Hughes v Waltham Forest Health Authority
(1991) 2 Med LR 155
COURT OF APPEAL
Lord Justice FOX, Lord Justice BUTLER-SLOSS, and Lord Justice BELDAM
Professional liability (surgeon) — Gallstone operation — Failure to send patient for endoscopic retrograde cholangio — pancreatocogram — Whether patient discharged from hospital too soon — Death of patient — Whether liability established — Conflict of evidence in specialist field of surgery