https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/pdf/10.1302/0301-620X.102B5.BJJ-2019-1759?casa_token=W4lnktDjIwUAAAAA:S4vPEulmvD3H3TsX23Bn1SEOlhmjO5CLWlpxOvDxHOFU7yoXCDnal-0ia1NsERgM6wnrx0bIrpTnCeo Birch & Todd, BJJ, 2020. In the UK, the cost of negligence claims continues to rise despite no increase in the number of cases…
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Montgomery -v- Lanarkshire Health Board 2015. Part 2.
From my perspective as a medical person, the key parts of the Supreme Court judgement are the following remarks: “The correct position, in relation to…
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It is hard to think of a single legal decision in the last 60 years that has so much impact on medical practice. It was…
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I’m going to attach a link to the judgement in this medical negligence case. I recommend that UK clinicians read it. I think it is…
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