“STATEMENTS OF CASE PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN CIVIL LITIGATION”: THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO RUN A CASE ON CAUSATION THAT IT HAD NOT PLEADED: CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE CONSIDERED

In MJF v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 3156 (KB)  HHJ Emma Kelly (sitting as a High Court Judge) found that the defendant in a clinical negligence trial was trying to run a case on causation that had not been pleaded.  The judgment sets out the importance of statem...