A secondary victim claim in a clinical negligence context was likely made all the harder following Supreme Court’s judgment in Paul v Wolverhampton. In the recent first instance decision of MIM v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] EWHC 562 (KB), the claimant’s case was struck out following an analysis of the law relating to what constitutes an ‘accident’ for the purposes of such claims. Thomas Crockett, barrister of Hailsham Chambers has produced a case note about this interesting decision.
In this article, Thomas Crockett considers the implications of the decision for parties and practitioners. To read the full note, please click below.
