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Case Report: Webley v St George’s Hospital NHS Trust and anr [2014] EWHC 299
Section 2 Mental Health Act 1983; duty of care; burden of proof ‘The case was determined based on the simple finding that the Trust, by its security personnel, failed to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the claimant; and that this failure caused him to suffer injury.’ The claimant sustained his head injuries …
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- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582
- Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority [1997] UKHL 46
- Cassidy v Ministry of Health [1951] 2 KB 343
- D v South Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust [2003] EWCA Civ 878
- Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] UKHL 1
- Webley v St George's Hospital NHS Trust and anr [2014] EWHC 299