This article examines the key medico-legal issues around diagnostic delay, treatment windows, stroke prevention and causation, drawing on Dr Kayvan Khadjooi’s clinical and expert witness experience.

For solicitors reviewing potential paediatric bone and joint infection claims, the focus is rarely just whether antibiotics were given. The more important questions are whether infection was considered early enough, whether imaging and microbiological investigations were adequate, whether surgery addressed the true extent of disease, and whether follow-up accounted for growth, function and long-term harm.

One of the most important points for solicitors dealing with birth injury claims is that an early MRI scan cannot necessarily answer every question about a child's future.

When does a patient’s refusal of treatment reflect genuine capacity - and when is anorexia nervosa driving the decision?

How should solicitors assess causation when a cancer patient survives, but is left facing more aggressive treatment, lasting complications and an increased future risk because of a negligent delay or error?

Could a capacity assessment be fundamentally flawed even when the individual appears to understand every question? In cases involving ASD, ADHD or intellectual disability, the answer may be yes.

Could a client’s post-operative voice change point to more than a recognised complication - and what evidence should you examine before deciding?

Could a missed coeliac diagnosis, a contaminated meal or a workplace catering issue become your next claim?

A medico-legal overview of missed cauda equina syndrome and spinal cord compression, exploring red flags, urgent imaging, documentation failures and key considerations for solicitors handling spinal negligence claims.

In ED delay claims, the issue is rarely just whether treatment was late - it is whether the delay was legally meaningful.

For solicitors handling brain injury claims, this article highlights the hidden deficits that can shape causation, prognosis, and quantum.

Skin cancer claims can involve complex questions of missed diagnosis, evolving treatment outcomes and causation uncertainty. Expert oncology evidence is essential in determining whether delay materially changed the outcome, or whether breach alone is insufficient to support the claim.

For a deeper breakdown of the medico-legal issues, causation arguments and practical case examples, read the full article here.

Neuro-oncology litigation often turns on what imaging showed, what should reasonably have been identified, and how those findings influenced clinical decision-making.

Dr Anna Kwartz explains the common breach of duty issues in optometry claims, from missed retinal detachments and glaucoma to the importance of digital imaging and complete clinical records.