‘On 8 May 2026, Mr Justice Cotter refused the Claimant’s application to amend her Particulars of Claim, to rely on further witness and expert evidence, and to vacate the imminent trial in a clinical negligence claim arising from a delayed diagnosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome (“CES”). The judgment adds to the growing body of first-instance authority on very late amendments under CPR 17.3, and is a salutary reminder of the discipline required when pleading causation in CES claims where breach is admitted but the counterfactual is anything but straightforward.’
Quarterly Medical Law Review, 20th May 2026
Source: 1corqmlr.com
