Complex and high-value clinical negligence cases are known to follow a lengthy, grinding process. However, the run-up to trial, when real issues are identified, has a speed and intensity perhaps unique to this type of case.
In the recent case of Garrigan v South Central Strategic Health Authority, Darbys Solicitors recovered a lump sum of £6.6m for Ryan Garrigan, aged 15, with dyskinetic cerebral palsy. Following settlement at court, Darbys was informed that this was the largest lump sum award in a cerebral palsy case that the Court of Protection had approved. During trial preparation a variety of topical clinical negligence issues arose.
