HENDERSON (A PROTECTED PARTY, BY HER LITIGATION FRIEND, THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR) v DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2018] Med LR Plus 25

COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

Before Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals, and Lady Justice Macur

Clinical negligence - Illegality - Ex turpi causa non oritur actio - Claim arising out of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility - Whether claim permissible where claimant's responsibility for homicide not significant