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Singapore Leading Case professional negligenceduty of carecausation factual

Noor Azlin bte Abdul Rahman v Changi General Hospital Pte Ltd

[2021] 2 SLR 206
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2021
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Singapore Court of Appeal adopted a modified Montgomery test for informed consent in medical negligence, while retaining Bolam-Bolitho for diagnosis and treatment, and applying material contribution to causation.

Key Principle

medical negligence; modified Montgomery test; Bolam-Bolitho still applies to diagnosis and treatment; material contribution test for causation

Area of Law

tort

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