A claimant who established that delays in treatment materially contributed to a brain injury suffered by him during a fall was awarded damages from the NHS trust for the whole of his injury and loss. The court examined the "material contribution" test of causation and explained why it was more appropriate in the circumstances than … Continue reading SIDO JOHN v CENTRAL MANCHESTER & MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2016)
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Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
Case name: Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 What is the case about? This was the case in which the Supreme Court reacted to the “changing paradigm of the doctor-patient relationship”. Montgomery was not only one of the seminal cases in the law of clinical negligence in thirty years, it also recognised the importance of patient … Continue reading Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
MARTEN v NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (2016)
A conduct and competence committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council had been entitled to make a finding of dishonesty against a nurse who had inaccurately recorded a patient's heart rate knowing that it was wrong. The appellant nurse appealed against a finding of dishonesty made by a committee of the respondent Nursing and Midwifery … Continue reading MARTEN v NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (2016)
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