2007 has been a turbulent year across world financial markets. In this must-read Invivo exclusive, one of Australia's most respected economists, Dr. Chris Caton from BT, takes a look back at the highlights. He also takes a peek at what we might expect for 2008

In April and May this year, an inquest was held into the 2003 death of a 31 year old woman in Perth. The patient died prior to surgery, after she was unable to be ventilated following the administration of a non-depolarising muscle relaxant. The inquest was notable due not only to its involving the management of an extremely difficult airway, but also for the resulting coronial recommendations, pertaining to the availability of information relating to prior anaesthetic difficulties.

When can a plaintiff recover damages for psychiatric injury arising out of medical negligence causing injury to another? It is necessary for a plaintiff to show their injury was foreseeable by the defendant and that the negligence actually caused the injury. A recent case outlines the challenges in determining psychiatric injury.