25th September 2025 | Clinical Negligence Law with Lunch
The next webinar in our ‘Law with Lunch’ series of bitesize, lunchtime talks covering legal issues of the moment is not to be missed.
Thursday 25th September 2025 | 12:30 – 13:30
Join Parklane Plowden’s clinical negligence specialists Howard Elgot and Megan Crowther as they explore the recent judgment in HQA v Newcastle NHS – a case in which they achieved a successful outcome for a young mother who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic brain injury following open heart surgery.
The 5-day trial determined issues of surgical negligence, inadequate surgical planning and informed consent. During the trial, a number of practical issues arose about the absence of written and oral witness evidence. Howard and Megan will discuss adverse inferences that might be drawn against a party who fails to call an important witness, what to do when an important witness is unable attend trial in person and also cannot give evidence by video link, “chaotic” consenting, and the catastrophic failure of a surgeon to prepare for a serious, foreseeable risk in a major operation. For more information about the case prior to the talk, please visit the PLP website to view the article here.
Please register via events@parklaneplowden.co.uk.
