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Chapter 3: Duty II – Particular Duty Scenarios
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Summary
There are two specific scenarios, arising under the Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 (‘the 1976 Act’), in which a duty of care has been barred by statute. Both are entirely policy-driven.
Keywords
- wrongful life
- immunity for mothers
- omissions
- failure to warn liability
- third party claims
- psychotic patients
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- Chapter DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108635226.004
- Book DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108635226
- Subjects Law,Private Law,Tort Law
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 22 October 2020
- ISBN: 9781108727648
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 03 October 2020
- ISBN: 9781108635226
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