In December 2019, the Durban High Court rejected expert evidence attempting to introduce a third type of hypoxic ischemic injury as the basis for a damages claim by a child born with cerebral palsy.
A doctor who covers for a colleague has an immediate legal duty to care for his colleague’s patients whilst on call.
This was recently confirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa in a case where a doctor
The English Court of Appeal in a June 2018 judgment confirmed the principles relating to informed consent in medical malpractice claims.
A woman had been suffering painful, heavy periods and lower back pain, for which she sought medical advice. After