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Wrongful birth: clinical negligence compensation for poor advice

Wrongful birth: clinical negligence compensation for poor advice

Consider the following scenario: expectant parents attend an antenatal clinic where they are told that the fetus is healthy. This advice is negligentl ...

Supreme Court finds Hospital liable for inaccurate waiting time information given in A&E - Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50

Supreme Court finds Hospital liable for inaccurate waiting time information given in A&E - Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50

The long awaited decision in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust was handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday. This case goes to the very he ...

Exaggeration and dishonesty does not pay!

Exaggeration and dishonesty does not pay!

Summary In this briefing we consider the impact of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust v Sandip Singh Atwal [2018] EWCH 961 (QB) a clinic ...