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TARRANT v MONKHOUSE

[2026] Med LR Plus 1

Clinical negligence – Bariatric surgery – Determination of liability issues – Analysis of competing witness accounts – Court's assessment of expert evidence.

SHAHEEN AND OTHERS v DAISH

[2026] Med LR Plus 2

General Practitioner – Lung cancer – Breach of duty – Chest x-ray – Contributory negligence.

FOX v MORONEY AND WHITLEY (T/A WEST LODGE DENTAL PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP) AND OTHERS

[2026] Med LR Plus 3

Clinical negligence – Dental negligence – Appeals against case management orders – Pleadings – Expert evidence.

CAMERON v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR JUSTICE AND ANOTHER

[2026] Med LR Plus 4

Mental health patients – Restricted hospital order – Conditional discharge – Recall to hospital – Jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal – Right to liberty.

LMN (A PROTECTED PARTY SUING BY HIS MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, PQR) v SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

[2026] Med LR Plus 5

Breach of duty – Causation – Material contribution – Expert witnesses.

OAJ (BY HIS MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, CFT) v DORSET COUNTY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 6

Clinical negligence – Perinatal brain damage – Standard of care – Midwifery – Obstetrics – Legal causation.

HIS MAJESTY’S ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES v HARROLD (NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL, NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST, PROPOSED INTERVENORS)

[2026] Med LR Plus 7

Civil Proceedings Orders – Conditions for the making of a CPO order – Whether parties directly affected by proceedings should be joined – Relevant principles relating to the joinder of intervening parties – Whether discretion to make a CPO should be exercised.

EBANKS-BLAKE v CALDER

[2026] Med LR Plus 8

Clinical negligence – Breach of duty – Causation of injury – Unnecessary surgery – Evidence in chief – New evidence – Details absent from witness statement – Professional footballer – Ankle injury – Fibular fracture.

PRUDENCE AND ANOTHER v GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 9

Duty of care – Third parties – Psychiatric injuries – Healthcare professionals – Rescuers – Primary victims – Pleading requirements – Counter-factual scenarios – Strike out applications – Summary judgment.

GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL v GILBERT AND ANOTHER

[2026] Med LR Plus 10

General Medical Council – Professional Standards Authority – Sexual misconduct – Erasure from Medical Register – Measure of respect for decision of a professional tribunal – Sanctions Guidance.

CCC (BY HER MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, MMM) v SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 11

Clinical negligence – Birth hypoxia – Brain damage – Cerebral palsy – Whether child claimant with impaired life expectancy entitled to damages for lost years of earnings.

TOWNSEND v EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 12

Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment – PDOC – Burke v GMC carve out for clinical decision making – best interests – Medical treatment ambit of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (“MCA”) – MCA, section 50(2) permission – procedure.

R (BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION) v GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHESIA ASSOCIATES, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS, ANAESTHETIST UNITED, NHS ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, INTERESTED PARTIES)

[2026] Med LR Plus 13

Judicial review – Physician associates and anaesthesia associates – Whether appropriate to use term “medical professionals” collectively to describe associates and doctors – Time limits.

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