Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law
Today is the official launch of the third edition of Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law. You can find extracts from the print edition and updates on specific chapters on our website here. […]
Author: Imogen Hildred
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The Ten Rules of Nervous Shock
John de Bono QC AVMA Conference, 2016 Rule 1: The court will (almost) always be sceptical and unsympathetic. Rule 2: Alcock remains the law. It is arbitrary and unfair. Rule 3: It is almost impossible to win a secondary victim claim. Rule 4: Your best hope is to make your client a primary victim. Rule […]
Conrad Hallin’s commentary on Re A (A Child)
Please click here to read Conrad Hallin‘s commentary for the Medical Law Reports. […]
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Legal Update from Serjeants’ Inn 7th Annual Oxford Medical Law Conference
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers & Oxford Neurosurgery and Spine Practice – 7th Annual Oxford Medical Law Conference Wadham College 26 September 2016 Legal Update Duty of Care 1. Smith v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB) (15 April 2016): Neil Caven (“Neil”) a patient at the Defendant hospital (D) suffered from a long-standing […]
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Michael Mylonas QC and Amy Street in novel High Court case about posthumous DNA paternity testing and use of the inherent jurisdiction
On 15th April 2016 Peter Jackson J handed down judgment in Spencer v Anderson (Paternity Testing: Jurisdiction) [2016] EWHC 851 (Fam), an unusual case involving novel legal issues about whether the court can use the inherent jurisdiction to direct scientific testing of the DNA of someone who has died, for the purpose of providing evidence […]