Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (2015) – duty to inform is not a duty to bombard with information
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Taylor v Shropshire Health Authority (1998) – the absence of a consent form is not proof that a patient did not consent, oral consent
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Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee (1957) – breach of the duty to care
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Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital (1985) – three different approaches on how breach should be determined.
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Blyth v Bloomsbury HA (1993) – post-Sidaway case, a restrictive approach
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Pearce v United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust (1999) – bye-bye Bolam? Combine prudent patient standard with a reasonable doctor standard
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Smith v Tunbridge Wells HA (1994) – bye-bye Bolam? ‘neither reasonable nor responsible’
