“…ittington Hospital Trust [2020] UKSC 14 recently revisited the earlier decision in Briody v St Helen’s and Knowsley Area Health Authority [2001] EWCA Civ 1010; [2002] QB 856. In XX,Baroness Hale held at paragraph [48] that in the light of developments in the law, medical science and social attitudes, and contrary to the Court of Ap…”
“…us were contrary to public policy. He found that he was bound so to hold by the decision of this court in Briody v St Helens and Knowsley Area Health Authority [2002] QB 856 (“Briody”). It did not matter that a contract made in California was lawful; in this country such a contract is unlawful and could not found a claim for the ex…”