Charles Cooper | Barrister

Category: medical

Bhatti v. Darlington NHS Trust [2026] EWHC 1079 (KB)

No injunctive relief where a surgeon’s practice is restricted to non-clinical/administrative work, even though ‘there are strong grounds to submit that the effect…. on the Claimant was tantamount to an exclusion’ where the Trust’s decision was ‘founded on patient safety and probity considerations that are, and remain, of fundamental importance…’: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2026/1079
Read more: Bhatti v. Darlington NHS Trust [2026] EWHC 1079 (KB)
R v. HM Coroner for Manchester City [2026] EWHC 810

In a claim for judicial review, the Coroner ‘…did not err in leaving out of account the neurological evidence of an appropriate treatment plan…’ but ‘contextualised the evidence and brought an appropriate focus to bear on the key issues that most clearly, on the evidence, might have contributed to… death’: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2026/810
Read more: R v. HM Coroner for Manchester City [2026] EWHC 810
Townsend v. Epsom NHS Trust [2026] EWCA Civ 195

‘Any decision about the care and treatment of a mentally incapacitated adult, including the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, must be taken in the patient’s best interests… If there is disagreement, “a court application can and should be made”… The hospital cannot pre-empt court proceedings by unilaterally withholding or withdrawing treatment on “clinical” grounds’: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2026/195
Read more: Townsend v. Epsom NHS Trust [2026] EWCA Civ 195

Category: medical

Bhatti v. Darlington NHS Trust [2026] EWHC 1079 (KB)

R v. HM Coroner for Manchester City [2026] EWHC 810

Townsend v. Epsom NHS Trust [2026] EWCA Civ 195