Medical negligence

Practical aspects of medical malpractice litigation
- by Manmohan Singh Dhillon on 22.6.2018

1. O40A RoC - expert evidence.

2. O76

3. Claims vs government - to add government officer against whom beach of duty was alleged as D
Lay Kee Tee (2009) 1 CLJ 663 FC

4. Limitation period: Phua Chin Chew 1987 2 MLJ 604

5. Fraud - s29

6. At common law, patients hv no right of access to medical records. S107(2)(g) Private Health Care, Facilities and services Act - patients hv right of access to medical records

7. Pre-action discovers - O24 r7A. Nurul Husna 2015 1 CLJ 825

8. Internal inquiry records - BA Rao 1978 2 MLJ 146. Not privileged document as it was not prepared for litigation.