BCC 427/2005
Type
Case
Court
Bahrain Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Taxonomy
Jurisdiction & Choice of Law, Civil Courts, Remedies, Health Professions, Damages in Personal Injury, General Personal Injury, Medical Negligence, Civil Evidence
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
24 Apr 2006
Catchwords
Urgent Affairs – Travel Ban – Doctor – Personal Injury – Medical Negligence – Expert
This case involved the use of the court of urgent affairs to prevent a doctor who it was said had misdiagnosed a child from travelling and demand experts be appointed. A key issue was whether this should be treated as an urgent case.
Background
A child's father filed a case against a doctor and hospital before the court of urgent affairs requesting prevention of the doctor from travelling and the appointment of a commission of experts to review his son's medical case. The father said that the doctor had misdiagnosed the child after a car accident they lost their eyesight.
The court ruled that the doctor should be prevented from travelling abroad and that the father should file a case on the issue within two weeks.
The father appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the appealed ruling.
Decision