Stuart Jamieson Helps Secure Settlement for Family of Man Who Died of Metastasised Colon Cancer
BST (deceased) v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Stuart Jamieson, instructed by Claire Garrity of Switalskis, has helped secure a settlement for the Estate and dependants of a man that died from metastasised colon cancer. The six-figure settlement (subject to an anonymity order) was recently approved by HHJ Gargan, the Designated Civil Judge in Leeds.
The key disputes within the proceedings involved the failure to investigate the deceased upon GP referral by way of a colonoscopy to rule out a mucosal lesion, denied by the Defendant Trust as representing a breach of duty, and separately the effect of a failure to identify the Deceased’s colon cancer on a CT scan years later. The full causative effect of this later breach of duty was denied by the Trust. The Defendant denied that identification of the Deceased’s colon cancer at the time of the CT scan would have avoided the Deceased’s death, the disease subsequently metastasising to his liver and lungs. The Claimant’s case was that earlier identification from the CT scan would likely have avoided the Deceased’s death and his treatment requirements for a stoma, systemic chemotherapy and treatment for liver metastases.
The settlement on behalf of the Estate and dependants was approved in January 2025. The claim was contested over several years and with competing expert evidence in Oncology and Coloproctology.
Stuart Jamieson is a barrister specialising in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury. Stuart is the Head of the Civil Team at Parklane Plowden.
