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Evaluating Claims: Successive causes of injury: the causation conundrum
Julian Matthews assesses the difficult legal issues that arise when multiple causes give rise to a compound injury ‘In clinical negligence cases, the complexity of the factual matrix means that the fine line between recovery and no recovery is regularly tested.’ Most clinical negligence litigation arises out of adverse outcomes secondary to medical intervention required …
Cases Referenced
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- Bailey v Ministry of Defence [2008] EWCA Civ 883
- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582
- Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority [1997] UKHL 46
- Canning-Kishver v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 2384 (QB)
- Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22
- Gregg v Scott [2005] UKHL 2
- Kuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Co [2002] UKHL 19
- Rahman v Arearose Ltd [2000] EWCA Civ 190
- Webb v Barclays Bank [2001] EWCA Civ 1141
- Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1987] UKHL 11
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