In the recent case of Paul v Wolverhampton Health
Authority [2019] EWHC 2893, the defendant was successful in
its application for strike out of two secondary victims claims.
This was a very sad case in which the deceased, Parminder Singh
Paul, was admitted to New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton in
November 2012 after complaining of chest and jaw pain. He was
provided with treatment for acute coronary syndrome but few cardiac
investigations were performed. Nearly fourteen months later it was
recommended that he undergo an elective coronary angiography, but
sadly, on 26 January 2014, he collapsed in the street in front of
his two young daughters, and passed away.
The primary claim made on behalf of the deceased's estate
was that appropriate investigations were not arranged during the
admission in November 2012 and had the same occurred, he would not
have died in January 2014. His two daughters also brought claims as
secondary victims after the claimants' expert
