This episode of Civil Law Cast takes a deep dive into the Court of Appeal judgments in Paul, Polmear and Pinnear and seeks to explain the history of secondary victim claims, the development of the doctrine and its application to clinical negligence cases. Emily Formby QC and Scarlett Milligan...

In the last of this trilogy of episodes, Emily Formby QC and Romilly Cummerson conclude their discussion about Fatal Accident Act claims by considering the more complicated financial dependency claims including where the deceased was a wealth creator and where the section 4 disregard applies.