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Victory for clinic in cross-border clinical negligence jurisdiction battle

May 23, 2022 James Beeton Clinical Negligence

In this blog post, John-Paul Swoboda considers the recent decision in Pal v Damen & Anor [2022] EWHC 4697 (QB). This was a cross-border clinical negligence battle following hot on the heels of Clarke v Kalecinski & Ors [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) (which we considered here). In May 2016 the Claimant, Lisa Pal, underwent elective…

Cross-border clinical negligence claims

March 11, 2022 James Beeton Clinical Negligence

There are few cases dealing with breach of duty in cross-border clinical negligence litigation. However, the rising number of claims arising out of botched cosmetic surgery carried out abroad means that this is an issue of increasing significance. Clarke v Kalecinski & Ors [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) is an interesting and timely decision. Foster J…

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