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Case Report: Montgomery (Appellant) v Lanarkshire Health Board (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 11
Patients’ rights; doctors’ duties; consent test ‘Patients should no longer be viewed as uninformed, incapable of understanding medical matters, or wholly dependent upon a flow of information from doctors.’The appellant, Nadine Montgomery, sought damages on behalf of her catastrophically injured son, Sam, born on 1 October 1999 at Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Lanarkshire, alleging negligent care …
Cases Referenced
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- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582
- Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority [1997] UKHL 46
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2010] CSOH 104; [2015] UKSC 11
- Pearce v United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust [1998] EWCA Civ 865
- Rogers v Whittaker (1992) 175 CLR 479
- Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] UKHL 1