If a defendant can show they have acted in accordance with a practice usually followed by others in that field, they may escape liability. In [case], a doctor who acted in accordance with a common practice adopted by a reasonable body of medical practitioners was held not to have been negligent.
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Maynard v West Midlands Regional HA [1984] 1 WLR 634
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If a defendant can show they have acted in accordance with a practice usually followed by others in that field, they may escape liability. In [case], a doctor who acted in accordance with a common practice adopted by a reasonable body of medical practitioners was held not to have been negligent.
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#breach #negligence #tort
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If a defendant can show they have acted in accordance with a practice usually followed by others in that field, they may escape liability. In [case], a doctor who acted in accordance with a common practice adopted by a reasonable body of medical practitioners was held not to have been negligent.
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Maynard v West Midlands Regional HA [1984] 1 WLR 634
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