Professor Emma Cave emma.cave@durham.ac.uk
Professor
In 2015 the Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board handed down a landmark decision on informed consent to medical treatment, heralding a legal shift to a more patient-centred approach. Montgomery, and the extensive commentary that has followed, focuses on ‘adult persons of sound mind’. We consider the potential claims that may flow from a failure to adequately inform children. We argue that the relevance of the best interests test blurs the boundaries between negligence and battery. Limitations on children’s rights to make treatment decisions for themselves impact on their potential to claim in negligence for non-disclosure and, conversely, enhance the potential relevance of the tort of battery. In paediatric cases, Montgomery raises expectations that the law is currently ill-equipped to satisfy. Tort law provides a legal incentive to disclose relevant information to children but limits the availability of a remedy.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 27, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 26, 2019 |
Publication Date | Apr 30, 2020 |
Deposit Date | May 30, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 26, 2021 |
Journal | Medical Law Review |
Print ISSN | 0967-0742 |
Electronic ISSN | 1464-3790 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 270-292 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwz023 |
Keywords | informed consent, medical law, children |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1295443 |
Related Public URLs | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/147886/ |
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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Medical law review following peer review. The version of record Cave, Emma & Purshouse, Craig (2020). Think of the Children: Liability for Non-disclosure of Information Post-Montgomery. Medical Law Review 28(2): 270-292 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwz023
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