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Patient Autonomy: Montgomery in action
Julian Matthews looks at recent case law on the issue of consent to medical treatment including the recent Court of Appeal decision of Webster ‘The judge had expressly found that there was an expectation that the consultant should have informed himself about the unusual combination of features and the potential risks arising from them.’Legal and …
Cases Referenced
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- Birch v University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2008] EWHC 2237 (QB)
- Chester v Afshar [2004] UKHL 41
- Connolly v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1339 (QB)
- Crossman v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 2878
- FM v Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 775
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2010] CSOH 104; [2015] UKSC 11
- Mrs A v East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1038 (QB)
- Pearce v United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust [1998] EWCA Civ 865
- Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] UKHL 1
- Spencer v Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1058 (QB)
- Tasmin v Barts Health NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3135 (QB)
- Webster v Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 62