GEE AND OTHERS v DEPUY INTERNATIONAL LTD
Total hip arthroplasty – Metal-on-metal prosthesis – Defective products – Consumer Protection Act 1987 – Meaning of defective – Correct approach and relevant factors – Causation.
[2018] Med LR 347
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R (ADATH YISROEL BURIAL SOCIETY AND ANOTHER) v HM SENIOR CORONER FOR INNER NORTH LONDON (CHIEF CORONER OF ENGLAND AND WALES, INTERESTED PARTY)
Coroners – Judicial review – Policy against prioritisation of deaths on religious grounds – Whether policy unlawful – Fettering of coroner's discretion – Irrationality – Discrimination – Right to manifest religion – Right to equal treatment – Coroners and Justice Act 2009 – Human Rights Act 1998 – European Convention on Human Rights – Equality Act 2010.
[2018] Med LR 410
NIELD-MOIR v FREEMAN
DNA testing – Disputed paternity – Inherent jurisdiction to direct saliva sample – ECHR article 8.
[2018] Med LR 334
NHS DORSET CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP v LB (BY HER LITIGATION FRIEND, THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR) SHC (BY HIS LITIGATION FRIEND, THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR)
Costs – Test cases – Welfare cases – Reasonableness – Preliminary Issue withdrawn.
[2018] Med LR 329
NHS WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP v SP (BY HER LITIGATION FRIEND, THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR)
Medical ethics – Persistent vegetative state – Withdrawal of Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration (“CANH”) – Need for court sanction – Procedure.
[2018] Med LR 320