King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court

[2025] EWHC 2692 (KB)

Fecha: 24-Oct-2025

The course of proceedings

The course of proceedings

A letter of Claim was sent on 8 March 2022. A letter of response was sent on 17 November 2022 in which an early admission of breach of duty was made. Proceedings were issued on 31 March 2023 and Particulars of Claim were served on 12 April 2023.

The Defendant’s admission of breach of duty was repeated in the Defence dated 6 June 2023, in addition further admissions of causation were made namely:

The Health Board had breached the duty of care owed to the Claimant by failing to arrange further investigation by MRI scanning on 4 August 2020;

ii)

Had an MRI been performed this would have led to diagnosis and treatment of spinal tuberculosis on around 9 August 2020;

iii)

With earlier treatment the Claimant’s neurological injury would have been prevented or significantly reduced but he would probably have developed arachnoiditis in any event, which would have caused ongoing back pain.

Judgment was entered for the Claimant on the basis of the admissions made in the Defence for quantum to be assessed. A trial on quantum was set down to take place on 2 October 2025.