Group Litigation Orders
Group Litigation Order
Ref No: 51
Name of Group Litigation Order: FAC Group Litigation
Date of Order: 25/08/05
Judge: Senior Master
Court: Queen's Bench Division, High Court
Managing Court: Queen's Bench Division, High Court, Master Leslie
Lead Solicitors: Irwin Mitchell, Riverside east, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, S3 8DT
Defining Issues: Each Claimant alleges that his or her Mother was prescribed with, and ingested anti-convulsant medication containing sodium valporate while pregnant with the Claimant, and the medication prescribed and ingested during such pregnancy included a sodium valporate product, whether or not any other anti convulsant product was also prescribed and ingested during such pregnancy, and that the product or products were defective within the meaning of sections 2 and 3 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and article 4 of the EU Directive 85/374/EEC