Lord Denning on Medical Negligence

21. “In the opinion of Lord Denning, as expressed in Hucks V. Cole a medical practitioner was not to be held liable simply because things went wrong from mischance or misadventure or through an error of judgment in choosing one reasonable course of treatment in preference of another.  A medical practitioner would be liable only where his conduct fell below that of the standards of a reasonably competent practitioner in his field.”