CORREIA v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE NHS TRUST

[2017] Med LR Plus 4

COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

Before Lady Justice Black, and Lord Justice Simon

Breach of duty and causation - Consent to three-stage operation - Whether consent vitiated by negligently performed lesser operation - Whether lack of warning of injury from negligently performed operation was actionable - Appellate court's approach to findings of fact - Sufficiency of reasons for rejecting expert evidence