Two important codifications after 1947: Nuremberg Code and Helsinki Declaration. Nuremberg Code 1947 (World War II) After the Nuremberg...

Risk A probability or threat of damage, injury liability, loss, or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal...

Legal independence is the core value of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Laws and Regulations are indispensable parts...

Duty of care arises where one individual or group undertakes an activity which could reasonably harm another, either physically,...

Professor John Walker-Smith had been removed from the medical register because of professional misconduct. He was accused of taking part,...

Hanley was being given an injection but suffered an injury when the hypodermic needle broke. Judgment by Lord President Clyde: Deviation...

A client with chronic mental disease sought injunction to prevent the amputation of his gangrenous foot without his written consent....

A pregnant Jehovah's Witness in road traffic accident, she refused blood transfusion according to her own religious belief. Judgment by...

A mentally competent tetraplegic patient, as a result of catastrophic injuries leaving her unable to breathe without artificial...

It is a case of cervical cord decompression surgery leading to paraplegia and the doctor did not explain the risk of paraplegia....