Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence analysis:
In May 2020 Richard Hermer QC (sitting
as a deputy judge of the High Court) embarked on one of the first High Court clinical
negligence trials to be held remotely. Mr Jones, a serving soldier in the British Army, was
diagnosed with HIV. The case concerned the medical consequences of a ten-month delay
in diagnosis. The Ministry of Defence, being responsible for his medical care, accepted it
had breached its duty of care and was liable to compensate Mr Jones for the ill health he
