Infected blood scandal: ex-pupils and relatives sue Hampshire school

Group action alleges Treloar College failed in its duty of care for children who contracted hepatitis and HIV

A group of survivors and relatives of people who died in the infected blood scandal are suing a school where they contracted hepatitis and HIV after being given experimental treatment without informed consent.

A proposed group action lodged by Collins Solicitors in the high court on Friday alleges that Treloar College, a boarding school in Hampshire that specialised in teaching haemophiliacs, failed in its duty of care to these pupils in the 1970s and 80s.