Chapter 1 Introduction
PART ONE
Chapter 2 The structure of the National Health Service in England
Chapter 3 Non legal remedies
Chapter 4 Legal remedies
PART TWO
Chapter 5 The duty of care
Chapter 6 Breach of duty and strict liability
Chapter 7 Causation and damage
Chapter 8 Foreseeability and remoteness
Chapter 9 The proof of negligence
Chapter 10 Consent
Chapter 11 Adults without capacity
Chapter 12 Wrongful birth
Chapter 13 The Congenital Disabilities Act 1976
Chapter 14 Psychiatric injury
Chapter 15 Economic loss
Chapter 16 Product liability in a medical context
PART THREE
Chapter 17 Procedure to service of proceedings
Chapter 18 Procedure from service to trial
PART FOUR
Chapter 19 The inquest – the law, procedure and funding
Chapter 20 Limitation
Chapter 21 The medical records
Chapter 22 Experts
Chapter 23 Human rights
Chapter 24 Court of Protection and issues involving capacity
Chapter 25 Wales
PART FIVE
Chapter 26 Funding
Chapter 27 Costs
APPENDICES
Appendix I Statutes
1 Damages
2 Limitation
3 Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976
Appendix II Practice Directions and Protocols
1 Practice Direction – Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols
2 Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes
3 The Pre-action Protocol Form for Requesting Medical Records
Appendix III Directions
Model Directions for Clinical Negligence Cases (2018) – Before Master Yoxall and Master Cook
Appendix IV Common hieroglyphs and abbreviations
Appendix V The Hippocratic oath
Appendix VI Letters of instruction to expert
Appendix VII Example of an agenda for the experts