Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50

Negligence: Who watches the gatekeepers?

Liam Ryan examines the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Darnley and its potential wider impact ‘There is a tendency in some courts to elide breach of duty and scope of duty issues with the concept of a duty of care (as had the majority in the Court of Appeal).’ There is an interesting …

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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 …

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