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TINDALL AND ANOTHER v CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THAMES VALLEY POLICE
[2025] Med LR 1
Negligence – Duty of care – Public authority liability – Liability of rescuers – Police – Duty of care to not make matters worse – Assumption of responsibility – Control of source of danger – Road traffic accident – Strike-out application.
PMC (A CHILD BY HIS MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, FLR) v A LOCAL HEALTH BOARD
[2025] Med LR 18
Anonymity orders – Jurisdiction to make orders withholding the name of a party – Jurisdiction to make reporting restriction orders – Whether such orders should be made after proceedings have commenced – Whether they should be made when the claim has already been the subject of previous publicity – Whether the basis and approach to such orders in clinical negligence cases should be re-examined.
TAIT v TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
[2025] Med LR 52
Clinical negligence – Admission of liability – Agreed judgment order – Whether defence case as pleaded consistent with judgment order.
PRESCOTT-BRANN v CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST AND ANOTHER
[2025] Med LR 61
Expert evidence – Expert shopping – Late applications – Case management decisions – CPR r 35.4 – Permission for experts – Substitution of experts.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE v GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER
[2025] Med LR 68
General Dental Council – Professional Standards Authority – Sexual misconduct – Appeal by PSA and registrant against findings of fact – Appeal by PSA against sanction – Immediate orders for suspension – Commencement date of period of substantive suspension where immediate order made.
GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL v AGA
[2025] Med LR 119
General Dental Council – Fitness to practise – Sanction of suspension – Immediate suspension – Deduction of period of immediate suspension from period of substantive suspension – Fairness.
MJF (A PROTECTED PARTY PROCEEDING BY HER MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, ITZ) v UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
[2025] Med LR 133
Endoscopy – Insertion of PEG feeding tube – Whether the PEG tube negligently placed under too much tension – Whether excessive tension responsible for tissue necrosis – Whether defendant could rely on an unpleaded causation defence – Whether negligence caused or accelerated the claimant's condition.
NORNEY v WATT AND ANOTHER
[2025] Med LR 166
Clinical negligence – Epidural blood patch procedure – Complications – Consent and procedure negligent – Novus actus interveniens – Apportionment between defendants – Assessment of damages.
YOUNG v DOWNEY
[2025] Med LR 183
Psychiatric damage – Secondary victim – Alcock criteria – Aftermath of Hyde Park bombing – Proximity – Judicial rejection of uncontroverted expert evidence – Reversal on the facts.
ZGONEC-ROZEJ AND OTHERS v PEREIRA
[2025] Med LR 192
Breach of duty – Causation – Material contribution – Clinical negligence – Fatal accident claims – Psychiatric care – Mental disorder – Suicide
SHIPSEY AND ANOTHER v HM SENIOR CORONER FOR WORCESTERSHIRE (WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST, FIRST INTERESTED PARTY; HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST, SECOND INTERESTED PARTY)
[2025] Med LR 206
Inquests – Application for fresh coronial investigation pursuant to Coroners Act 1988, section 13 – New evidence relevant to suicide intention – Court's power to amend Record of Inquest – Requirement for further inquest.
SPEIRS (A CHILD BY HER MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, MS GEMMA POWELL) v ST GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
[2025] Med LR 221
Brain injury – Damages – Valuation – Interim payments – Principles for making an interim payment – Liability apportionment – Periodical payment orders (“PPO”) – Capitalised heads of future loss.
BUTLER AND ANOTHER v WARD AND ANOTHER
[2025] Med LR 233
Clinical negligence – Consent – Discussion of treatment options prior to surgery – Procedure – Strike out – Summary judgment – Wasted costs.
BARTOLOMUCCI (A PROTECTED PARTY SUING BY HIS LITIGATION FRIEND, BARTOLOMUCCI) v CIRCLE HEALTH GROUP LTD
[2025] Med LR 246
Private medical treatment – Negligence – Breach of duty of treating consultants – Vicarious liability – Contract with hospital or doctors.
GRM (BY HIS LITIGATION FRIEND, THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR) v LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
[2025] Med LR 270
Medical negligence – Application to appoint litigation friend after commencement of proceedings – Court appointment of litigation friend with directions for litigation capacity to be addressed as a preliminary issue – Whether judge right to allow defendant to challenge decision on litigation capacity.
ST GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST AND ANOTHER v LV (A P BY HER LITIGATION FRIEND, THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR)
[2025] Med LR 275
Mental capacity – Best interests – Eating disorder – Continuation of life-sustaining treatment.
SURESH v GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL
[2025] Med LR 289
Regulatory investigation – Communications with practitioner – Duty of care to avoid psychiatric injury – ECHR, article 2 – Operational duty – Strike out – Summary judgment.
CLARKE v POOLE AND OTHERS
[2025] Med LR 339
CPR 52.30 – Permission to reopen appeal – Personal autonomy – Damages – Condition and prognosis – Pre-existing condition – Brain injury – Genetic testing – Applicant's objection to testing – Future loss – Stay of proceedings.
PRUDENCE AND ANOTHER v GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
[2025] Med LR 351
Duty of care – Third parties – Psychiatric injuries – Healthcare professionals – Rescuers – Primary victims – Pleading requirements – Counter-factual scenarios – Strike out applications – Summary judgment – CPR 3.4, 16, 24.
R (GLAISTER AND ANOTHER) v HM ASSISTANT CORONER FOR NORTH WALES (EAST AND CENTRAL), ((1) LEONARD FAMILY, (2) THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION (INTERESTED PARTIES))
[2025] Med LR 366
Court judgment – Confidentiality of draft judgment – Breaches and shortcomings of court embargo – Journalism embargo – Whether contempt of court.
R (BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION) v GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL, ((1) THE FACULTY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, (2) THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, (3) THE ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHESIA ASSOCIATES, (4) THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS, (5) ANAESTHETISTS UNITED (AU), (6) NHS ENGLAND (INTERESTED PARTIES))
[2025] Med LR 379
Judicial review – Physician associates and anaesthesia associates – Whether appropriate to use term “medical professionals” collectively to describe associates and doctors – Whether appropriate for GMC to publish common professional standards for doctors and associates – Time limits.