronial jurisdiction”
30 May Case Updates FGX v Gaunt [2023] EWHC 419 (KB) Causation, Psychology, Psychiatry, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Apportionment, 11. Report Writing “PTSD resulting from publication of covertly recorded naked images”
6 February Case Updates CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 19 (KB) Causation, Obstetrics, Midwifery, Medical expert, Memory, The Aliquot theory, 11. Report Writing “What is the standard of care expected of a junior doctor?”
22 November Case Updates Thorley v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2604 (QB) Negligence, Causation, Guidelines, Anticoagulation, Angiography, Material contribution, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Cardiology Haematology
23 August Case Updates Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB), 2021 WL 00542118 Causation, Psychiatry, Diagnosis, Taxonomy, Adjustment Disorder, Depressive illness, 07. Receiving Instructions, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Diagnosis Causation Taxonomy Adjustment disorder Depressive illness
27 July Case Updates Darrell Stewart Jones v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 1603 (QB), 2020 WL 03415114 Causation, Clinical negligence, Life expectancy, HIV, Delayed diagnosis, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Clinical negligence Topics: Life expectancy Delayed diagnosis HIV Causation
1 March Case Updates FXF v Ampleforth Abbey Trustees [2020] EWHC 791 (QB), 2020 WL 01663316 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation, Causation, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “The Savile effect” Relevance: Historic child abuse Topics: Limitation Causation