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The current law is clearly confusing, even to lawyers. Poole and Bewley claim that the bill is unnecessary, and that the existing state of affairs allows for"responsible innovation" alongthe lines of the Saatchi bill. Lord Woolf-a former master of the rolls and a former lord chief justice-disagrees. In an article published on 24 April 2014, he stated: "what I do know about, from sitting as a judge, are the cases where doctors are sued for negligence because they have innovated in the treatment they offer, rather than following generally accepted medical standards."1 The Saatchi bill will bring much needed clarity to an area of law that even the most eminent lawyers disagree about.