Claims can be brought by both children, and individuals who lack mental capacity, known as protected parties. Whilst claims can be brought by children and protected parties, they cannot bring a claim in their own right. Read our blog post to find out more.

The term “brain injury” has a very broad meaning and so the damages awarded in these types of cases vary significantly depending on whether the injury is minor. Read our blog post to find out more.

In 2021, there was over 1,600 deaths as a result of road traffic accidents. On average that is over 4 people a day killed on the roads. In addition, a further 26,700 serious injuries were reported on the roads last year, that means on average every 16 minutes there is a car crash that results in someone needing medical treatment.

When someone dies as a result of another person or organisation’s negligence, then a claim can be brought by members of the deceased’s family or by anyone who may have depended on the deceased.

It’s been another excellent year for Ramsdens in The Legal 500 UK 2023 rankings.

In recent weeks the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee has called for the abandonment of adversarial clinical negligence litigation for the majority of cases and for the establishment of an independent administrative body to investigate claims and determine potential compensation.

Ramsdens Solicitors LLP has recently announced its latest round of promotions for 2022. The promotions took effect from the 3 May and comprises of staff members from across its Private Client and Commercial services.

We've strengthened our Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury offering, as we welcome Nick Stojanovic, Associate and Ian Miles and Claire Exelby, Litigation Executives, to our Leeds office.