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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.

R (OLABODE) v HIS MAJESTY’S AREA CORONER FOR MANCHESTER CITY (MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, INTERESTED PARTY)

[2026] Med LR Plus 14

Inquest – Expert evidence – Multiple experts – Complex and uncertain mix of evidence with no single clear view – Finding of natural causes – Challenge to coroner's findings and conclusion by way of judicial review.

MIM v SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 15

Clinical negligence – Death – Doctors' duty of care – Proximity – Psychiatric harm – Secondary victims.

LXLP (BY HER MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, CYLP) v ST GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 16

PPROM – Chorioamnionitis – Whether failure to follow local guidelines negligent – Whether negligent failure to give prophylactic antibiotics caused chorioamnionitis – Whether negligent failure to give prophylactic antibiotics materially increased the risk of chorioamnionitis and the severity of resultant foetal brain injury.

ESKANDER v GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL

[2026] Med LR Plus 17

General Medical Council – Statutory appeal to High Court under Medical Act 1983, section 40 – Time limit for appeal – Non-payment of fee – Whether appeal brought in time – Whether if out of time extension should be granted.

RE DRAKE, APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

[2026] Med LR Plus 18

Inquests – Coroners – Disclosure – Power to require evidence to be given or produced – Production order – Expert reports – Litigation privilege – Public interest immunity – Northern Ireland.

WILLIAMS v WILKINSON

[2026] Med LR Plus 19

Cauda equina syndrome – Factual causation – Very late amendment.

BJS (BY HIS MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, SXS) AND ANOTHER v CUMBRIA, NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE & WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST AND ANOTHER

[2026] Med LR Plus 20

Clinical negligence – Psychiatric inpatient suffering catastrophic injuries – Incident witnessed by mother – Secondary victim claim – Whether incident amounting to accident

BURGESS (BROTHER AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF GRIFFITHS, DECEASED) v SIKORSKI AND ANOTHER

[2026] Med LR Plus 21

Fatal Accidents Act 1976 – Quantification of dependency loss – Apportionment between dependants including protected beneficiaries – Whether Court of Protection costs recoverable – Assessment of such costs

BHATTI v COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 22

Interim relief – Employment – Duty of candour – Clinical governance – Restrictions on employment practice – Patient safety

SURESH AND OTHERS v GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL

[2026] Med LR Plus 23

Regulatory investigation – Communications with practitioner – Duty of care to avoid psychiatric injury – Strike out – Summary judgment.

RITCHIE v THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 24

Product liability and clinical negligence – Heart valve operation – Mycobacterium chimaera infection – Claim against manufacturer of surgical equipment settled by patient in life – Whether dependant also able to bring against hospital trust after death of patient – Importance of terms of settlement agreement in earlier claim.

BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST v CG (BY THEIR LITIGATION FRIEND, THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR) AND ANOTHER

[2026] Med LR Plus 25

Mental capacity – Best interests – Eating disorder – Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment – Factors to consider pre-application.

JBX (BY HIS MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, DBX) v FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 26

Assessment of damages – Whether home-based care or care in a neuro-rehabilitation unit would meet claimant’s reasonable needs – Whether the best interests test applied in determining the claimant’s reasonable needs – Assessment of loss of earnings and pension during the “lost years” – Discount to be applied for the claimant’s personal living expenses – Determination of probable retirement date.

R (CGT (BY HIS LITIGATION FRIEND, SGT)) v WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

[2026] Med LR Plus 27

Judicial Review – Local Authority funding of care needs – Assessment of applicant’s capital resources under Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014 No 2672) – Whether damages award for care needs held within Personal Injury Trust to be disregarded from assessment.

BLAKEMAN (AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF BLAKEMAN, DECEASED) v UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST

[2026] Med LR Plus 28

Clinical negligence – Amending statement of case – New claim – Limitation –Limitation Act 1980, section 33 – CPR 17 – Delay.

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