“…In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11; [2015] AC 1430 the Supreme Court recognised the autonomy of the patient in respect of decision making. At para 81 Lord Kerr and Lord Reed observed that social…”
“… comment upon. The illogicality of this process represented an abrogation by the clinic of its duty to obtain consent. In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 the Supreme Court identified the requirements of consent which makes these failings the more stark. The identified practice of this clinic was neither reasonab…”
“…The judge failed to apply the test set out in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, [2015] AC 1430 (“Montgomery”), particularly in that he failed to consider whether the risk in question was ‘material’ in view of the fact that the appellant’s…”
“… drawn with the law relating to the giving of informed consent to medical treatment, as explained by the Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, [2015] AC 1430. In that case Mrs Montgomery, a diabetic, was not told of the risks involved in giving birth vaginally as opposed by means of caesarean section…”