Paediatric medico-legal reports
Neonatal Death Claims: Paediatric Medico-Legal Reports
A neonatal death claim turns on whether the baby’s death could have been prevented with proper care. We provide independent paediatric and neonatal expert reports on the standard of care, causation and, where needed, evidence for an inquest. 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 neonatal death claim involves
Neonatal death is the death of a baby within the first four weeks of life. These cases are handled with care, and the expert’s role is an independent view of whether the care met the proper standard.
Why it matters legally
Clinical negligence claims, often alongside an inquest
They arise as clinical negligence claims and frequently alongside an inquest into how the death came about.
Reports we produce
The reports a neonatal death claim relies on
Experts who assess it
The specialists on a neonatal death claim
Neonatologists and consultant paediatricians address the clinical course; a perinatal expert can address events around birth.
Case-type context
Where these claims sit
These claims sit in clinical negligence proceedings, and frequently alongside an inquest into how the death came about.
FAQ
Neonatal death claims: common questions
Yes, our experts report independently on the standard of care and causation in stillbirth and neonatal death cases.
Yes, independent reports addressing the standard of care and how the death came about, written to the expert’s duty to the court.
The death of a baby within the first 28 days of life.
Our experts give an independent view on whether the care met the proper standard and whether different care would have changed the outcome; the finding is for the court.
Either side. The expert’s CPR Part 35 duty is to the court, not to the instructing party.
Instructing on a neonatal death claim?
Send your case details and we will allocate a neonatal expert within 48 hours, with a same-working-day quotation and the CV before you instruct.