Birth injury
Where something went wrong during pregnancy or delivery and mother or baby was harmed.
How we can help
- Investigating the management of labour and delivery
- Obtaining maternity records, CTG traces and incident investigations
- Instructing obstetric, midwifery and paediatric neurology experts
- Pursuing claims for cerebral palsy, brachial plexus injury and maternal injury
- Quantifying lifetime care, therapy, equipment and accommodation needs
- Arranging interim payments so support can begin before the claim concludes
What happens next
- Speak to us in confidence about what happened. There is no obligation.
- We obtain the full maternity records and arrange expert review.
- Where the claim is supported we pursue it, seeking interim funding early.
Fees for this work
These are among the most complex claims we handle and we will explain the process fully before you commit.
Common questions
How long do we have to claim?
Where the child is injured, the three year period does not begin until their eighteenth birthday, and does not apply at all if they lack capacity to conduct proceedings. A mother’s own claim is subject to the ordinary three year limit.
What is cerebral palsy worth as a claim?
Where negligence is established, awards reflect a lifetime of care, therapy, equipment and adapted accommodation, and can be very substantial. The figure reflects need, not punishment.
The hospital has done its own investigation. Do we still need a claim?
Investigations establish what happened; they do not provide funding for care. The two serve different purposes and often run alongside each other.
Is it too late if our child is already at school?
Very often not, for the reasons above. It is always worth asking rather than assuming.
Tell us what's happened
Confidential, reviewed by a solicitor, answered within one working day.