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Ecila Henderson (by her Litigation Friend) v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust |
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Whether recovery of tortious damages flowing from a community patient killing her mother in circumstances of a negligent failure to recognise a deterioration in her condition was precluded by public policy when responsibility for the killing was diminished. |
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| Court: |
Court of Appeal |
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| Reference: |
B3/2017/0199 |
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| Neutral Citation: |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1841 |
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| Judge(s): |
Sir Terence Etherton MR, Sir Ernest Ryder SPT, Macur LJ |
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| Date: |
3 August 2018 |