Ecila Henderson (by her Litigation Friend) v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

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	Ecila Henderson (by her Litigation Friend) v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

Issue:	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.

Court:	Supreme Court

Reference:

Neutral Citation:	[2020] UKSC 43

Judge(s):	Lord Reed (President), Lord Hodge (Deputy President), Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin, Lord Hamblen

Date:	44134