Paediatric medico-legal reports
Child Brain Injury Claims
Paediatric Witness Reports
A child brain injury claim turns on the cause of the injury and the child’s long-term needs. We provide paediatric expert reports on acquired brain injury in children, whether from birth, an accident or medical care, addressing causation, condition and prognosis. You see the expert’s CV before you instruct. The report is written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court. We act for instructing solicitors on either side.
Overview
What a child brain injury claim involves
Acquired brain injury in a child can follow a traumatic accident, a lack of oxygen, or infection. The effects reach cognition, behaviour and development as the child grows.
Why it matters legally
Prognosis is central and best assessed over time
These claims arise in both clinical negligence and personal injury. Because the child is still developing, prognosis and future needs are central and are best assessed over time.
Reports we produce
The reports a child brain injury claim relies on
Experts who assess it
The paediatric specialists on a child brain injury claim
Paediatric neurologists and paediatric neuroradiologists address the injury; a child psychologist can assess cognitive and behavioural effects, and a consultant paediatrician can coordinate the overall clinical picture.
Case-type context
Where these claims sit
These claims sit in clinical negligence and child personal injury proceedings. Where the injury involves oxygen deprivation around the time of birth, see HIE and hypoxic brain injury.
FAQ
Child brain injury claims: common questions
Awards for a child are usually managed under court control or a personal injury trust; your assessment governs the route for the case.
Yes, on causation, current condition and the child’s likely development and needs.
How the injury was caused, its effects on the child now, and the care, therapy and support they will need.
Yes, for instructing solicitors on either side.
Because a child is still developing, the full effect of a brain injury can take time to show; our experts can review the child at appropriate stages to give a reliable prognosis.
Instructing on a child brain injury claim?
Send your case details and we will allocate a child brain injury expert within 48 hours, with a same-working-day quotation and the CV before you instruct.