£4m cerebral palsy payout agreed

The family of the 18-year-old, who cannot be identified, brought High Court proceedings over the management of her birth at Rochford Hospital, Essex, in September 1992. Their counsel, Margaret Bowron QC, told Mr Justice Kenneth Parker in London that the teenager was left with "terribly serious disabilities". She is wheelchair bound, lacks meaningful speech, has learning difficulties and will need full-time care for life. Ms Bowron said that she wanted to put on ...