Children's Serious Injury Claims

A serious injury will have a significant impact on your child and family, affecting education, work and home life. Our solicitors know how much difference rehabilitation and compensation can make and have helped many families in similar situations.

We’ve represented children who’ve sustained traumatic injuries such as:

Brain injuries
Spinal injuries
Broken bones
Amputations.

Our lawyers believe in the importance of providing your child with access to rehabilitation that helps them in their recovery, whatever the nature or cause of their injury. Contact our team of expert lawyers and see how we can help you.

What types of accidents can Irwin Mitchell help with?

Our specialist children’s serious injury solicitors can help you and your child if they’ve been seriously injured. The sort of claims we often help with include:

Accidents at school
Road traffic accidents
Medical negligence
Dog and other animal attacks
Playground accidents
Child abuse
Swimming pool accidents
Fatal accidents.

The above list isn’t exhaustive, contact our team to see if we can help you make a claim on behalf of your child.

Our child serious injury solicitors take many claims on a no win no fee basis. If your claim is unsuccessful, you’ll have nothing to pay.

Why choose Irwin Mitchell to help with your child’s serious injury claim?

Our personal injury solicitors have secured a total of over £1.5 billion in compensation for our clients. This figure puts us far ahead of any other law firm in the UK.

Our child serious injury solicitors are recognised by leading independent legal guides, The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. Both rank our teams as leading personal injury solicitors.

Alongside our legal experts, we’ve a team of medically trained Support and Rehabilitation Coordinators. Their roles include helping our clients find the right support to make the best possible recovery after serious injury.

As a full-service law firm, we’re able to offer support after you’ve made your child’s personal injury claim. You’ll benefit from:

Help from specialist education law solicitors in our public law & human rights team
Advice on financial planning and personal injury trusts
Help to access any means-tested benefits you’re entitled to using our welfare and benefits team.

Accredited serious injury lawyers

Court of Protection and personal injury trust experts

No Win No Fee claims available*

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I get interim compensation payments for my child?

Yes, wherever possible, we’ll seek interim payments until your child’s claim has finished. They could cover the costs of:

House adaptations (or moving to specially adapted purchased or rented accommodation)
Specialist equipment to aid your child’s rehabilitation
Professional care and support.

What’ll happen to my child’s compensation?

Your child’s compensation will be invested until they’re 18, during which time it’ll collect interest. The court may consider making earlier payments if you need to pay for things like a specific educational need or medical treatment.

If your child’s injury will affect their ability to manage their money as an adult, their finances will be managed by the Court of Protection. They're a legal body dedicated to helping those who lack the mental capacity to manage their own finances.

The Court of Protection will appoint a financial “deputy” – normally a close relative like a parent – to make sure that your child’s finances are properly taken care of. We’ve the largest Court of Protection department in the country. We’re well-equipped to guide you through the process of managing your child’s compensation and appointing a deputy.

When your child reaches the age of 18, you might find they’re no longer eligible for some means-tested benefits or support because of the compensation they've received. To make sure they don't lose their entitlement to some benefits, you can put their compensation funds in a personal injury trust This’ll protect their money going into the future and allow them to receive benefits.

Money in a personal injury trust can only be accessed by trustees – normally the child themselves, the parents, or a solicitor. Each trustee must agree about the use of the trust’s funds. Our Court of Protection team can help you set up a personal injury trust for your child.

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