Medical Negligence Claims

To succeed in a successful medical negligence claim we must show both that the standard of medical care you received was unacceptable and also that as a result of any failings in care you have been injured.  

Adrian and Sue, leading medical negligence lawyers, have over 50 years experience of medical negligence claims between them and can give you a very good idea of whether your case is likely to succeed right at the outset.  

To succeed your negligence case needs to be supported by independent medical experts and we have close connections with experts in all medical disciplines and one of the largest databases of medical experts in the country.

We will take your and other witness statements and obtain your medical records.  We will then go through all the issues again in greater detail and arrange for an independent medical assessment.  In complex medical negligence cases we may need to involve doctors from many disciplines.  

We will then work with you to fully assess the consequences of your injury.  This may involve as well as doctors experts in the areas such as accountancy, care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, architecture, prosthetics, speech and language therapy, education, etc.

We will then put your case to the defendants and if possible seek to negotiate a settlement.  If this is not possible we will arrange for Court Proceedings to be prepared and your case driven through the Courts to the best settlement possible or very occasionally to trial.

Don’t be worried about the trial, over 95% of all medical negligence cases settle without the need for trial.

The length of time your case will take depends on the complexity of the issues and most importantly how long we need to wait before we can fully assess your future needs.  Some negligence cases settle in a matter of a few months if the hospital are prepared to negotiate an early settlement.  Some may take up to three years should we need to go all the way through to trial.  In exceptional cases the time scale may be longer than three years.
 
We will be able to tell you how long your case is likely to take when we first speak to you.

Click on how to make a medical negligence claim to find out more.