Criminal Injuries Fund: No wrongful existence

Kings Chambers (Chambers of Nigel Poole QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | June 2017 #156
Anna Macey evaluates a claim for compensation by the child of an incestuous rape ‘Properly analysed, Y’s complaint was that he should never have been conceived, which was a claim for wrongful existence, and not a claim for having suffered a personal injury.’CICA and FTT v Y [2017] was a Court of Appeal claim for …

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Compensation: Recovering damages in wrongful life cases

Kingsley Napley LLP | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2014 #128
Suzanne Farg gives guidance on pursuing clinical negligence claims for ‘wrongful conception’ and ‘wrongful birth’ The essential characteristics of reproductive and antenatal medical treatment are such that negligence in these areas will often have further reaching implications for the patient and his or her family, than negligence in other areas of medicine. Particular examples are …

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