Overhaul of medical negligence cases urged

A radical overhaul of how medical negligence cases are managed is needed as parents of catastrophically injured children feel the litigation process is “cruel and disadvantageous”.

That is according to Ms Justice Mary Irvine, who said yesterday that families of those bringing cases over brain damage feel “a huge sense of grievance”.

“I would empathise with that feeling. The court process does not give them what they expected at the start and delay is part of that,” the judge said in the High Court.