| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 184 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2012] EWHC 1335 (QB) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Sir Robert Nelson |
| Representation | Claire Toogood (instructed by Irwin Mitchell) for the claimant. |
| Angus Piper (instructed by Weightmans LLP) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 18 May 2012 |
Catchwords
Medical practitioner - Negligence - Conformity with practices accepted as proper by responsible members of profession - Claimant being husband of deceased - Deceased calling out ambulance due to severe chest pains - Defendant NHS Trust's paramedics not advising deceased to attend hospital - Deceased subsequently suffering fatal myocardial infarction - Claimant alleging negligence - Whether paramedics negligent - Quantum of damages.
The Case
Medical practitioner Negligence. The Queen's Bench Division held that the defendant NHS Trust had acted negligently in failing to advise the deceased to attend hospital after she had suffered severe chest pains.
Practice Areas
If you are a LexisLibrary subscriber you can read more about this case here.
Lexis®Library
- An Official transcript is the final version of the judgment prepared by shorthand writers. LexisLibrary contains all judgments from the High Court and aboveView Judgment
- Commentary discussing this particular case from LexisLibrary's comprehensive range of titles including Butterworths, Halsbury's and TolleyView related commentary
- The All England Law Reports comprises judgments with headnotes and catchwords indicating the area of law and key issues of the case prepared by legally qualified editorsFind AllER Reports
- Cases related to this particular case that are related to, or discuss this caseView related cases
