204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates

Law Pod UK

For those looking to keep on top of their CPD over the summer, in Episode 204 Emma-Louise Fenelon interviews John Whitting KC and Robert Mills about recent developments in clinical negligence.
Robert Mills takes listeners through three recent cases on material contribution:

• CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHSFT & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] EWHC 19 (KB)
• CDE v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 1330
• Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377

John Whitting KC outlines developments in the law of informed consent

• Bilal and Malik v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 605
• McCulloch and others v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26

And the episode concludes on a discussion of expert evidence

• Woods v Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1432 (KB)
• CE (Cameroon) [2023] UKAITUR PA011122020

The podcast has previously covered expert evidence in the following episodes:

• Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Margaret Bowron KC here
• Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Neil Sheldon KC here

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