A boy from Northern Ireland who suffered catastrophic brain injuries at the hands of his father is being wrongly denied proper funding for a compensation case potentially worth millions of pounds, the High Court was told on Monday.
The child s lawyers claimed a failure to cover the costs of legal expertise and reports on loss of earnings and future care arrangements is unlawful.
In the first challenge of its kind, a judge was told the case raises systemic issues for compensation arrangements in Northern Ireland.
Now aged 11 and referred to as TA, the boy at the centre of the legal action cannot be identified.