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Hunter v Hanley

1955 SC 200; 1955 SLT 213; [1955] ScotCS CSIH_2

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Session, Inner House (Scotland)

Year1955

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A doctor (or professional) is negligent only where the course taken is one which no professional of ordinary skill would have taken acting with ordinary care; deviation from normal practice alone is not negligence.

Area of Law

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