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McCulloch v. Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26

A doctor is not negligent in failing to inform a patient of possible alternative treatments if, exercising his or her clinical judgment and supported by a responsible body of medical opinion, they are not considered reasonable alternatives: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uksc/2023/26
Read more: McCulloch v. Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26
General Dental Council v. Williams [2023] EWCA Civ 481

The Court of Appeal confirms that the appellate judge was right to interpret the law as to NHS ‘top-up fees’ contrary to the established view of the dental profession, and to quash findings of dishonesty: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2023/481
Read more: General Dental Council v. Williams [2023] EWCA Civ 481
Dove v. HM Assistant Coroner [2023] EWCA Civ 289

In a case of suicide it is open to a Coroner to ‘consider whether there was any factual connection or link between the withdrawal of benefits and the deterioration in… mental health in the period immediately before… death’, and the case ‘bears similarities with Davison ([2022] EWHC 2342), where the fresh evidence raised issues of…
Read more: Dove v. HM Assistant Coroner [2023] EWCA Civ 289

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