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Material Contribution: Causes for concern
Julian Matthews highlights a case that demonstrates the courts’ approach to contribution to injury ‘Even where there were multiple causes, if the defendant’s breach of duty had materially contributed to one of those causes and that contribution was material to the development of the condition overall, then the principles of material contribution applied, and causation …
Cases Referenced
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- Bailey v Ministry of Defence [2008] EWCA Civ 883
- Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22
- Heneghan v Manchester Dry Docks Ltd [2014] EWHC 4190 (QB); [2016] EWCA Civ 86
- Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority [1988] UKHL 1
- John v Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 407 (QB)
- Wardlaw v Bonnington Castings Ltd [1956] UKHL 1
- Williams v The Bermuda Hospitals Board [2016] UKPC 4
- Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1987] UKHL 11