Lewis and Buchan

Chapter 1 Introduction PART ONE Chapter 2 The structure of the National Health Service in England Chapter 3 Non legal remedies Chapter 4 Legal remedies PART TWO Chapter 5 The duty of care Chapter 6 Breach of duty and strict liability Chapter 7 Causation and damage Chapter 8 Foreseeability and remoteness Chapter 9 The proof of negligence Chapter 10 Consent Chapter 11 Adults without capacity Chapter 12 Wrongful birth Chapter 13 The Congenital Disabilities Act 1976 Chapter 14 Psychiatric injury Chapter 15 Economic loss Chapter 16 Product liability in a medical context PART THREE Chapter 17 Procedure to service of proceedings Chapter 18 Procedure from service to trial PART FOUR Chapter 19 The inquest – the law, procedure and funding Chapter 20 Limitation Chapter 21 The medical records Chapter 22 Experts Chapter 23 Human rights Chapter 24 Court of Protection and issues involving capacity Chapter 25 Wales PART FIVE Chapter 26 Funding Chapter 27 Costs APPENDICES Appendix I Statutes 1 Damages 2 Limitation 3 Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 Appendix II Practice Directions and Protocols 1 Practice Direction – Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols 2 Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes 3 The Pre-action Protocol Form for Requesting Medical Records Appendix III Directions Model Directions for Clinical Negligence Cases (2018) – Before Master Yoxall and Master Cook Appendix IV Common hieroglyphs and abbreviations Appendix V The Hippocratic oath Appendix VI Letters of instruction to expert Appendix VII Example of an agenda for the experts