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February 2026

Causation, Coincidence and Material Contribution: Tuffin v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2024]EWHC 3318 (KB)

This claim failed following a preliminary issue trial on causation. The decision reminds us of the dangers of conflating correlation and causation. Even in a ‘material contribution’ case, the fact that two conditions were suffered coincidentally is not sufficient. It…

23/02/2026
Clinical Negligence Newsletters
Causation, Coincidence and Material Contribution: Tuffin v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2024]EWHC 3318 (KB)

Full Speaker Panel Announced – The Future of International Criminal Law in a Changing World 5 March 2026

Temple Garden Chambers, in association with the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA), is hosting an evening panel discussion on the future of international criminal law. The event brings together leading practitioners and experts to examine how a rapidly…

19/02/2026
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Illegality and Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd and Others [2024] EWCA Civ138: A new turn in the well-worn road?

Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd and Others [2024] EWCA Civ 138 is the most recent decision in a line of authorities relating to the illegality defence. In Gray v Thames Trains Ltd [2009] UKHL 33 and Henderson v…

18/02/2026
Personal Injury Newsletters

The Court of Appeal Interim Guidance in PMC v A Local Health Board [2025] EWCA Civ 176 and the Future of Anonymity Orders

PMC v A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) concerned a failed application for an anonymity order made by a child Claimant who had already featured in articles and news reports and issued proceedings in his name a number…

18/02/2026
Personal Injury Newsletters

The Difficulties of Dethroning Exacting Causation Thresholds even where Substandard Care Precedes Tragic Patient Suicide: Zgonec-Rozej and Ors. v Dr Stephen Pereira [2025] EWCA Civ 171

Introduction On 18 April 2016, at the age of 48, John Jones QC, international criminal law silk, tragically took his own life. His death resonated across the Bar, and my colleagues in Chambers who work in this field will have…

18/02/2026
Clinical Negligence Newsletters

The Importance of Medical Investigations and Medico-legal Impartiality: Hodgson v Hammond and another [2025] EWHC 1261 (KB)

BREACH OF DUTY & CAUSATION The court in Hodgson found that the failure of the Defendant GPs to conduct a pelvic examination or to investigate the Claimant’s abdominal pain, vaginal discharge and irregular bleeding in their respective consultations, constituted breaches…

18/02/2026
Clinical Negligence Newsletters

COLLECTIVE REDRESS, BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS BLOG

Collective Redress, Business and Human Rights

18/02/2026
Collective Redress Newsletters

AEV LAW BLOG

AEV LAW – Leading the way in AEV Law

18/02/2026
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The Importance of Distinguishing Diagnosis from Treatment in the Context of Consent to Treatment: Enaholo v Totally PLC & Anor [2024]EWHC 3249 (KB)

BREACH OF DUTY & CAUSATION The Claimant brought a claim against the Defendants for negligently misdiagnosing him with a psychiatric disorder and referring him for assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) without his consent, alleging that the…

18/02/2026
Clinical Negligence Newsletters

Closing oral submissions presented in trial before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, The Hague

Oral closing submissions were presented last week and are continuing this week in the case of Thaçi et al before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) in The Hague. Rodney Dixon KC is acting in this trial as Lead Counsel for Kadri…

16/02/2026
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