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On a more positive note for doctors, Paediatricians in particular,
the House Lords have decided (by majority) that it is not fair and
reasonable to impose a duty on child protection professionals when faced
with claims of psychiatric injury from parents who have been falsely
accused of child abuse. Out of the five Law Lords, only one expressed a
dissenting view. The full-text judgment of this case (D v East Berkshire
Community Health NHS Trust and others; MAK and another v Dewsbury
Healthcare NHS Trust and another; RK and another v Oldham NHS Trust and
another: [2005] UKHL 23) can be viewed by following the URL below:
Some Positive News for Paediatricians--See New House of Lords Judgment
Those who are interested in seeing the full-text Judgment involving
Prof Southall may follow the link below:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2005/579.html
Similarly, BMJ readers who prefer to know the full facts of a case
rather than a summarised news report, may visit www.medical-journals.com
as it provides links to many full-text judgments, as soon as judgments are
available on publicly available websites. Of course, this is a free
service.
On a more positive note for doctors, Paediatricians in particular,
the House Lords have decided (by majority) that it is not fair and
reasonable to impose a duty on child protection professionals when faced
with claims of psychiatric injury from parents who have been falsely
accused of child abuse. Out of the five Law Lords, only one expressed a
dissenting view. The full-text judgment of this case (D v East Berkshire
Community Health NHS Trust and others; MAK and another v Dewsbury
Healthcare NHS Trust and another; RK and another v Oldham NHS Trust and
another: [2005] UKHL 23) can be viewed by following the URL below:
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2005/23.html
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