Cerebral palsy is a life-changing condition that affects a child’s movement, posture, and coordination. Any child with cerebral palsy is likely to need a great deal of support and care throughout their life. This type of care isn’t always available through the NHS, and many families can struggle to fund their child’s treatment.
Living with this condition can be difficult enough. But learning that it was caused by someone else’s negligence can be unbearable. If your child’s condition was caused by medical negligence, our specialist solicitors can help you make a cerebral palsy compensation claim.
We’ve the largest medical negligence team in the UK, giving us an unrivalled set of expertise in getting our clients the compensation they deserve. Contact us today to discuss your situation with some of the most experienced lawyers in the country.
If our expert solicitors believe there are concerns about the treatment you or your baby received, we’ll investigate your cerebral palsy claim. This treatment could've occurred either during your labour or in the neonatal period. We'll use independent medical experts to investigate the standard of care you received.
We’ll work out whether mistakes were made and how they could’ve been avoided. For example, medical negligence in cerebral palsy cases often involves a failure to:
- Monitor the baby’s growth rate during pregnancy
- Monitor the baby’s heartbeat in pregnancy and during labour
- Respond to changes in the baby’s heartbeat, where the pattern suggests the umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby’s neck
- Respond quickly enough if the baby becomes stuck in the birth canal or develops signs of distress
- Deliver the baby early enough or by offering a caesarean section.
Our dedicated lawyers will guide you through the claims process while we seek to establish whether the care provided was negligent. Until we can secure interim payments, we'll support you by putting you in touch with our charity partners, as well as healthcare and rehabilitation contacts.
Our specialist Public Law team can also help if you're struggling to get the right EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) for your child’s education. If the hospital or NHS trust admit responsibility early, we'll secure early compensation payments. These can help with your child’s rehabilitation and care.
Our solicitors can also advise you and your family if you're going through the NHS Early Notification Scheme.
Why choose us to handle your cerebral palsy compensation claim?
Our specialist solicitors have decades of experience helping people claim cerebral palsy compensation. We’ve secured many significant lifetime rehabilitation packages for our clients. Notable cerebral palsy claims we’ve been involved in include:
- May 2023 - £8.495m for 24-year-old with cerebral palsy
- October 2023 - £26.6m for 8-year-old boy who suffered oxygen deprivation at birth and developed cerebral palsy
- November 2023 - £14.95m for a 7-year-old boy who developed meningitis which was missed by midwifery staff leading to his developing severe cerebral palsy
Our team is consistently ranked by independent directories, such as The Legal 500 as Top Tier for clinical negligence claims. They state: “The practitioners have outstanding experience in complex clinical negligence cases. There are fee earners with particular expertise. This means that clients get a solicitor with real experience of dealing with similar cases which is often invaluable in identifying the stand out experts etc.”
Chambers and Partners, another leading legal researcher, has ranked us in their highest band for clinical negligence for over 20 years. They say of our team: “The firm is in the top category for clinical negligence work. The team is really impressive, with lots of depth and breadth.”
Aside from our legal expertise, you’ll have the support of teams across our firm, including:
- Our Support and Rehabilitation team, who’ll help you access the help and rehabilitation you need.
- Our Asset Management team, who can advise you on how to invest your compensation and make it last for as long as you need it to.
- Our Court of Protection team is the largest in the UK. They can help people manage their affairs if they don’t have the mental capacity to do it themselves. Our Wills team can help you make provision for your family for the future.
We also have offices located across the UK, meaning you can access legal help that’s local to you. We can also arrange to visit you at home or in hospital if you can’t come into a local office. We work in a way that suits you best, meaning there’s also the option to communicate by email, phone, or video call.
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