3 judgments found.

JOO v. Attorney General & six others

Country: Kenya
Year: 2018
Court: High Court of Kenya at Bungoma
Citation: [2018] eKLR
Facts:

The Petitioner, Josephine Majani, was a woman from a poor economic background, who was in need of maternal care. As she could not afford private medical care, she went to Bungoma County Referral Hospital, a public health care facility that ought to provide free maternal health care following a Presidential directive that was issued on …Read more

Tags: Freedom from Torture and Cruel, Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Medicines, Right of Access to Information, Right to Health, Sexual and reproductive health
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Meadows v. Khan

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2017
Court: High Court of Justice Queen’s Bench Division
Citation: [2017] EWHC 2990 (QB)
Facts:

The claimant, Ms. Meadows, brought this case before the High Court of Justice to recover additional costs for raising her son, who suffered from Hemophilia and autism. Prior to her pregnancy, the claimant, after seeing her nephew diagnosed with hemophilia, had taken blood tests to determine whether she was a carrier and was informed by …Read more

Tags: Disabilities, Health information, Medical malpractice, Right of Access to Information, Sexual and reproductive health
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R v Parenzee

Country: Australia
Year: 2007
Court: Supreme Court South Australia (Court of Criminal Appeal)
Citation: [2007] SASC 316
Facts:

The appellant, Mr. Parenzee, had filed an application seeking permission to appeal against the decision of the trial Judge before the Full Bench of the Supreme Court of South Australia. The ground for the appeal as put by the appellant was a miscarriage of justice caused by the absence of a piece of evidence at …Read more

Tags: HIV/AIDS, Right of Access to Information, Right to Due Process/Fair Trial, Right to Life, Sexual and reproductive health
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