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Court’s approach to expert evidence in medical negligence claim (XXX v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)

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Published on: 13 April 2018

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Table of contents

What are the practical implications of the case?
What was the background?
What did the court decide?

Article summary

Personal Injury analysis: David Myhill, barrister at Crown Office Chambers, discusses the practical implications of the judgment in XXX v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust concerning the court’s assessment of expert evidence in a ‘wrongful birth’ case, and whether a sonographer was liable in negligence for not performing an ultrasound scan properly.

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