Case Report: Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 151

Duty of care; A&E; head injury; waiting times ‘It was not fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty of care on the receptionist to give a patient accurate information about waiting times or not to provide inaccurate information on waiting times.’In Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2017] the court looked at what, …
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Eye Injuries: Getting the correct treatment

Rushmi Sethi examines clinical negligence claims concerning ophthalmic injuries ‘A doctor is not negligent if there is another responsible body of medical opinion who would have acted in the same way as the treating clinician.’The purpose of this article is to consider the recent case law relating to eye injury claims, considering in particular the …
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