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About Us
Leigh Day are recognised as specialists in medical negligence and ranked tier 1 by the two foremost legal directories, Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. Leigh Day have also been awarded UK Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Europe Awards 2023. They are praised for having extensive experience and expertise in dealing with complex and catastrophic injuries on behalf of patients and their families. Many of their lawyers have medical backgrounds and have been instrumental in the development of the law in medical negligence cases.
Leigh Day’s medical negligence team helps those who have been injured as a result of substandard care by a medical professional. This can include claims arising from birth injuries, cerebral palsy, stillbirth and wrongful birth.
Choosing a lawyer to help you with a medical negligence claim can come at a worrying and stressful time. We are here to help reassure you that you are speaking to a team of specialist and skilled team of experts.
Medical Negligence
Medical professionals have a duty of care to you and your baby when giving birth. Sadly, birth injuries can happen due to medical negligence. Our specialist lawyers are here to help you.
This clip, featuring Firdous, emphasises the crucial principle that all women in care should have their rights met in maternity services. It highlights the importance of legal support and advocacy for women's rights throughout their maternity journey, aligning with our mission to support and empower mothers. This video underscores the ongoing need for equitable, rights-based care in maternity services.
Birth Injury Claims
A birth injury doesn’t have to just occur during labour and the delivery. It can cover pregnancy, which impacts wrongful birth, and the post-birth period if you don't receive adequate care after, leading to further complications.
You may have a birth injury claim whether the damage was inflicted on you as the mother or your child. This could be errors that cause an otherwise avoidable illness in your child or physical damage to you. Either way, it may mean you might be entitled to birth injury compensation.
Suzanne White is head of the medical negligence team and has specialised in this area of law since qualifying in 1999 after training with the firm.
She is a patients’ campaigner, with a particular interest in birth injury, and injuries to mothers during childbirth. She also specialises in brain injury, misdiagnosis and fatal cases and cases involving radiological errors, but also advising on a full range of medical negligence cases.
Suzanne is a member of the APIL executive, a trustee of the Patients Association, a member of the INQUEST Lawyers Group, and is a council member of MASIC.
Firdous is a senior associate solicitor in the medical negligence team. Firdous has experience on a variety of catastrophic claims including birth injuries, such as cerebral palsy, maternal death & perineal tears. She also works on cases representing families at inquests where close relatives have died because of negligent medical care.
Firdous is passionate about the rights of women in maternity services & pleased to have worked with human rights charity Birthrights on their Inquiry into racial injustice in maternity care. The report titled Systemic Racism not Broken bodies revealed substantial evidence of persistent racial inequities in birth outcomes & experiences in the UK.
