Child brain injury compensation claims

Helping you deal with a child’s brain injury, including funding the best rehabilitation and support.

• An injury to your child’s brain can affect their development, behaviour and abilities, so it’s important to recognise the symptoms and get expert help as soon as possible.
• We work with the Child Brain Injury Trust, providing invaluable guidance and support to children with brain injuries, and their families.
• Treatment, rehabilitation and learning support can help a child regain skills and independence, so it’s essential to put the right programmes in place.
• We can help assign the best specialists to provide support as your child grows and secure the funding to pay for the highest standards of treatment.
• When times are tough we will be here to help, with reassurance and access to the expert assistance you need.

A brain injury to your child is obviously an emotional and worrying situation, with consequences that could affect the rest of their life. It demands simple, honest advice about the potential challenges, and the strongest possible case for compensation to ensure you can pay for the support your child needs.

Over 70,000 children suffer brain injuries each year, whether traumatic or non-traumatic. Traumatic brain injuries are caused by an impact to the head, often in a road traffic accident; a slip, trip or fall; or a sporting accident. Non-traumatic brain injuries are caused by another condition, such as a stroke, tumour or infection.

The effects of a child brain injury

The brain is complex and every brain injury is unique. This is especially true when children are concerned. A human brain grows and develops for the first 20 years of life, and when a developing brain is injured it can take years for some symptoms to be completely apparent. This makes it virtually impossible to predict how a child will be affected by a head injury.

We can, however, call on years of experience supporting families who have been affected by a child’s brain injury. We can recommend the best medical expertise, provide a wealth of information on symptoms and treatments, and connect families with support that helps when times are tough.

Moore Barlow is the only law firm providing a legal support service in partnership with the Child Brain Injury Trust, across many areas in the South of England. The Child Brain Injury Trust offers invaluable support and guidance to children who have sustained a brain injury, and their families. Working with this charity helps support you with a service that’s second to none.

The symptoms of brain injuries in children

While the symptoms of mild brain injury can involve discomfort and minor memory loss, the symptoms of moderate to severe brain injury can be life long, or even life threatening.

Children who suffer brain injuries are at risk of long term physical and learning disabilities. They could even undergo complete and permanent personality changes. We have supported many families whose children demonstrated erratic or even aggressive behaviour following an accident. This can be distressing for parents, but help is at hand.

It’s important to remember that the sooner your child receives treatment, the better the outcome. Look out for the warning signs which your child might display:

Treating brain injury in children

Brain injuries are so diverse and unpredictable that there is no single cure. Fortunately, there are many treatments and rehabilitation programmes which can help children regain some of the skills they lose after a traumatic or non-traumatic injury.

Rehabilitation will help them make improvements in life and gain as much independence as possible. We can provide detailed guidance on the best rehabilitation services available and also advise on realistic goals for your child.

There are a number of brain injury therapies available to children at different stages of their recovery: