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Peter Marples & Ors v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 2794 (Ch)

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Philipa Hodgson v Dr Daniel Hammond & Anor [2025] EWHC 1261 (KB)
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Philipa Hodgson v Dr Daniel Hammond & Anor [2025] EWHC 1261 (KB)

The claimant brought a clinical negligence claim against two general practitioners alleging that they failed to act on a potential diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease. The judge found that one of the GP experts had trespassed on the judicial function to determine the facts and had sought to advocate on behalf of the second defendant.

Rough or inappropriate handling of an infant
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Rough or inappropriate handling of an infant

As in many family cases, the issue here was the cause of the child’s injuries. It includes a distinction to be made between handling in hospital, such as holding of wrists for blood to be drawn, application of masks to assist breathing and holding of head still, to what would be expected in a normal domestic setting. It illustrates how a CMV infection complicated the court’s analysis of the evidence.

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