In spring 2024, two days after undergoing complex cardiac surgery in the Midlands, a man in his mid 70s unexpectedly deteriorated and died. The hospital referred the death to the coroners service, as is protocol when a cause is unknown, and clinical negligence barrister Anthony Searle was instructed by the mans devastated family to represent them. To try to get to the bottom of what had happened, Searle knew he would need to ask the surgeons some probing questions. So when the coroner declined...
