Kings Chambers Debrief Episode 10 - Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (Part II)

21/11/2019 22 min

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Episode Synopsis

Episode 10 of the Debrief podcast series sees Nigel Poole QC in conversation with Nadine Montgomery.

Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board is one of the most important clinical negligence judgments of the past 50 years. It confirmed that patient autonomy is sovereign over medical paternalism when it comes to consent to treatment.

In Part II of this podcast Nigel and Nadine discuss the ramifications of this landmark judgment.