Trust liable in case of Necrotising Fasciitis

Abstract

ing in the delivery of William which ought to have caused her to modify that plan. The child’s head delivered suddenly with unexpected maternal effort and led to a fourth degree tear, which was a serious but recognised non-negligent complication of child birth. Accordingly, the claim failed. Jonathan Hand (Instructed by Barratt Goff & Tomlinson) appeared for the claimant. Bradley Martin (Instructed by Browne Jacobson) appeared for the Trust.