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In the case of Hughes v Turning Point I represented the family of a young man who died in a facility he had gone to to detox from alcohol. Sadly his addiction to alcohol was such that when he stopped drinking he had seizures and severe DT's
He was admitted to the facility. There were no doctors or nurses on site nor medication immediately available but he was signed him up for a safe comfortable detox. The on call GP was not available and he did not receive diazepam and sadly died.
We lost the case on a number of grounds. I will leave it to others to comment on how the law was interpreted but one thing that really concerned me was that the judge said if the case had been successful he would have found there to be contributory negligence
His fault was that he was an alcoholic. The fact he sought out a place of safety to detox did not affect this. New post on the case of Dalton for those interested in the question of contributory negligence in clinical negligence https://laurensutherlandqc-lawandethics.com/expert-evidence/contributory-negligence-in-clinical-negligence/
