A patient is admitted into the A&E department with severe bleeding. His clothes have to be cut from him and because they are badly soiled they are sent for incineration. He subsequently complains that...

A patient is admitted into the A&E department with severe bleeding. His clothes have to be cut from him and because they are badly soiled they are sent for incineration. He subsequently complains that there was £300 in the pocket of his jacket. What is the liability of the hospital or of the A&E staff? (Refer to chapter 25 .)