Alasdair Henderson, Author at The QMLR Archive

About Alasdair Henderson

Alasdair Henderson (Called: 2009) Alasdair has a broad practice with a particular interest in public law and human rights, employment and equality, clinical negligence and environmental law. He appears regularly before a wide variety of courts and tribunals, and also has considerable experience of inquests and public inquiries.

Clinical Negligence Issue 8

When Medical Technology Goes Wrong (Update)

Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and Stryker UK Ltd [2021] CSIH 6 Back in QMLR Issue 4 we covered Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd in the Outer House of the Scottish Court of Session. That case dealt with the question of what happens when medical technology goes wrong and the…

By Alasdair Henderson April 15, 2021Clinical Negligence, Issue 8medical devices

Issue 4 Personal injury

When Medical Technology Goes Wrong

Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and Stryker UK Ltd [2019] CSOH 96 This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). Modern medicine increasingly makes use of sophisticated technology, from algorithms for assisting in diagnosis to robots for surgical procedures. But what happens when the technology goes wrong; who is…

By Alasdair Henderson March 1, 2020Issue 4, Personal injurymedical devices

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