Henry Witcomb QC, on the instructions of Mark Bowman of Fieldfisher, represented the Mager family in an inquest into the suicide of Ms. Mager. She suffered from severe post-natal depression in August 2012.

Following the inquest South London based Oxleas NHS Foundation who was responsible for her care and admitted liability saying that they should have prevented her death. The trust agreed to settle the civil proceedings out of court in January. The settlement was approved today.

Please see the Telegraph report here.