Child injury claims

Liverpool solicitors, Richard Edwards & Co offer expert legal representation. This includes advice about claims for children who have suffered serious injuries.

Award winning catastrophic injury solicitor Richard Edwards has over 20 years experience in handling complex serious injury claims.

We will help you to access the rehabilitation your child needs. We will also work to get money released quickly. This can be vital to help with housing needs, specialist treatment, replacing lost pay and purchasing equipment.

Richard will take account of all your child’s needs and will work with specialist paediatric case managers. We can also help you to access specialist advice from financial advisors and Court of Protection lawyers. We will liaise with the school and local authority to ensure an appropriate Education Health Care Plan is put in place.

Our expertise also lies in thoroughly investigating your child’s claim and maximising the chances of success. We will adopt the best strategy to secure this outcome. We will also help to maximise the compensation award. We will gather evidence and speak to witnesses. When required we will appoint leading barristers as part of your team, and seek advice from expert witnesses. We will provide funding for this. Your opponent will be required to reimburse the costs at the end of the claim.

Examples of claims for children that Richard has acted in include:

• Acting in complex litigation against multiple parties involving international cross border issues. A young child suffered a catastrophic brain injury after an unsecured fire surround fell upon him in rented accommodation. The case settled shortly before a High Court trial for seven figure damages.
• Acting for a teenager who suffered a burst fracture of the spine during a road traffic accident. The claim settled for substantial seven figure gross damages.
• Acting for a child who suffered a serious spinal cord injury following a road traffic accident. The claim is ongoing.