1. Digest, Book 47, title 10, section 1 § 5, quoting Ulpian, On the Edict, Bk. 56. Literally translated as "No injury is committed against one who consents".
2. ^ Chitty on Contracts (29th Edition). Sweet & Maxwell. 2004. pp. 61, 62. ISBN 0-421-84280-6.
3. ^ See Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] A.C. 871 which deals with the difficult issue of "informed consent"
4. ^ See Condon v Basi [1985] 1 W.L.R. 866