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Keren-Paz, T (2018) Compensating injury to autonomy in English negligence law: Inconsistent recognition. Medical Law Review, 26 (4). pp. 585-609. ISSN 1464-3790
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Abstract
Recently in Shaw v Kovac, the Court of Appeal seemed to have rejected a standalone injury to autonomy (ITA) as actionable in negligence, in an informed consent case. In this article, I argue that Shaw can be explained away, and that English law recognizes ITA as actionable in a series of cases, some of which—Bhamra, Tracey, and Yearworth—were not hitherto understood to do so. However, the under-theorization in the cases leads to inconsistencies. Like cases (Rees/Yearworth; Chester/Tracey) are not treated alike; ITA is misunderstood to be about ‘religious offence’ (Bhamra) and property loss (Yearworth) and worse still, the more serious type 2 ITA (Rees) gives rise to a weaker remedy (of exceptional nature aside) than the less serious type 1 injury (Chester). A better understanding of the different manifestations of ITA will lead to results which are both more consistent and more justified on the merit.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via OUP at https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwy009 Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | actionable damage, autonomy, informed consent, negligence, reproductive autonomy |
Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) K Law > KD England and Wales |
Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2018 10:27 |
Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2020 01:30 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4492 |