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Murray v McMurchy [1949] 2 DLR 442

This case considered the issue of necessity as a defence to an intentional tort and whether or not a surgeon could claim this defence when he made a decision to conduct a surgery in a particular way without the prior consent of the patient.

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Murray v McMurchy [1949] 2 DLR 442
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