£12m payout agreed for disabled boy

A High Court judge has approved a £12 million compensation agreement for a seven-year-old boy left severely disabled after an abnormal heartbeat was not "acted upon" during his birth, lawyers said.

Toby Hart, of Bedale, North Yorkshire, will need 24-hour care for the rest of his life, Mrs Justice Nicola Davies was today told at a High Court hearing in London.

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