Public policy reason underlies costs rule

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Northern Ireland court case in which the Ulster Independent Clinic brought an application to have proceedings against it struck out as disclosing no reasonable cause of action. Alison Campbell sued a number of defendants in a medical negligence action in Northern Ireland. Ms Campbell alleged that having complained of migraines, double vision and dizziness, she came under the care of Dr Jim Morrow, who arranged an MRI scan of her brain. She also alleged that the scan was “reported on wrongly” by Mr T Buchanan. She claimed that she was referred to Mr…