Woman fails in bid to sue NHS over claims it had duty of care to tell about her father's fatal, inherited brain condition
A woman who claimed she would have had an abortion if she had known her father had a fatal, inherited brain condition has failed in her bid to sue the NHS.
In her judgement at the court in London, Mrs Justice Yip found that, on the balance of probabilities, the claimant would not have gone ahead with a termination of her pregnancy if she had been made aware of the risk. Her father had told doctors he did not want his daughter told about his diagnosis, fearing she might kill herself or have an abortion if she found out.
ABC's father tested positive for the condition in 2007 after he killed her mother and was detained under the Mental Health Act.
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