Scope of duty, counterfactual analysis and birth defects: The challenging case of Khan v Meadows

• Main Authors: LOW, Kee Yang, CHIA, Jordan Ting Xuan
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• 主題: Birth defects; counterfactual analysis; medical negligence; negligence framework; scope of duty; Asian Studies; Medical Jurisprudence
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4040; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5998/viewcontent/ScopeDuty_2021_av.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

The tort of negligence has evolved into a sophisticated and calibrated framework. Even then, aspects of this elaborate structure are constantly being tweaked and, sometimes, challenged. Most recently, in the UKSC decision of Khan v Meadows, the spotlight is thrown on scope of duty analysis against t...