Case report: Duce v Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 1307

12 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2018 #168
Limits of the duty of informed consent; breach of duty; causation ‘The confirmation of the need to satisfy the but for test is consistent with a long line of recent authority.’ In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] it was held that the doctor must take reasonable care to ensure that a patient is aware …

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Patient Autonomy: Montgomery in action

7 Bedford Row | Personal Injury Law Journal | April 2017 #154
Julian Matthews looks at recent case law on the issue of consent to medical treatment including the recent Court of Appeal decision of Webster ‘The judge had expressly found that there was an expectation that the consultant should have informed himself about the unusual combination of features and the potential risks arising from them.’Legal and …

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