Birth Injury Claims Solicitors

Birth injury compensation can help cover care, therapy, treatment, equipment, home adaptations, lost earnings and future support.

Birth injury claims can take several years, especially where serious injury or long term care needs must be assessed.

Many birth injury claims settle without trial, although court approval may be needed for settlements involving children.

A claim may be possible where poor medical care caused or contributed to a stillbirth or neonatal death.

A mother may be able to claim for avoidable injuries suffered during pregnancy, labour, delivery or after birth.

Time limits for birth injury claims depend on whether the claim is for a child, mother or person who lacks capacity.

Some cerebral palsy cases may be linked to poor care before, during or shortly after birth and may justify investigation.

Birth injury claims can involve injuries to a baby, mother or both, including brain injury, cerebral palsy, severe tears and trauma.

You may not know whether a mistake was made until the medical records and expert evidence have been reviewed.

A parent or guardian may be able to bring a claim if poor medical care caused avoidable injury to a child during birth.