Ratcliffe v Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority and another
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1998 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
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26 cases
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Elizabeth Miller (ap) V. Greater Glasgow Nhs Board
...is effective in preventing MRSA. Junior counsel for the pursuer then made reference to Ratcliffe v Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority [1998] PIQR 170 in which there is a review of res ipsa loquitur in relation to medical negligence cases. [41] In summarising the position about causation, ......
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Tara-Mahalia Smith v Grande Cass. Management (Barbados) Ltd t/a Sandals Barbados Resort & Spa
...expert evidence to resolve, such as a neurological defect following a spinal injection: Ratcliff v. Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority [1998] PIQR P170. 49 In Ward v. Tesco Stores, the plaintiff had slipped on a supermarket floor on which yogurt had been spilled. The majority of the Court......
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Tracey O'connor v The Pennine Acute Hospitals Nhs Trust
...courts can make findings of fact by means of inference when there is no direct evidence of the events in issue. 61 In Ratcliffe v Plymouth & Torbay Health Authority [1998] PIQR P170 Brooke LJ, with whom Hobhouse LJ and Sir John Vinelott agreed, reviewed numerous cases on res ipsa loquitur ......
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Lillywhite v University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
...or by showing that the defendant exercised all reasonable care." 26 Similar sentiments were expressed by Hobhouse LJ in Ratcliffe v Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority et al [1998] Lloyd's LR: Med 162 at page 177: "Res ipsa loquitur is not a principle of law and it does not relate to or ra......
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