Woman sought re-trial in negligence case

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Court of Appeal case in which a woman who sued her consultant following a hysterectomy operation appealed against a High Court decision dismissing her action In February 2017, the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in a case in which a woman appealed against a High Court decision dismissing her claim for damages against a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist. The claim was in respect of injuries sustained during a hysterectomy operation. For many years prior to the operation Ms M (name given in court), a married woman and the mother of two children,…