Birth Injury Claims Solicitors in Warrington
Birth injuries can have a devastating and lifelong impact on a child and their family. When a birth injury results from preventable medical negligence during pregnancy, labour, delivery or shortly after birth, families are often left with profound questions about what went wrong and whether the injury could have been avoided.
At Ashtons Legal, our birth injury claims solicitors in Warrington provide specialist legal representation to families affected by birth injuries.
We understand the complex medical issues involved, the long-term care needs that can arise, and the financial pressures families face. While compensation cannot undo the injury, a successful birth injury compensation claim can secure the funding needed for therapies, equipment, adaptations and lifelong care.
Our birth injury solicitors can help you with:
- Assessing the circumstances surrounding your child’s or your own birth injury, advising on the strength of your birth injury claim and explaining funding options, including ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements
- Obtaining maternity, neonatal and paediatric medical records and instructing independent obstetric, neonatal and neurological experts to review the care provided
- Drafting and submitting a detailed Letter of Claim, if warranted, setting out how failures in care caused or contributed to the birth injury
- Managing negotiations with the opposing legal representatives to seek a fair and comprehensive settlement
- Representing you in court, if justified, if liability is disputed and settlement cannot be reached
- Securing interim payments where responsibility is admitted, to provide financial support for immediate care needs while the claim is ongoing
- Offering ongoing support through our specialist client support and rehabilitation team, including case management, therapy referrals and welfare and benefits advice
Contact our birth injury claims solicitors in Warrington
If you need legal support with birth injury claims in Warrington, please get in touch with our expert solicitors.
You can visit our office in Leeds. Call our team on 0330 404 0749, email enquiries@ashtonslegal.co.uk, or complete the enquiry form on our contact page.
Types of birth injury claims we handle
Our birth injury lawyers have extensive experience handling claims involving:
Birth injuries to babies:
- Brain injury at birth
- Cerebral palsy
- Erb’s palsy
- Umbilical cord complications
- Jaundice and untreated jaundice complications (kernicterus)
- Facial palsy
- Missed issues during foetal abnormality scanning
- Group B strep
- IVF mix-ups
- Wrongful or unlawful birth
- Stillbirth
- Injuries resulting from teratogenic drugs
- Broken bones
- Birth asphyxia and hypoxia
- Birth trauma
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Epilepsy claims
- Meningitis claims
Birth injuries to mothers:
- Caesarean injuries
- Fissures
- Failing to manage or identify pregnancy complications
- Vaginal tears
- Inappropriate use of Oxytocin
- Episiotomy
- Problems with anaesthetics
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Obstetric cholestasis
- Ruptured placenta or placenta previa
For more information on specific types of birth injury claims, please visit our dedicated birth injury claims page. We also provide specialist advice on birth asphyxia claims and wrongful birth claims.
Our birth injury claims service in Warrington
Assessing your birth injury claim
We begin by listening carefully to your experience and reviewing all medical records to gain a clear understanding of the full picture. Independent medical experts, such as obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians and neurologists, are then instructed to assess the standandard of care and whether this caused or contributed to the birth injury.
Building your birth injury medical negligence case
If medical expert evidence is obtained that supports your case, we can continue to build a detailed claim supported by further medical expert evidence witness statements, evidence of care needs, and then consider details of therapy costs, equipment and adaptations, and assess future care and financial losses. .
Our focus is on presenting a robust, compassionate and well-evidenced case that reflects both the clinical failings and the lifelong impact on you and your family.
Drafting and submitting a Letter of Claim
With the support of medical expert evidence, a formal Letter of Claim is sent to the NHS Trust or private provider responsible for the treatment, setting out the allegations of negligence and the legal basis of the claim. The defendant must then investigate and respond within statutory timescales.
Mediation processes
Many birth injury compensation claims are resolved through negotiation or mediation. Where possible, we aim to resolve claims without court proceedings, reducing stress and securing earlier financial support for families. However, we never compromise on the value of the settlement to achieve a quicker resolution.
Representing you in court if necessary
If liability is denied or settlement cannot be reached, if we can still support your claim, we will represent you robustly in court. Birth injury claims can be among the most complex in medical negligence, and you will be guided throughout, with clear explanations at every stage.
To discuss birth injury claims in Warrington today, please contact our team.
Free support and rehabilitation service
Alongside legal advice, our specialist client support and rehabilitation team can also assist.
Rehabilitation is often a vital but expensive step in the beginning stages of managing certain birth injury claims. We aim to support you through your rehabilitation journey, regardless of the outcome of your claim.
With our specialist client support and rehabilitation team we can support you to:
- access medical and therapeutic treatment for your condition
- ensure a smooth transition from hospital to home (including aids and adaptations)
- apply for disability and/or welfare benefits
- access funding to pay for care in your home
- seek education funding for children and young people.
We believe families affected by birth injuries deserve holistic care, not just legal representation. This means recognising the practical, emotional and financial impact of the injury, and ensuring families feel supported, heard and guided at every stage — not only through the legal process, but in accessing the wider help they need.
Why work with Ashtons Legal?
Ashtons Legal is nationally recognised for excellence in medical negligence, with our team ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners and accredited by AvMA, APIL, Lexcel and the Brain Injury Group. Our solicitors have extensive experience representing families in complex and high-value birth injury claims, combining expert legal advice with compassionate support.
We understand that birth injury claims require particularly careful handling, both medically and legally. Our team works closely with leading independent obstetric, neonatal, paediatric and neurological experts to investigate what went wrong and whether earlier or different care could have prevented the injury.
Families from Warrington and across the North West often choose to work with our team at our Leeds office, their closest Ashtons Legal location, because of the depth of expertise and quality of advice we provide in this specialist area. Many feel the journey is worthwhile for the reassurance of being advised by birth injury solicitors who regularly handle these claims and understand their complexity.
Alongside legal representation, we also offer access to our specialist client support and rehabilitation team, providing case management, therapy coordination, welfare and benefits advice and practical guidance during an extremely challenging time.
With much experience handling birth injury claims in Warrington, when you work with us, you’re in safe hands.
Birth injury compensation claims fees
We understand that families in Warrington may be concerned about the cost of bringing a birth injury claim at an already difficult time. That is why we offer funding arrangements such as ‘no win, no fee’ agreements.
During your initial consultation, we will explain how fees are calculated, what happens if the claim is unsuccessful, and whether Legal Expenses Insurance or other funding options may apply.
Our priority is ensuring that cost concerns do not prevent you from accessing expert legal advice and securing the compensation you or your child deserves.
Contact our birth injury claims solicitors in Warrington
If you need legal support with a birth injury claim, please get in touch with our expert solicitors.
You can visit our office in Leeds. Call our team on 0330 404 0749, email enquiries@ashtonslegal.co.uk, or complete the enquiry form on our contact page.