Every year children are injured in accidents, often through no
fault of their own. If your child or baby has been injured in an
accident or through negligence, as their parent or guardian you are
allowed to make a personal injury claim
for compensation for their injuries.
Children can be injured in much the same situations as adults.
These can include:
Children can even be involved in an accident at work if they are an older child but
have not reached 18 years of age when the work accident or
industrial disease occurs.
As the parent or guardian of an injured child you can make a
personal injury claim on their behalf or you can wait until they
are 18 and they can pursue the claim themselves.
Once a child has turned 18 they have 3 years to pursue a claim
for compensation if their parent or guardian has not already done
so.
We may also be able to help you if your child has been injured
as the result of medical or clinical
negligence. This could be for an injury they sustained during their birth or for
negligent medical treatment they have received as a patient in a
GP's surgery or hospital. Some of
the most common clinical negligence cases we deal with for babies
and children involve cerebral palsy
or Erb's palsy.
Litigation Friend
A parent or guardian making a claim for compensation on behalf
of an injured child (minor) is referred to as their 'litigation
friend'. The litigation friend has to be independent;
therefore if a parent was to blame for the accident sustained by
the child, they cannot act as their litigation friend.
Our child accident claims expertise
We are one of the country’s leading personal injury
practices and our personal injury team are experts in child
accident and injury claims.
We have expertise in dealing with children’s claims and we act
on a 'no win, no fee' basis.
Our personal injury lawyers are members of
the Association of Personal Injury Solicitors and the Law Society’s
Personal Injury Panel.
It is important that you choose the right lawyers to handle your
child's case and essential to select one that has considerable
experience in dealing with children's claims. We help parents of
children who have suffered an injury to ascertain whether there may
be a claim for compensation. We offer parents sensible and
realistic advice about their legal rights and the best way to seek
redress for their child.
Contact us
For further information or if you
believe you may have a child accident personal injury claim, please
contact us on freephone 0800 358 3848, email
personalinjury@ffw.com
or complete our short enquiry form.
You can also contact any member of
our personal injury team directly by
email or telephone.