MMR parents lose claim for compensation

BRITAIN: The parents of children in Britain allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine have vowed to continue campaigning for compensation…

BRITAIN: The parents of children in Britain allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine have vowed to continue campaigning for compensation despite losing a court battle for funding.

Their legal claim in London yesterday suffered another blow when a High Court judge rejected an application for a judicial review of a decision to withdraw public funding to fight test cases.

Mr Richard Follis, partner in solicitors Alexander Harris, representing hundreds of parents and their children, said they would consider whether there were grounds to appeal to the Court of Appeal.

The judgment concerned the lead cases in a group action by about 1,000 claimants. - (PA)