Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Trust Foundation [2008] UKHL 74

Human Rights Act: Use of the Human Rights Act in clinical negligence litigation

Richard Lodge and Raoul Lumb discuss the impact of the Act on clinical negligence cases ‘Clinical negligence litigation often involves vulnerable members of society and it is surprising that the Human Rights Act has not, to date, had the impact that was expected.’ As an area of law largely focused on narratives of harm befalling …

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Clinical Negligence: Case review

Janet Sayers discusses the most significant cases of the last year Coroners may well be asked to make a finding of ‘real and immediate’ risk in verdicts of suicide of mental health patients, in anticipation of a future claim. This last year or so has seen a number of significant case law developments in the …

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Mental Health: The extent of a duty of care

Emma Holt reviews the lottery of protection of the most fundamental of human rights: the right to life, for the highly vulnerable people in society ‘Baroness Hale’s obiter comments in para 101 of Savage v South Essex NHS Trust [2008] bear close analysis: she commented that it is difficult to distinguish between different classes of …

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