Parry v North West Surrey Health Authority

(1994) 5 Med LR 259

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Honour Judge CURTIS

Professional liability — Obstetrician — High head baby — Acting registrar's attempt to deliver by forceps — Baby suffering cerebral palsy — Whether registrar had failed to examine mother of baby — Whether caesarean section should have been performed earlier — Whether any negligence caused cerebral palsy — Professional liability — Midwife — Examinations of patient in labour — Whether abdominal palpations omitted — Whether any negligence caused baby's cerebral palsy