In responding to the Williams Review into gross negligence manslaughter in a medical setting, Medical Protection Society called for English law adopt approach currently relied upon Scotland. This article provides an overview of culpable homicide, before considering how any novel offence based on Scots could be introduced England and Wales. The benefits homicide over are addressed, with consider...

This paper discusses the challenge of misappropriation retirement fund assets by trustees, asset managers and funds’ administrators. It demonstrates that members lose substantial benefits due to illegal unlawful conduct those who manage administer funds. evaluates whether South African legislative framework offers funds their adequate protection from activities may compromise delivery pension p...

This paper shows that polluters who underestimate environmental harm might invest excessively in promoting technological change in pollution control under environmental liability law. Neither strict liability nor negligence can prevent such a distortion. However, we define a second best due care standard under negligence that induces a welfare superior R&D equilibrium. If, on the other hand, po...

Pyrexia of unknown origin is a vexing problem to most of the clinicians. In some of the cases the condition of the patient fails to improve despite sincere attempts of the clinician and the supporting staffs. The situation is gloomier in inadequate infrastructure of subdivision and district level government health set ups. The situation gets worse if the patient dies unfortunately which more of...

abstract background: assessment of developmental skills is one of the most essential components of children’s health evaluation. since several pubertal disorders are caused by parental negligence in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of childhood problems, failure to make a timely diagnosis of these problems could have adverse effects on the health of children in future. this study was conduc...

Ameloblastoma is a tumor of odontogenic epithelium. It has an intermediate malignant potential, thus positioning it in a gray zone between benign and malignant neoplasms. Invasive ameloblastomas of excessive size are rarely confronted. Although these ameloblastomas are benign, they are life threatening. Many have eventuated in death due to airway obstruction, starvation from restriction of feed...

This paper modifies the standard tort model by introducing role-type uncertainty, that is, it is assumed that neither party knows in advance whether she will become the victim or the injurer when an accident occurs. When the standards of care of the two parties are assumed to be set at the socially optimal levels, only pure comparative negligence and the equal division rule guarantee efficiency...