When will prescription commence in medical negligence claims?
In Links v MEC for Health, Northern Cape 2016 (5) BCLR 656 (CC), the Constitutional Court examined this issue and granted a judgment with potentially far-reaching consequences for medical negligence matters. On 26 June 2006, Mr Links (“Links”) sustained a dislocated thumb for which he was treated with a cast and painkillers. On 5 July 2006, […]