22 July Case Updates Expert evidence and the materiality of a risk Legal test, Consent to treatment, Orthopaedics, 11. Report Writing, 12. Responding to questions Although this is an orthopaedic case and in which given its preliminary nature the expert evidence was not tested, it is helpful for experts in general as well as orthopaedic experts. It sets out the law on consent as established in not only Montgomery but also in McCullough. It touches on orthopaedic experts giving evidence in cases outside their own subspecialty. Butler v Ward [2025] EWHC 877 (KB)
23 August Case Updates Negus v Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 643 (QB) Legal test, Negligence, Operative Surgery, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Negligence Operative surgery Topics: Legal tests Cardiothoracic surgery
15 February Case Updates Bankole-Jones v Watford Borough Council [2020] EWHC 3100 (Admin) Legal test, Psychiatry, Vulnerability, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Medical Psychiatry Issues: Homelessness Vulnerability
1 March Case Updates Thimmaya v Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust [2020] 1 WLUK 437 Personal injury, Legal test, Wasted cost order, Negligence, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing ‘The cost of Iicompetence’ Relevance: General; Personal injury (negligence) Topic: Legal tests for negligence Wasted costs order against expert witness