Grimstone v Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust: (it's not) hip to be square

Austin, Louise V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6498-1934 2017. Grimstone v Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust: (it's not) hip to be square. Medical Law Review 26 (4) , pp. 665-674. 10.1093/medlaw/fwx053

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Abstract

In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 the Supreme Court redefined the standard of disclosure in informed consent to medical treatment, rejecting the application of the doctor-focused Bolam standard in favour of one focused on what was significant to patients. In Grimstone v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3756 (QB), despite acknowledging a new standard now applied, McGowan J nevertheless used the Bolam test to determine liability for non-disclosure. This illustrates ongoing judicial deference to the medical profession and this case commentary explores that decision and its implications

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0967-0742
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 February 2020
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 02:12
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/129499

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