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…
