Sion v Hampstead Health Authority

(1994) 5 Med LR 170

COURT OF APPEAL

Lord Justice STAUGHTON, Lord Justice WAITE, and Lord Justice Peter GIBSON

Practice — Striking out — Medical negligence action alleging nervous shock — Whether health authority required to show that plaintiff's claim was obviously doomed to fail — Whether court had discretion to allow amendment to statement of claim which failed to disclose cause of action after limitation period had expired — Whether plaintiff's medical report conclusive