Duty of Care Child in UK Law
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Public Authority Liability Update - Summer 2011 - A Tale Of Two Strike Outs
... ... an attempt by a claimant to impose a duty of care on a social services department in ... the principle that when investigations into child abuse are being undertaken by a local authority, ... ...
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UK Supreme Court finds doctor not liable for losses falling outside of her duty of care
The claimant, a mother of a child with haemophilia and autism, had, prior to her pregnancy, consulted with her GP to determine whether she carried the gene for haemophilia. The doctor negligently ......The claimant, a mother of a child with haemophilia and autism, had, prior to her pregnancy, consulted with her GP to determine whether she carried the gene for haemophilia. The doctor ... ...
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The IICSA Considers Mandatory Reporting Of Child Sexual Abuse
... ... Yet previously only individuals in a position of care/responsibility over children had a statutory duty of care which extended ... ...
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Social Service Claims - A Handy Guide
... ... case since the only breach of duty issue is whether the claimant ... was indeed ... the case of AB & Ors v Nugent Care Society and GR v ... Wirral MBC, Court of Appeal ... authority to owe a duty of care both to the child and to the ... parent where there was a such a ... ...
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UK Law May Create ‘Duty of Care’ for Social Media Companies
The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would impose a ‘duty of care’ on social media companies to regulate harmful content on their platforms. This push for an online safety bill was tri...... ... This push for an online safety bill was triggered by the high-profile death of a 14-year-old by suicide. The child had been repeatedly exposed to online content encouraging viewers to engage in self-harm and suicide, including messages such as Who would love a ... ...
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Negligence in Regulatory Investigations
... ... accountant could owe Mr Miller any duty to take care in ... conducting his ... an order cancelling her registration as a child minder. The ... claimant successfully ... ...
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Guarding Against Incompetence
... ... for the failures of the four lifeguards on duty at the time to supervise the pool and exercise ... for failing to exercise proper parental care ... The Health and Safety Commission published ... by failing to identify the Claimant as a child at risk and by failing to keep him under ... ...
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Corporate Manslaughter: A Brief Summary Of The New Offence
... ... amounts to a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed to that person ... An organisation ... , military, policing, emergency and child-protection activities and specify that any duty ... ...
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Doctor/Patient confidentiality and failure to disclose genetic risk of Huntington’s Disease (UK)
A pregnant woman in the UK has sued a hospital and mental facility for failing to inform her that she had, through her father, a high risk of suffering from Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s Disea...... ... A child of a parent with Huntingtons disease has a 50% ... The main aspect of this case relates to the duty owed by a doctor to keep confidential the secrets ... a patient with Huntingtons disease a duty of care to disclose the inherited condition to a child, ... ...
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Firm Stance Saves Millions For Local Authorities
...VL (a Child suing by her Litigation Friend the Official ... Various Care Orders were made, the effect of which was that ... be "fair, just and reasonable" to impose a duty in the circumstances ... The Judge concluded ... ...
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