FXS (A minor proceeding by his litigation friend JLM) (Respondent/Claimant) v Mulberry Bush Org Ltd (Appellant/Defendant)

Wednesday 4 February 2026

By appellant’s notice filed on 27 November 2024, the Appellant appeals paragraphs 1, 3,5, 6, of an order of the High Court dated 13 November 2024.

Regarding wide ranging allegations of negligence arising out of the Claimant’s care at the Defendant’s residential school. The High Court accepted that the Claimant had been subjected to battery and false imprisonment on limited occasions during his residence at the School and awarded damages, which included an uplift for aggravated damages.

The Appellant contends that the awards of aggravated damages were wrong in principle; alternatively that they were excessive.

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