R (CN) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Discrimination — Similar relevant status — Claimant contracting hepatitis B from contaminated NHS blood transfusion — Ex gratia scheme supporting those contracting hepatitis C or HIV from unscreened contaminated blood supplied by NHS — Scheme not including those with hepatitis B since NHS blood screened for such virus — Whether those infected with hepatitis B in relevantly similar position to those infected with hepatitis C or HIV — Whether exclusion from scheme of those with hepatitis B justified — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14, Pt II, art 1

[2022] EWCA Civ 86; [2022] 4 WLR 73; [2022] WLR(D) 68, CA

Commentary

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