Injury & Clinical Negligence

When an accident or medical treatment has caused you harm.

An injury changes far more than your health. There is time off work, treatment to pay for, help you suddenly need at home, and often a long stretch where nobody can tell you when things will return to normal.

We act for people injured on the road, at work and in public places, and for those harmed by medical treatment that fell below the standard it should have met. The two are legally quite different, but the aim is the same — establishing what happened, proving who was responsible, and recovering what you have actually lost.

Most of this work is funded on a no win, no fee basis, and we will explain exactly what that means and what is deducted before you commit to anything.

Accidents

Road traffic collisions, accidents at work, and injuries in shops, on pavements and in public buildings. These claims turn on establishing fault and on evidence gathered early — photographs, witness details, the accident book entry, the inspection records the other side holds. The sooner we are involved, the more of that survives.

Clinical negligence

Medical claims are harder, and we will not pretend otherwise. A poor outcome is not automatically negligence: it has to be shown both that the care fell below the standard of a responsible body of practitioners, and that this failing caused the injury. Both parts have to be proved, and both need independent expert evidence. We investigate properly before advising you to proceed.

Time limits

Generally three years from the accident, or from the date you first knew your injury was connected to the treatment. Different rules apply where the injured person is a child or lacks capacity — in those cases the position is considerably more generous, and families often assume wrongly that it is too late.

More than compensation

Rehabilitation, physiotherapy and treatment can often be funded during the claim rather than after it, and interim payments can be obtained in serious cases so that support starts before matters conclude. Recovery matters more than the eventual figure, and the two are not in competition.

No win, no fee

Most injury claims are funded this way, with the deductions explained upfront.

Three year limit

Longer for children and where capacity is affected.

Rehab first

Treatment can often be funded during the claim, not after it.

Honest prospects

We will tell you if a claim isn’t worth running.

How we can help

Accidents at work

Your employer has a duty to keep you safe. If they didn’t, you may be entitled to compensation.

Birth injury

Where something went wrong during pregnancy or delivery and mother or baby was harmed.

Medical negligence

When treatment falls below an acceptable standard and you’re harmed as a result.

Misdiagnosis

Where a condition was missed, wrongly identified or diagnosed too late, and that delay caused harm.

Public liability

Injuries in shops, on pavements, in public buildings — where someone else was responsible for the place you were hurt.

Road traffic accidents

Compensation when someone else’s driving has left you injured and out of pocket.

Surgical errors

Mistakes during surgery, from technical errors to consent that was never properly obtained.

Common questions

Questions people ask us

The other side's insurer has offered me money already. Should I take it?

Not without advice. Early offers are usually made before your injuries have been properly assessed, and accepting closes the claim permanently. If your recovery turns out to be longer or more complicated than expected, there is no going back.

Isn't a bad outcome just bad luck?

Often it genuinely is — medicine carries risk and not every disappointing result is anyone’s fault. That is precisely why we investigate with independent experts before advising you to bring a claim, rather than issuing first and asking questions later.

My child was injured. Are we out of time?

Probably not. Where a child is injured, the three year period does not begin until their eighteenth birthday, and it does not apply at all where someone lacks capacity to conduct proceedings. Families frequently assume too much time has passed when it hasn’t.

Who you'll be working with

John Graham

Director

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Lauren Darbyshire-Robert

Practice Manager

If you’re not sure who to speak to, speak to me first.

Not sure which of these fits?

Tell us what’s happened in your own words and we’ll point you to the right person.