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Case Law: New grounds
Stephanie Prior reviews recent changes in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation ‘Montgomery is a move away from the test of a reasonable doctor and that of a reasonable patient.’ It has been an exciting period in the litigation world over the last year or so. This article will touch upon some of those changes …
Cases Referenced
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- Broadhurst v Tan; Taylor v Smith [2016] EWCA Civ 94
- Cookson v Knowles [1978] UKHL 3
- Graham v Dodds [1983] 1 WLR 808
- Jennifer Jones v Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 2154 (QB)
- Julie Shorter v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 614
- Knauer v Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 9
- Linda Di Cara v Dr Paul Ignotus (2015) unreported, Master Yoxall, QBD, 7 October
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2010] CSOH 104; [2015] UKSC 11
- Mrs A v East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1038 (QB)
- Richard Lewis and ors v Ward Hadaway [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch)
- Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] UKHL 1