08 August 2023 Wiebke Morgan 1961 Case Updates Shally v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWHC 1304 (KB) byWiebke Morgan “A negligent failure to perform a costotransversectomy?” The detail of this judgment will be of interest to neurosurgeons and spinal surgeons. However, particularly as the judgment quotes C v North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust [2014] Med. L.R. 189 which gives meaning to the adjectives ‘responsible’, ‘competent’ and ‘respectable’ in Bolitho, this is a useful judgment to have to hand when preparing a report in a case of alleged clinical negligence. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login More links link to judgement Share Print Tags NegligenceClinical negligenceNeurosurgeryCostotransversectomy11. Report Writing Related articles Draft report retains litigation privilege (at least for now) Sidney Conway v Yeovil District Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2025] EWHC 2488 (KB) Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot will launch on the 1st January 2026 An unsatisfactory forensic medical report Sir Michael Davies Lecture 2025: Lady Simler, Enhancing Expert Evidence: Reports, Opinions, and Judicial Perspectives. Switch article Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust v Hoskin (Manchester County Court, unreported, 22 May 2023) Previous Article Chapman v Mid & South Essex NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 1290 (KB) Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.