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Tort [2026] EWCC 26

Dakin v South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dakin v South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] EWCC 26 (12 May 2026)

The court held that an admitted failure to arrange ECG monitoring caused a delayed AF diagnosis, anticoagulation was missed, and the claimant’s stroke was due to that breach.

  • Causation
  • Duty of care
  • Clinical negligence
  • Breach of duty
  • Evidential burden
  • Diagnosis delay
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Medical negligence [2015] EWHC 268 (QB)

Mulholland v Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Mulholland v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 268 (QB) (12 February 2015)

The High Court held that an A&E doctor was not negligent in discharging a patient with confusing neurological symptoms after considering a provisional cannabis-related diagnosis.

  • Standard of care in a&e
  • Reliance on other professionals' opinions
  • Diagnosis delay
  • Causation and quantum
  • Application of bolam test
  • Clinical-negligence
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Medical negligence [2015] EWHC 268

Mulholland v Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Mulholland v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 268 (QB) (12 February 2015)

The High Court held that an A&E doctor did not breach duty when she discharged a patient after assessing confusing neurological symptoms and suspecting cannabis-related causes.

  • Standard of care in a&e
  • Reliance on other professionals' opinions
  • Diagnosis delay
  • Causation in clinical negligence
  • Quantum of damages
  • Clinical-negligence
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Medical negligence

Dainton v Powell

Clinical negligence claim over delayed diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip. The court held the GP should have detected the abnormality and referred the child.

  • Clinical negligence
  • Standard of care
  • Causation
  • Duty of care
  • Diagnosis delay
  • Clinical-negligence
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