| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 65 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2012] EWHC 1150 (QB) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Lloyd Jones J |
| Representation | Frank Burton QC and Christopher Kemp (instructed by Stewarts Law) for the claimant. |
| David Pittaway QC (instructed by Beachcroft LLP) for the defendant | |
| Judgment Dates: | 3 May 2012 |
Catchwords
Negligence - Causation - Personal injuries - Defendant doctor taking call regarding claimant - Defendant failing to admit claimant to hospital - Claimant suffering neurological impairment - Defendant admitting negligence in failing to urgently admit claimant to hospital - Whether failure to admit claimant to hospital causing extent of neurological impairment.
The Case
Negligence Causation. The Queen's Bench Division held that as there was no significant deterioration in the claimant's condition over the critical period and therefore it could not be established that the negligent failure to admit the claimant to hospital had caused his injury.
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