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Breach of duty: Saying the wrong thing
Shahram Sharghy reports on a case that concerned whether a duty of care was owed by a non-medically-trained receptionist ‘As soon as the claimant had been “booked in”, he entered into a relationship with the defendant of patient and healthcare provider. The scope of the duty extends to taking reasonable care not to provide misleading …
Cases Referenced
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- Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee [1969] 1 QB 428
- Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2
- Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 2301 (QB)
- Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 151
- Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50