I note with interest the Court of Appeal’s decision in Nigam v Harm [2011] WASCA 211.

Whilst a case concerning a negligence action against a firm of solicitors, the important aspects of the case predominantly related to medical negligence claims.  

It was alleged the relevant firm of solicitors had been negligent in failing to:

Was interested to read in the West of the James Cook Uni study to follow up outcomes and attitudes (after the event) of women choosing vaginal -v- elective caesarean section.

While I defer to the experts, the more information and hard evidence, rather than ‘old wives tales’ and medical-politics, assisting women to make health decision relating

Maintaining the sobering record of Plaintiff claims based on informed consent, is a recent South Australian case, Coombes v Katsaros [2011] SADC 93.

The claim concerned alleged complex regional pain syndrome ("CRPS") said to have arisen following hand surgery.

The key to the Plaintiff’s claim was his assertion that he ought to have been warned