Doughty v North Staffordshire Health Authority

(1992) 3 Med LR 81

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice HENRY

Limitation of action — Personal injury — Expiry of time for bringing action — Application for extension of time — Whether Court should grant application — Factors to be considered — Limitation Act 1980, ss 11, 14 and 33 — Negligence — Personal injury — Plastic surgeon — Birth mark on patient's face — Smooth skin under mark — Mark capable of being hidden by cosmetics — Surgeon performing succession of operations over long period — Patient's condition worse — Mark always visible — Whether surgeon negligent in operating at all — Damages