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Cerebral Palsy
The majority of our cerebral palsy claims arise from problems at birth, but we have also acted in claims arising out of paediatric cardiac surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. View BBC news article.
We use our in-house legal and medical experience to provide a free detailed initial assessment, and we have a legal services commission franchise for clinical negligence and, where there appears to be a claim, we can obtain public funding.
We focus on establishing liability, i.e. breach of duty and causation, and will put pressure on the Defendants to negotiate at an early stage.
In many cases this has resulted in admissions of liability, often within a short time of cases being referred to us, after little progress elsewhere. Further details of these cases are available on our settlements and awards page.
However, it is important to give very careful consideration to the financial value of the claim, as we are responsible of ensuring quality of life and security for many years.
We are aware of the pressure that is on families caring for children and young adults with cerebral palsy. All too often families have had to fight for what they and their children need and deserve, and may have been coping for many years by the time they come to us. We provide support and guidance on help on choices that are available now and also the effect that improvements now may have on needs and expectations in the future.
Where possible, we obtain interim payments to provide the specialist accommodation, equipment, therapy, education care and assistance that is required in order to improve the quality of life of all concerned in the meantime, and to show what improvements can be made in the future. Click here for case studies.
This approach has resulted in a number of high value court approvals and awards in concluded cases including S v Bristol Health Care NHS Trust (2003) - £5.4 million.
We have a caring and supportive approach, and our work has brought us into contact with specialist organisations dedicated to the same aim of improving quality of life. We are active supporters of specialist organisations, such as SCOPE, organisations providing conductive education (PACE), and investigating new treatments and therapies.
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