A multi-million pound damages settlement is set to be awarded to a 17-year-old boy after a High Court judge ruled in his favour and against Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, saying an obstetrician’s crucial evidence could not be relied upon.
The boy, who cannot be named, was represented by Hudgell Solicitors’ joint head of clinical negligence Chris Moore, who took the case to trial despite continued denials of any wrongdoing by the Trust over many years.
An Interim payment of £500,000 was awarded, with a final compensation settlement to be agreed between the parties or determined by the court which could be as high as £20m, based on previous settlements in similar cases, and how damages awards are calculated around the needs of life-long care and support.
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