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Consent To Medical Treatment: Changing priorities
Paul Sankey investigates a decision in the Court of Appeal after it had applied the Montgomery test ‘There have been a number of reported decisions from the lower courts since Montgomery but this is the first Court of Appeal decision to apply the new definition of a doctor’s duty in giving advice.’The recent decision in …
Cases Referenced
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- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582
- Jones v Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (2015) unreported Exeter County Court 22 September
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2010] CSOH 104; [2015] UKSC 11
- SXX v Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 4072
- Tasmin v Barts Health NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3135 (QB)
- Webster v Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 62