CORREIA v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE NHS TRUST

[2017] Med LR 292

COURT OF APPEAL(CIVIL DIVISION)

Before Lady Justice Black,Lord Justice Simon

Clinical negligence – Breach of duty and causation – Consent to three-stage operation – Whether consent vitiated by negligently performed lesser operation – Whether lack of warning of injury from negligently performed operation was actionable – Appellate court's approach to findings of fact – Sufficiency of reasons for rejecting expert evidence.