A local law firm, Medical Accident Group (MAG), can now do even more to help children who have suffered serious injuries at birth, after it won the right to offer legal aid to those seeking justice.

The Legal Aid Agency has awarded the Ross-on-Wye based clinical negligence and personal injury specialists, the franchise to provide legal aid services in the Herefordshire area for birth injury claims. Only 135 law firms in the UK currently hold a legal aid clinical negligence franchise.

Medical Accident Group is part of solicitors Harrison Clark Rickerbys, which has an office on High Street, Ross-on-Wye. With total focus on clinical negligence and catastrophic injuries, MAG can offer unrivalled specialist expertise in this area.

The award follows detailed and expert scrutiny of the firm’s experience, expertise and efficiency, so that clients can be sure of the highest professional standards of care and legal advice.

Although Medical Accident Group already offer qualifying clients the option of bringing a case with the firm under our ‘No Win, No Fee’ scheme, fees need to be paid when they win their case and receive an award. With legal aid, no disbursements or fees are payable, meaning that the whole of the award goes directly to the claimant, and most importantly, they do not need to worry about how their case will be funded.

The Legal Aid Agency will only allow firms to work on birth injury cases under legal aid if at least one of the firm’s lawyers is an accredited member of the Law Society’s clinical negligence panel, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers panel and/or the patient charity, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Only lawyers displaying a proven expertise in the field are accepted on these panels.

Inez Brown, Partner, said: “We are delighted to be able to offer this support to those who are already dealing with such tragic and difficult circumstances. Birth injuries not only have a major impact on the child, but also on their family, as they adjust to a very different future than they had dreamed of before their child was born.”

The franchise starts in November; to find out whether your case can be funded by legal aid, please contact our team on 0800 050 1668 at any time and we will help you to find the answers you deserve.