Shane Butcher
PrincipalWith over 15 years’ experience in personal injury law on my side, I’ve had the privilege of helping thousands of injured people and their families claim all the compensation they’re entitled to.
Birth Injury Compensation Lawyers
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Birth injuries caused by medical negligence can be devastating, and often mean time off work, unplanned expenses and financial stress. But your situation is unique, and the injury may have led to other health issues and complications for you or your baby. We’ll take time to get to know you personally, identify all your issues and claim everything you’re entitled to. That’s why you’ll get more compensation with Law Partners on your side.
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A specialist lawyer will review your circumstances and tell you how much you can claim.
What can I claim?
It’s hard enough to cope with an unexpected injury – you shouldn’t have to deal with financial pain too. Depending on your injuries, you may be entitled to payments for lost income, medical expenses, travel expenses, domestic assistance, pain and suffering, permanent impairment, and future losses. Call us for free advice on how much you can claim.
Common claims include:
Examples of situations and injuries that can lead to compensation claims:
- Failure to diagnose or manage gestational diabetes resulting in complications.
- Pre-eclampsia or eclampsia.
- Broken bones and extensive bruising as a result of childbirth.
- Uterine ruptures.
- Vaginal and anal fissures and fistulas.
- Vaginal and anal tears or lacerations as a result of birth assisting tools, including failed episiotomies and failure to diagnose and correctly repair episiotomies or vaginal tears or lacerations.
- Urinary catheter complications.
- Anaesthetic complications.
Examples of errors that can lead to compensation claims:
- Not detecting, diagnosing or treating maternal infections.
- Improperly monitoring the baby’s wellbeing during labour to ascertain whether the baby is in distress. This is usually done through regular monitoring of the foetal heartbeat.
- Not acting in a timely manner. For example, failing to schedule and perform an urgent Caesarean delivery.
- Not administering the correct medication or administering the wrong type or amount of medication to the mother during the pregnancy, labour and delivery.
- Using or incorrectly using birth assisting tools, such as forceps or a vacuum, without the mother’s consent and without prior discussion of risks associated with birth assisting tools.
- Incorrectly or improperly pulling or twisting the baby during labour and the delivery process.
- Not reviewing pre-delivery radiological imaging and failing to take steps to prevent a difficult birth.
- Not detecting problems with the umbilical cord, such as a prolapsed umbilical cord.
- Not monitoring the size of the baby in proportion to the birth canal and the size of the mother.
- Failing to ascertain the positioning of the baby before labour and delivery.
How it works.
We can start your claim by phone or video call today.
Tell us about your claim.
Speak to one of our friendly solicitors today and find out if you can claim.
We’ll get to know you.
Our solicitor will ask more questions and get to know you personally to work out everything you’re entitled to by phone, video call or in person.
We’ll offer to start your claim.
We’ll explain how we can claim all your compensation and give you our ‘no win no fee’ guarantee. You decide if you want to proceed – there’s no obligation.
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When you’ve been in an accident, your injuries can lead to other complications and health issues. We’ll get to know you and what your life was like before you were injured, then we’ll look at what’s changed. By taking time to get to know you personally we don’t just claim for the obvious injuries – we maximise every part of your compensation, and we win over 99% of our cases. That’s why we’ve grown to become Australia’s largest specialist personal injury firm.
No Win – No Fee.
Our no win no fee guarantee means you won’t pay any fees until we win your case. We’ll pay all the costs to run your claim.
We win over 99% of our cases.
We specialise in injury compensation – in fact, it’s all we do. That’s why we win over 99% of our cases.
Our compensation specialists.
With Law Partners, you don’t just get a personal injury specialist – you get a lawyer who specialises in claims just like yours. So you’re in safe hands with Australia’s largest specialist personal injury firm.
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Get FREE claim advice today.
Talk to one of our friendly lawyers. We’ll listen to you, review your situation, and tell you how much you can claim.
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How we can help you.
We’re more than a law firm – we’re part of an essential support network for our clients and we’re passionate about helping them through difficult times.
Frequently asked questions.
If you’ve been injured in an accident and incurred any treatment costs or had any time off work to recover, you’re more than likely to be eligible to claim compensation. Or if you’re unable to work because of injury or illness, then you may be able to claim a lump sum payout though your super fund.
Depending on your injuries and how they happened, you may be able to claim compensation for lost income, medical expenses, travel expenses and home help. You may also be entitled to lump sum payments for pain and suffering, permanent impairment, or future losses.
- We get to know you. We’ll get to know you personally, listen to your side of the story and give you free advice on your options.
- We ask more questions. We’ll look beyond the obvious and see if your injuries have led to other complications, to claim everything you’re entitled to.
- We build the evidence. Led by your lawyer, your dedicated team including hand-picked medical specialists will build strong evidence to maximise your claim.
- We pursue your claim. We win over 99% of our cases and we’ll fight until you receive the compensation you’re entitled to and deserve.
- You receive your compensation. Your compensation will be paid into your bank account.
Most personal injury claims settle within 9 to 18 months; however, some can take longer. The amount of time it takes to settle your claim is determined by:
- How long it takes for your injuries to stabilise so that they can be assessed by medical experts
- Whether the insurer accepts liability for your injuries
- Whether we reach an agreed settlement with the insurer quickly
- If we don’t reach a settlement with the insurer and need to litigate the matter, it can take longer than 18 months
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