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[2022] WLR(D) 68
Court of Appeal
Regina (CN) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
[2022] EWCA Civ 86
2022 Jan 25; Feb 4
Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, King, Dingemans LJJ
Human rights— Discrimination— Similar relevant status— Claimant suffering serious health problems following blood transfusions in NHS hospital alleged to be contaminated with hepatitis B virus— Ex gratia scheme set up to support those with hepatitis C or HIV from unscreened contaminated blood supplied by NHS excluding hepatitis B— Whether hepatitis B sufferers in relevantly similar position to those with hepatitis C or HIV— Whether exclusion of hepatitis B sufferers justified— Whether exclusion of hepatitis B sufferers discriminatory—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14, Pt II, art 1