Case report: Khan v MNX [2018] EWCA Civ 2609

12 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | March 2019 #173
Informed consent; clinical negligence; the SAAMCO principle ‘In the event, the Court of Appeal in Khan distinguished Chester on the facts in order to apply the SAAMCO principles to the duty to give informed consent.’ Khan v MNX [2018] is an important decision clarifying that the SAAMCO principle, that losses are only recoverable if they …

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Compensation: Recovering damages in wrongful life cases

Kingsley Napley LLP | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2014 #128
Suzanne Farg gives guidance on pursuing clinical negligence claims for ‘wrongful conception’ and ‘wrongful birth’ The essential characteristics of reproductive and antenatal medical treatment are such that negligence in these areas will often have further reaching implications for the patient and his or her family, than negligence in other areas of medicine. Particular examples are …

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