CEREBRAL PALSY COMPENSATION
SPECIALIST SOLICITORS

Finding experienced medical negligence solicitors in the United Kingdom is not always an easy matter. Many solicitors will take on a claim for cerebral palsy compensation but how can you be sure that they are competent and will protect your child's legal rights and ensure that you get the maximum settlement? The Law Society which is the solicitor�s professional body operates more than a dozen accreditation schemes one of which is the Clinical Negligence Panel, entry to which is restricted those practitioners who can prove that they have been involved in this type of claim for at least three years, have settled a minimum number of high value claims both by negotiation and court litigation and satisfy panel membership requirements which cover all aspects of medical negligence practice and seeks to ensure that the procedures operated by the applicants firm are amongst the best available.

To be eligible for membership of the panel a solicitor must have held a practising certificate for at least three years and be able to show that they are a �competent clinical negligence practitioner� which is defined as :-

�a practitioner who can identify and advise on a wide range of clinical negligence and related issues and who does not perform work that is outside of his/her current knowledge, skills and expertise. A competent practitioner will seek appropriate advice and assistance as may be required to enable them to provide a full and effective legal service to their client.�

Legal aid is available to pursue almost all cerebral palsy compensation claims on behalf of a child. In assessing eligibility for public funding the Legal Services Commission only considers the income and assets of the child and does not take into consideration the parents financial circumstances.

In addition to being members of the Law Society panel of clinical negligence experts many of our solicitors are also members APIL (the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) which was established in 1990 and are also recognised by 'Headway' the national brain injury charity and by the Spinal Injuries Association.

If you would like to speak to a specialist solicitor about a cerebral palsy compensation claim free of charge and with no further obligation, just complete and send the contact form or use the helpline or send a message by email. If after talking to us you decide not to take your potential claim further then you are quite at liberty to do so and you will not be charged for our advice which is given free of charge.

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• fairly and lawfully processed
• adequate, relevant and not excessive
• accurate
• not transferred to countries without adequate protection
• processed for limited purposes
• not kept longer than necessary
• secure
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We take privacy seriously and will never release your personal information to anyone except the solicitor appointed to deal with your enquiry. We do not sell or transfer email addresses to any third party. We ask for the minimum amount of information necessary to deal with your enquiry which is kept electronically and is deleted at the completion of your enquiry. We do not take any hard copies from our secure password protected data files.