TOOMBES (A PROTECTED PARTY WHO SUES BY HER MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, TOOMBES) v MITCHELL (SUED IN HIS OWN RIGHT AND AS A PARTNER IN, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PARTNERS IN THE HAWTHORN MEDICAL PRACTICE)

[2021] Med LR Plus 8

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mrs Justice Lambert

Clinical negligence - Preliminary issue - Wrongful conception and birth - Congenital spinal cord defect and disability - Whether liability under Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976, section 1 or common law - Whether no cause of action as one for wrongful life