About
Laura is a long-standing Partner in the team, specialising in birth injury and maternity claims. Laura specialises in cerebral palsy and obstetric negligence claims and has extensive experience acting for children who have sustained brain injuries at birth or during the neonatal period as a result of negligent management of pregnancy, labour, delivery or postnatal care. She has extensive experience in conducting cases involving hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) at birth, leaving children with significant life-long disabilities.
Many of Laura’s cases involve complex medical and evidential issues, and she works with leading medical experts in the field to establish liability even in the most difficult of cases. She is frequently instructed on birth injury matters that have been declined or discontinued by other solicitors, applying detailed and thorough investigation to uncover negligence and ultimately achieve successful outcomes and substantial compensation for her clients. Laura is the lead supervisor for cerebral palsy and birth injury claims across our national team. Laura is an accredited panel member of Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA).
Case Highlights
Laura’s case highlights include:
- Securing a lump sum of £8 million, together with annual periodical payments of £450,000 for life, for a young girl who sustained PVL injury at birth due to hospital failures in her delivery, in a case where other solicitors had discontinued for lack of merit.
- Achieving a multi-million-pound settlement for a young boy who suffered profound brain damage following negligent delays in delivery after his mother experienced a uterine rupture during labour.
- Recovering a seven figure lump sum plus annual payments for care for a young man who suffered a brain injury due to the death of his identical twin during their mother’s pregnancy when twin to twin transfusion syndrome ‘TTTS’ arose, alleging failures in antenatal scanning and failure to deliver the twins before the injury occurred.
