“Clinical negligence cases can be complex enough without the added difficulty of delay in bringing proceedings resulting in a limitation defence. When it is raised by Defendants it is currently common for cases to be managed so that limitation will be tried as a preliminary issue, perhaps because of the possibility of a major costs saving if a full trial can be avoided. The recent case of Azam v University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3384 (QB) involved an appeal from a first instance decision of HHJ Rawlings in the County Court at Birmingham …” (more)
[Jason Cox, Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 18 January]
First posted 2021-01-22 18:10:06
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