by CMELEditor | 4 月 30, 2024
Blog post: The distressing experience of the couple who is seeking the return of the remains of a 16- week-old foetus following a miscarriage exposes some gaps in the current law which need urgent resolution. The sticking point seems to be the refusal of the hospital...
![Wrongful life claim of child whose chromosomal defect was allegedly detected whilst in womb was statute-barred: LAM WING HEI & ANOTHER v HOSPITAL AUTHORITY [2018] 2 HKLRD 1441](https://cmel.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/GeneralPicture_8-3-1080x675.jpg)
by CMELEditor | 4 月 30, 2024
Lam Wing Hei and Lam Tsz Kiu v Hospital Authority [2018] 2 HKLRD 1441 The Hong Kong Court of First Instance recently held in the case of Lam Wing Hei and Lam Tsz Kiu v Hospital Authority [2018] 2 HKLRD 1441 that, even if the Hospital Authority failed to advise the...
![Court sanction for withdrawal of assisted nutrition and hydration from patient with a prolonged disorder of consciousness: AN NHS TRUST AND OTHERS v Y AND ANOTHER [2018] UKSC 46](https://cmel.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/GeneralPicture_15-1-1080x675.jpg)
by CMELEditor | 4 月 30, 2024
An NHS Trust and others v Y (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and another [2018] UKSC 46 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled that neither the domestic law nor the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) made it mandatory, in every case,...
![Duty owed by hospitals and receptionists regarding waiting times: DARNLEY v CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST [2018] UKSC 50](https://cmel.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/GeneralPicture_11-4-1080x600.jpg)
by CMELEditor | 4 月 30, 2024
Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50 Facts: A 26 year-old man Michael Darnley sought assistance at an Accident and Emergency (“A&E”) department in a hospital in the United Kingdom which was managed by the Croydon Health Services NHS Trust...
by CMELEditor | 4 月 30, 2024
While the debut of the blue mannequin-like Fire Services Department mascot “Anyone” (“任何仁”), as well as the message it promotes (“Anyone can save lives in emergencies!”), has become massively popular in Hong Kong, it has also raised some concerns about whether those...
