Runciman v University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust [2024] EWHC 1800 (KB) (12 July 2024) Intracranial vascular occlusion may be arterial or venous; the two are pathologically and anatomically distinct. The treatments are different. The clinical presentations of the two conditions may be similar; the initial radiological investigation may not be diagnostically helpful.   This case [...]

LN v Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1478 (KB) (18 June 2024)This case involved a claim for Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and whether this was caused by the mistakes to which the defendant admitted to.The three main questions the judge had to consider were:Did the claimant suffer from HIEIf he did, was [...]

Woods v Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1432 (KB) (11 June 2024) This birth injury case relates to a claim that there was an alleged delay in delivery resulting in a permanent injury to the claimant. The negligence was alleged to have taken place between 28 Sept 1998 and [...]

These cases concerned the recovery of damages by relatives from witnessing the death or injury of a patient arising out of clinical negligence. The recovery of damages by one person (secondary victim) from witnessing a wrongful injury to another (primary victim) is established in common law; it arose from negligence involving a violent accident. It [...]

In November 2018 C aged 43 contracted herpes simplex encephalitis.  On Tuesday 27 November 2018 he saw his GP, D. On Friday 30 November 2018 C was admitted to hospital as an emergency. He was assessed. Acyclovir was commenced. C was very seriously ill. C had suffered a significant brain injury. He was unable [...]