Hearings
21 Dec 2020 [2020] EWHC 3506 (QB); [2021] QB 622; [2021] 2 WLR 661; [2020] WLR(D) 700, QBD (Lambert J)
Toombes v Mitchell
Subject Matter
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Negligence — Liability — Doctor failing to advise claimant’s mother of potential benefits of taking sufficient folic acid during pregnancy — Claimant subsequently conceived and born with congenital defect — Whether claimant having claim against doctor — Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 (c 28), s 1
[2020] EWHC 3506 (QB); [2021] QB 622; [2021] 2 WLR 661; [2020] WLR(D) 700, QBD
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 (c 28), s 1
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: Toombes v Mitchell [2020] EWHC 3506 (QB); [2021] QB 622; [2021] 2 WLR 661; [2020] WLR(D) 700, QBD
McKay v Essex Area Health Authority [1982] QB 1166; [1982] 2 WLR 890; [1982] 2 All ER 771, CA Distinguished
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: Toombes v Mitchell [2020] EWHC 3506 (QB); [2021] QB 622; [2021] 2 WLR 661; [2020] WLR(D) 700, QBD
Black-Clawson International Ltd v Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg AG [1975] AC 591; [1975] 2 WLR 513; [1975] 1 All ER 810; [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 11, HL(E)
Cooke v United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust [2003] EWCA Civ 1370; [2004] 1 WLR 251; [2004] 1 All ER 797, CA
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority v First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) [2017] EWCA Civ 139; [2017] 4 WLR 60; [2017] WLR (D) 187, CA
Das v Ganju [1999] Lloyd’s Rep Med 198, CA
Hibbert Pownall & Newton v Whitehead & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 285, CA
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum v Molenaar NL:HR:2005:AR5213; [2006] Nederlandse Jurisprudentie 606
Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co 5 App Cas 25, HL(Sc)
McFarlane v Tayside Health Board [2000] 2 AC 59; [1999] 3 WLR 1301; [1999] 4 All ER 961, HL(Sc)
McKay v Essex Area Health Authority [1982] QB 1166; [1982] 2 WLR 890; [1982] 2 All ER 771, CA
Parkinson v St James and Seacroft University Hospital NHS Trust [2001] EWCA Civ 530; [2002] QB 266; [2001] 3 WLR 376; [2001] 3 All ER 97; [2001] 2 FLR 401, CA
Rees v Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust [2003] UKHL 52; [2004] 1 AC 309; [2003] 3 WLR 1091; [2003] 4 All ER 987; [2004] 1 FLR 234, HL(E)
Williams v State of New York (1966) 18 NY 2d 481
Zepeda v Zepeda (1963) 190 NE 2d 849
Commentary
UK Human Rights Blog
“Wrongful Life” Revisited
Case comment