When you are going through pregnancy, birth, and labour, you depend on medical professionals to give you the care and support that you and your child need. Sadly, mistakes are not uncommon, and if things go wrong during child birth, the effects can be devastating.
If you or your child have sustained an injury during childbirth, our expert birth injury claims compensation solicitors in Leeds can assist you in pursuing a compensation claim, allowing you to gain the best treatment, health care and medical support.
At Ashton’s Legal, we know that sustaining a birth injury can be a devastating experience. Our solicitors always provide sensitive and empathetic assistance, reducing the stress as far as possible, through this extremely challenging time.
Whilst we appreciate that obtaining compensation will not undo the awful experience that you’ve had to endure, nor any ongoing health conditions that you or your child may have sustained, we do know that compensation can help you to improve your quality of life and relieve the financial strain of accessing any specialist medical treatment you may require.
At Ashtons Legal, our birth injury claims solicitors in Leeds can provide you with:
- Free initial consultation for your birth injury claim
- No win no fee funding
- A negotiation-led approach that means most claims are settled out of court
- Independently accredited expertise you can trust
- A very strong track record of successful claims
- A sensitive, personal service to support you and your family during this difficult time
- A free rehabilitation service to aid your child’s or your own recovery.
Contact our Birth Injury Claims Solicitors in Leeds
To make a birth injury claim, please contact our experienced birth injury solicitors in Leeds. You will be offered a free initial consultation to sensitively discuss the particulars of your case and plan the potential next steps.
You can get in touch by calling 0330 191 5711, emailing enquiries@ashtonslegal.co.uk or filling in the enquiry form on the right-hand side of our contact page.
Our Birth Injury Compensation Claims Service
Assessing your birth injury claim
When you first make contact with our birth injury claims solicitors in Leeds, we will begin by reviewing the details of your birth injury.
Our sensitive solicitors will invite you to share what happened, including how the incident has affected your life and health and/or that of your child. If we believe that your claim has reasonable prospects of success, we will explain the legal claims processes and the funding options.
To discuss birth injury compensation claims, please contact our solicitors in Leeds.
Building your birth injury case
Our birth injury solicitors will begin to build your case, gathering the appropriate evidence by obtaining relevant witness statements, reviewing your own and your child’s medical records and obtaining opinions from appropriate independent medical experts.
Throughout these processes, we can build a careful understanding of what you experienced, the injuries that you or your child sustained, and how these have affected your own and/or your child’s health.
To find out more about our birth injury compensation claims in Leeds, please get in touch with our birth injury compensation claims solicitors.
Submitting the Letter of Claim
Once your claim has been appropriately investigated, and we have established that your claim has reasonable prospects of success, your solicitor will send a formal Letter of Claim to the Defendant. The letter will set out the allegations, explaining in what respects the treatment you received fell below the acceptable standard and how the birth injury could have been avoided, but for the negligent treatment that you and/or your child received.
If the Defendant admits liability, your birth injury solicitor will begin the process of valuing your claim with a view to negotiating and obtaining an acceptable settlement of your claim. Where possible, whilst working towards final settlement of the whole claim, your solicitor will seek to agree interim damage payments, to ensure that you and your family are financially supported as far as possible , prior to receiving final compensation. This could help reimburse past incurred expenses and fund ongoing medical and other expenses, professional care and treatment/therapies.
Where the Dependant denies that they are responsible for the birth injury, our team in Leeds will work with you and our independent medical experts, to assess the reasonableness or otherwise of their denial.
If our experts continue to support the strength of your claim, we will proceed to issue Court proceedings on your behalf, whilst continuing to try to resolve the claim on best possible terms at the earliest opportunity.
Despite the issue of Court proceedings, the majority of birth injury compensation claims can be settled without a formal trial. However, where this is required, we can guide you through the process.
For more information about traumatic birth injury claims compensation, and the associated legal claims processes, please contact our birth injury claims solicitors in Leeds.
Mediation processes
If the Defendant accepts responsibility for your and/or your child’s injuries, our birth injury claims solicitors will negotiate a settlement using mediation or arbitration processes. At Ashtons Legal we have a wealth of experience in birth injury claims and an impressive track record of securing high levels of compensation.
We know that our clients are often going through an incredibly emotional time and we will do everything we can to ensure that you feel at ease as we navigate the legal processes.
Court processes
If we are unable to resolve your case using traditional negotiation or mediation, we can represent you at trial. Ashtons Legal works with extremely talented and knowledgeable specialist barristers and we can assure you that you will receive outstanding representation and support, as well as being adequately prepared and fully informed throughout the process.
To discuss birth injury compensation claims in Leeds, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Free client rehabilitation service
We appreciate that you and/or your child may need specialist rehabilitation and health care support whilst your claim is being investigated and before any interim payments of damages may be obtained. You may also need advice on what state benefits you and/or your child are entitled to and how best to successfully apply for these.
Our expert birth injury claims solicitors work alongside our client rehabilitation team to offer our clients a free service offering advice and support into rehabilitation and welfare needs, no matter if their claim is successful or not.
Why work with Ashtons Legal?
At Ashtons Legal we have extensive experience supporting clients with a wide range of birth injury claims. We have an outstanding track record of success and an incredibly knowledgeable team.
Cases such as these are both sensitive and complex, which is why working with a specialist pregnancy negligence lawyer is recommended.
When working with our clients, we always approach matters with compassion and respect. You can trust us to respect your wishes, build a detailed understanding of your circumstances, and ultimately, do what’s best for you.
With Ashtons Legal, you’ll benefit from working with a friendly, passionate and highly accredited legal team. Senior members of our team are recognised by APIL as either Senior Fellows or Senior Litigators, they are on the Law Society Clinical Negligence panel and Sharon Allison, our Head of Medical Negligence, also belongs to the AvMA Clinical Negligence Panel.
We have considerable experience working with clients to secure birth injury compensation claims in Leeds and can answer any questions or concerns you may have.
Birth Injury Compensation Claims Fees
‘No win no fee’ birth injury claims
Our birth injury claims solicitors provide a ‘no win no fee’ birth injury claims process backed by After The Event (ATE) legal insurance. Essentially, you’ll only be liable to pay your legal fees if your case is successful, and you are awarded compensation.
However, if you are successful in your claim, the majority of your costs will be paid by the Defendant. Before you sign any agreement with us, the amount that you will need to contribute to your fees will be explained to you.
If your claim is unfortunately unsuccessful, you will not pay anything towards your legal costs and any expenses will be met by your ATE insurance.
Contact our Birth Injury Claims Solicitors in Leeds
If you wish to discuss the possibility of pursuing a birth injury claim, please contact our experienced birth injury solicitors in Leeds. You will be offered a free initial consultation to sensitively discuss the particulars of your case and plan the potential next steps.
You can get in touch by calling 0330 191 5711, emailing enquiries@ashtonslegal.co.uk or filling in the enquiry form on the right-hand side of our contact page.