Medical Negligence Claim in UK Law

  • Gregg v Scott
    • House of Lords
    • 27 January 2005
    ... ... injustice in a common form type of medical negligence case. Some believe a remedy is ... Has the patient a claim for damages against the doctor? No, the House was ... ...
  • Rabone and another v Pennine Care NHS Trust
    • Supreme Court
    • 08 February 2012
    ... ... Care NHS Trust ("the trust") alleging negligence and breach of the right to life protected by ... The claim failed because the judge (Simon J) held that the ... as suffering from depression and received medical treatment. There was some improvement in the next ... ...
  • A.B. v South West Water Services Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 November 1992
    ... ... some 180, drank the contaminated water and claim to have suffered a variety of ill effects as a ... ; they are also said to be liable in negligence, under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , for ... for personal injury resulting from medical negligence. There was a claim for aggravated ... ...
  • Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority
    • House of Lords
    • 13 November 1997
    ... ... two questions relating to liability for medical negligence. The first, which I believe to be more ... 583 ... 2 The claim relates to treatment received by Patrick Nigel ... ...
  • Jones v Kaney
    • Supreme Court
    • 30 March 2011
    ... ... to protect him from liability for negligence in preparing a joint statement for use in legal ... The claim in this case relates precisely to such negligence ... case where a claim was brought against a medical witness in respect of statements made in ... ...
  • McFarlane v Tayside Health Board
    • House of Lords
    • 25 November 1999
    ... ... They claim that Mrs. McFarlane suffered pain and distress ... in rearing Catherine, all due to the negligence of the defendant. They put Mrs. McFarlane's claim ... in order to avoid claims against them for medical negligence ... 16 In Emeh ... ...
  • M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
    • House of Lords
    • 29 June 1995
    ... ... has authorised, if it be done without negligence, although it does occasion damage to anyone: but ... the plaintiffs by their statements of claim allege they have been injured by public ... service departments, the police service, medical practitioners, community health workers, the ... ...
  • Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 28 May 1963
    ... ... out not to be justified, and the plaintiffs claim that in reliance on the references, which they ... Heller was guilty of negligence in giving such a reference without making ... A medical man may unexpectedly come across an unconscious ... ...
  • Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 20 June 2002
    ... ... on 1 February 2001 Curtis J dismissed her claim against Waddingtons plc and the Leeds City ... It is believed by the best medical opinion to involve a multi-stage process, in ... In a personal injury action based on negligence or breach of statutory duty the claimant seeks to ... ...
  • Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3)
    • House of Lords
    • 22 March 2001
    ... ... plaintiffs are more than 6,000 persons who claim to have been depositors with United Kingdom ... the non-actionability of a claim in negligence where there is an act of maladministration: ... conditions governing the exercise of the medical and allied, and pharmaceutical professions in the ... ...
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