Australia

Breen v Williams

(1996) 186 CLR 71

JurisdictionAustralia

Year1996

Statusunclear

Key Principle

The HCA rejected a fiduciary-based claim by a patient to access medical records; the doctor-patient relationship is not fiduciary in a proprietary sense, and there is no general common law right of access to medical records.

Area of Law

tort

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