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Botswana Court Decision amounts to a Step in the Right Direction in ensuring the Protection of women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

The recent decision of the Botswana Court of Appeal in the case of GMJ v Attorney General clarifying the limits of the law regarding the prescription of medical negligence claims, is an important decision, not only in general, but as far as women’s rights are concerned. Women who approach health…

Tambudzai Gonese31 Oct 2018

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NEWS RELEASE: Botswana Court of Appeal Clarifies the Limits of Prescription in Medical Negligence Claims

The Botswana Court of Appeal, in the case of GMJ v Attorney General has issued a decision upholding an appeal against the decision of the High Court to dismiss a claim for damages for medical negligence on the grounds that the claim had prescribed. The Appellant underwent a surgical procedure…

Staff Writer29 Oct 2018

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Botswana: Challenging prescription in medical negligence claim

In January 2017, SALC supported the filing of an appeal against a High Court decision dismissing a claim for medical negligence on the grounds that too much time had elapsed between the time of the injury and when the case was filed (the claim had prescribed). The question on appeal…

Staff Writer15 Jun 2018

Botswana Court Decision amounts to a Step in the Right Direction in ensuring the Protection of women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

NEWS RELEASE: Botswana Court of Appeal Clarifies the Limits of Prescription in Medical Negligence Claims

Botswana: Challenging prescription in medical negligence claim

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