204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates

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 Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.