If your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy due to medical negligence during pregnancy or birth, our team may be able to help you bring a cerebral palsy claim.
No win, no fee. There will be no financial risk to you – even if your claim is not successful.
We understand the impact this condition can have on people and their families, and we strongly believe in holding medical professionals accountable for their negligence.
One of the main causes of cerebral palsy is what we call a “hypoxic brain injury” during childbirth. This is where the baby’s brain gets starved of oxygen. Sometimes this cannot be prevented, or it is impossible to work out what has caused the baby to be injured.
However, mistakes by doctors and midwives can lead to a child sustaining a hypoxic brain injury. Errors that can result in cerebral palsy medical negligence claims include
Our team helps many people and families who are affected by cerebral palsy. We’re no stranger to the complexities of the legal process, and will do everything we can to get the best possible outcome for your cerebral palsy compensation claim.
Cerebral palsy is an injury to the brain causing problems with movement that you see in early childhood. Children with cerebral palsy often have poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles and tremors. They can have problems with sensation, vision and hearing, swallowing and talking. You tend to notice babies with cerebral palsy do not roll over, crawl or walk compared to children of a similar age.
Not always. Some children who have cerebral palsy will only experience physical limitations with their motor skills, and will be unaffected cognitively. But, there are still cases where children with cerebral palsy experience brain impairments.
All cerebral palsy claim settlements are different. This means it’s impossible to give an average in terms of settlement value. The true amount of compensation awarded in a cerebral palsy claim depends on every individual scenario; whether a new vehicle is required for wheelchair access, whether home adaptations are required for disability assistance equipment, whether loss of earnings are taken into account for the parents, or even if they have paid for external carers to help at home.
If you are making a clinical negligence cerebral palsy claim for your child, you have until their 18th birthday to do so. If your child is over the age of 18, the cerebral palsy claim time limit will depend on the severity of their condition. If they cannot make the claim themselves, there is no time limit. For children with cerebral palsy and the mental capacity to choose to make a claim themselves, they have until they are 21 to do so.
Or request a call back if you’d like one of our no-win, no-fee experts to call you
We carry out many of our claims on a no win, no fee basis. This means there are no upfront costs for you and, provided that you have not misled or acted against the advice that we have given you, no financial risk to you – even if your claim is not successful.
In most instances we will purchase ‘After the Event’ (ATE) insurance on your behalf to cover any legal costs should you not win the case. However, if you have a ‘Before the Event’ (BTE) insurance policy included in your home, car or credit card insurance then we may look to use that insurance to cover the legal costs and an ATE policy should not then be required.
To learn more about funding your medical negligence claim click here >
Get in touch with our no win, no fee cerebral palsy solicitors today
If you need to talk to someone straight away you can call us for free on 0808 164 0808
Complete our form for a callback as soon as possible
In general you have three years from the date of negligence or reasonable knowledge of mistreatment by a medical professional causing you harm to bring a medical negligence compensation claim. There are some exceptions to this rule; for instance where the matter involves a child in which case the child has three years from the date of their 18th birthday to bring a claim, therefore expiring on the individual’s 21st birthday.
It is important to speak to our medical negligence solicitors as early as possible to avoid any issues with limitation dates.
