Quantum: application for interim payments

TTT v Kingston Hospital NHS Trust (QBD) 25 November 2011

Counsel: For the applicant: Mr GeeFor the respondent: Miss NealeSolicitors: For the applicant: Kingsley NapleyFor the respondent: Capsticks

This was an application, on behalf of T by his father and litigation friend, for an interim payment in his claim for damages arising from clinical negligence. T, who was six years old, was suffering from spastic quadriplegia, mental retardation and behavioural difficulties. Liability had been admitted by the defendant Trust, and interim payments of £300,000 and £800,000 had already been made. The second interim payment had enabled T’s parents to purchase suitable accommodation for him, and they had sold their house and moved to rented accommodation while searching for an appropriate property to purchase.