When you contact us, you’ll speak to a member of our friendly team, who will talk to you about your child’s injury. This initial consultation is completely free - from there, we’ll advise you on the best way to take your child’s claim forward.

Contacting Those Responsible For Your Child’s Injuries

We’ll then get in touch with those responsible for your child’s accident at an early stage to see if they accept the blame for what happened. If they accept responsibility, we’ll try to secure some compensation up-front, which can fund private medical care and expenses while the claim is ongoing. These payments, known as interim payments, will be taken out of your child’s final compensation award.

Gathering Evidence

Our experts will look into your child’s case in detail, gathering evidence from various sources such as witnesses, CCTV and independent medical professionals.

We’ll employ medical professionals to find out how your child’s accident has impacted on their future health and they’ll recommend the care your child needs to make the best recovery possible.

Final Settlement & Compensation Awarded

We’ll always try and negotiate claims out of court, keeping the claim process as short as we can. However, if your opponent doesn’t accept responsibility or doesn’t agree with the amount of compensation we feel your child needs, we’ll start court proceedings. We’ll always stand by you and your child if you have to go to trial, and will always try to settle your claim out of court before dates are set.

All personal injury cases involving children have to go before a judge for an infant approval hearing. This hearing happens even when a compensation sum has been agreed with your opponent and is in place to make sure that your child gets a fair settlement.

Read more about what happens if your case goes to court

By making a personal injury compensation claim on behalf of your child, you can access funds to help cover expenses and any medical treatment your child might need.

Every personal injury case is different, so there’s no set amount of compensation your child will receive. The amount of compensation your child will get will depend on your family’s circumstances, the severity of your child’s injuries and their chances of making a full recovery. In child injury cases we often have to consider how the child’s symptoms could develop in the future as some injuries can develop with growth.

Our children’s accident lawyers could help you get compensation for:

• Private medical treatment – to help speed up and maximise recovery
• Home tutors – if your child has to take a lot of time off school, compensation can pay for tutoring to help them keep up with their work
• Loss of earnings – for any time off work you have to take to look after your child
• Expenses – for the likes of travelling to medical appointments
• Rehabilitation – to make sure your child makes the best recovery they can, compensation can pay for rehab and support both now and in the future
• Household adaptations – these can help your child live more independently, click here for more details

For more information on making a child injury claim, contact our experts today on 0800 056 4110.

If you’re making a claim on behalf of a child, you’ll usually be able to make a claim up until their 18th birthday. Nevertheless, if your child has been injured in an accident we do urge you to contact us as soon as possible because we could help them access rehabilitation and support to help with their recovery.

We could also help you make a claim if you were involved in an accident before you turned 18. If you want to claim compensation for an accident that happened while you were a child, you will have three years from your 18th birthday to make a claim.

Many of our cases are funded with a No Win No Fee agreement. This means that there’s no financial risk* to you when making a compensation claim.

At the start of your case we’ll discuss funding options for your child’s claim, advising you what we think is most suitable. If you have legal expenses insurance (LEI) or are covered by a trade union policy, these may be better options to fund your claim. Legal expenses insurance is included in many household insurance policies, so it’s always worth checking whether you’re already covered.

If we think you’re best supported by a No Win No Fee agreement, we’ll explain the process clearly. This involves setting up an insurance policy that will protect you, at no cost to you. You’ll only have to pay anything if your claim is successful – and even then your opponent will pay most of our fees.

Please visit our No Win No Fee page for more information on how it works.

Our specialist team of personal injury solicitors are highly qualified and have years of experience in helping families claim compensation for a child injured in an accident.

This experience means we understand the issues that you and your child will be facing and we know that your child’s health is your number one priority. We’ll strive to get your child access to the best care possible, using our contacts at support groups across the country to put in place a dedicated rehabilitation plan.

Your child’s injury can impact upon the entire family, so we work closely with other departments at the firm in order to give you detailed advice on issues such as:

• Educational problems
• Accommodation
• Ongoing care
• Family matters
• Financial matters

Ours is the UK’s largest personal injury team, with offices across the country - so you can be sure you’re getting the best legal help available. We’ve also won awards for our client care and focus on rehabilitation, picking up the Claimant Solicitor of the Year prize at the Rehabilitation First Awards on seven different occasions.

Meet our child injury experts