THE EVIDENCE ACT.
Wellington. Oct. IP. | The reserved judgment of tl.e Court of Appeal was rielit• red tins morning in the case of Liicena versus the National Mutual Life Association. The Court held that the protection afforded to medical men and their patients U section x clause 2. of the Evideti- ' Act ot 190 H. bv which a me-ileal man < atino, be compelled without the consent of the patient to divulge tn an> c ivil proceedings any .communication made to him in hi* profes-:..nnj character by such patiem . apple only to commiinicatioiis oral, er written, or by signs to the physhi.u. or surgeon necessary to enable _him to prescribe, or act '••i the pati< at. and that it did not extend to information gained by the surgeon dining an examination of the patient in the coiirsF of <in The Court -itij-.tirmei ti’l I’ec m her i'tl;.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 266, 30 October 1911, Page 6
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146THE EVIDENCE ACT. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 266, 30 October 1911, Page 6
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