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Flashcards in Medical and Industrial Injury Deck (11)
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1
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Miller

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Sufficiency of proximity needs to be considered when analysing third party duty of care

2
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Palmer

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P’s daughter abducted, assaulted and murdered by AA. There was not action against the doctor even though knowledge of psychiatric illness as degree of proximity between the victim and the doctor is not sufficient

3
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MacFarlane

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No acceptable to compensate for wrongful birth (sterilization)

4
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Rees

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Disability does not change or overrule MacFarlane; £15000 award

5
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Appleton

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Consent requires full knowledge of the facts; not in an emergency but religious views must be considered

6
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RE MB

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Having schizophrenia did not prevent from consenting; not related

7
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Chatterton v Gerson

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“1 in 100” risk not be disclosed as would undermine consent; non disclosure is tested in negligence (Sidaway)

8
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F v West Berkshire Health Authority

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Necessity in some cases; forced sterilization

9
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Bux v Slough

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Difference between providing goggles (statutory duty) and not insisting on them being warn (negligence); crystallization theory; independent duties

10
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Wilsons & Clyde Coal v English

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Providing a safe place of work is non-delagable even when going to work somewhere else

11
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Square D Ltd v Cook

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No duty for employer to check safety of premises abroad as long as reasonable and competent