Case report: CXB v North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2053 (QB)

12 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | December 2019/January 2020 #181
Memory; documentary records; disputes of fact ‘HHJ Gore QC’s conclusion that it was necessary to subject the documentary record to careful scrutiny by reference to the witness evidence is consistent with both the Gestmin principles and the historical emphasis on the importance of written evidence.’ This was a clinical negligence claim involving a disputed documentary …

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Documentary disclosure: Medical records in court

9 Gough Square (Chambers of Andrew Ritchie QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | June 2019 #176
Ben Rodgers sets out the evidential basis of medical records at trial ‘In Shaw, the use of the wheelchair was not noted in the defendant’s record. This meant that the record was unreliable.’ Medical records are a crucial part of personal injury and clinical negligence litigation. If those notes happen to be scrutinised in a …

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