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Case Report: Christine Reaney v University of North Staffordshire NHS Trust (1) and Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (2) [2014] EWHC 3016 (QB)
Negligent treatment of pre-existing paraplegia; establishing the appropriate counterfactual; whether credit should be given for care required in any event ‘One might say that the paradigmatic negligent act is to make that person worse. A court may well have sympathy with a vulnerable individual whose quality of life is reduced even further by those in …
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- Christine Reaney v University of North Staffordshire NHS Trust (1) and Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (2) [2014] EWHC 3016 (QB)
- Gregg v Scott [2005] UKHL 2
- Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority [1988] UKHL 1
- Jobling v Associated Dairies [1981] 2 All ER 752
- Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co (1880) 5 App Cas 25
- R (McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2011] UKSC 33
- Sklair v Haycock [2009] EWHC 3328 (QB)
- Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1987] UKHL 11