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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.