Wrongful Birth in UK Law
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Wrongful birth: Provision of information about genetic risks (UK)
Yesterday saw the publication of the long awaited judgment in ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWHC 455 (QB), which is available on BAILII. At an early stage in the proceedings, ...
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Wrongful birth scope of duty / causation: Khan v Meadows (UKSC).
Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 (available on BAILII) saw all members of the Court agree that the appeal should be dismissed, though three judgments were written as noted below. The main judgment was...
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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...
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Clyde & Co Successfully Defend Claim For Failure To Insert Contraceptive Implant
... ... The Claimant subsequently fell pregnant and gave birth to a healthy child. A claim was brought for wrongful birth and consequent ... ...
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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 ...
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UK: Wrongful life cause of action or not?
Toombes v Mitchell [2020] EWHC 3506 (QB) (21 December 2020) (available on BAILII) raises some bried but legally complex issues. This brief note is not sufficient to cover all the elements of the de...
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Medical: UK Wrongful life issues revisited.
With thanks to Victoria Lyon for drawing my attention to this issue which has again come before the Courts. Readers of this blog will remember the interlocutory decision Toombes v Mitchell [2020] E...
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Montgomery And Beyond - Clyde & Co Win First Case Following This Landmark Decision
... ... The case is a wrongful birth claim where A sought damages for the costs associated with raising a ... ...
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Montgomery And Beyond Clyde & Co Win First Case Following This Landmark Decision
... ... The case is a wrongful birth claim where A sought damages for the costs associated with raising a ... ...
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Supreme Court Changes To The Assessment Of Loss In Professional Negligence Claims
... ... The second of the two cases2 was a wrongful birth ... claim in which the defendant medical expert had failed to ... ...
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