Bolam
v. Friern hospital Management Committee – a case that lays down the typical
rule for assessing the appropriate standard of reasonable care in negligence
cases involving skilled professionals
Hotson
v East Berkshire Area Health Authority - a case that rejects the idea that
people can sue doctors for the loss of a chance to get better when doctors fail
to do as good a job as they could have done
Gregg
v Scott – another case on the issue of loss of a chance which affirms the
principle of Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority
Bolitho
v. City and Hackney Health Authority – a case on the standard of care
required by medical specialists which follows the Bolam test for professional
negligence and addresses the interaction with the concept of causation
Albrighton v RPA
Hospital – a case concerning the application of the Bolam test for
professional negligence
F v R - a
seminal case on what information medical professionals have a duty to inform
patients of at common law