Brain injury claims

Penningtons Manches Cooper’s specialist brain injury solicitors are nationally recognised for their work in serious brain injury claims. We provide tailored advice and compassionate support to individuals and families affected by brain and head injuries, combining in-depth legal knowledge with a strong focus on rehabilitation and lifetime care. Our priority is to secure the compensation needed to help each injured person regain quality of life and as much independence as possible.

Specialist brain injury solicitors

Brain injuries, including all types of traumatic brain injury and acquired brain injury, can result from incidents such as road traffic accidents, falls, workplace injuries, or medical negligence. Not all serious brain injuries are caused by high-impact trauma – seemingly minor incidents can also have devastating effects, altering a person’s cognitive and emotional functioning, physical abilities, independence and family relationships. Long-term care needs, along with lost earnings and therapy costs, are often central to brain injury compensation claims.

Every brain or head injury claim we handle is different, and we tailor our advice accordingly. Whatever the cause of your brain injury, we focus on early resolution of liability where possible. Our team aims to secure interim payments to fund urgent treatment and therapy, helping clients access specialist brain injury rehabilitation services that are proven to improve long-term outcomes.

Our specialist brain injury lawyers work with clinical case managers, therapists and rehabilitation professionals to build structured care plans. We provide practical help sourcing and adapting suitable housing, recruiting care teams, assessing transport needs, and funding therapy packages. Many of our injury claims involve cognitive and behavioural challenges, and our lawyers are familiar with addressing these complex issues as part of the broader brain injury claims process.

We also support families in cases involving children or adults lacking mental capacity, working with litigation friends and Court of Protection deputies to protect the client’s long-term welfare. In every successful brain injury claim, we assess all future losses, including loss of earnings, long-term therapy, equipment, accommodation and care costs before engaging in settlement discussions.

Everyone I have encountered at Penningtons Manches Cooper has been very compassionate and friendly, but professional at the same time.

Penningtons Manches Cooper is recommended by the brain injury charity Headway, as well as being accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Our team includes APIL Senior Accredited Litigators, and we are also listed on the Law Society’s personal injury lawyers panel, thanks to our reputation for securing substantial injury compensation claims.

If you or a family member have suffered a brain or head injury, our traumatic brain injury lawyers are here to help. We offer initial, no-obligation advice to guide you through the brain injury claims process and begin securing the support and compensation you need.

How we help our clients

Managing serious injury claims involving traumatic or acquired brain injury

Pursuing compensation after road traffic, workplace and other accidents

Supporting clients in making a head injury claim and accessing rehabilitation

Securing interim payments to fund early specialist treatment and care

Assessing therapy, accommodation and transport needs and seeking to meet them

Advising litigation friends and deputies in brain injury claims

Fully evaluating lifetime losses to build a successful brain injury claim

Sourcing and setting up full rehabilitation and care packages

Useful resources

Funding a personal injury claim

Making a personal injury claim

Those representing me showed a strong awareness of my injury and the effects on my life, which was reflected in the way they conducted my case.

Leading practice, well known for its expertise in catastrophic injury cases, particularly matters arising from RTAs. Handles a range of claims pertaining to fatal accidents, head and spinal injuries and amputations.

The team offers a high level of expertise and client-focused guidance. From the beginning, contact and engagement has been professional, caring and comprehensive.

The team are prompt and clear with their knowledge, and explain things easily and in a way that demonstrates deep understanding of the processes involved.

The whole team is superb and works well together. The level of expertise is excellent.

Recent work highlights

Rehabilitation after brain injury in RTA

Securing an admission of liability, private neurological clinic rehabilitation funding and alternative accommodation for a young man who suffered a significant brain injury as a result of a road traffic accident.

Admission of liability after serious crash

Representing a 20 year old woman who sustained a significant head injury in a head-on road traffic collision. We secured an early admission of liability from the defendant and obtained interim funding to support our client’s rehabilitation needs.

Support in complex brain injury case

Securing an admission of liability and interim funding to put in place a brain injury case manager, comprehensive therapy package, private surgery and childcare and domestic support for a young mother living with a complex brain injury.

Damages for pedestrian crossing injury

Securing damages for a dentist who suffered a head injury and various fractures when he was knocked over by a motorcyclist at a pedestrian crossing. He was left with ongoing physical and neuropsychological problems.

Catastrophic injury in car accident

Winning a substantial settlement for a 19 year old man who needs 24 hour support after suffering a catastrophic brain injury and multiple fractures following a collision in a car driven by his friend.

Fatal collision in country lane

Achieving a settlement for a driver seriously injured in a fatal road traffic accident while driving to work along a country lane, sustaining a traumatic brain injury, multiple fractures and the loss of sight in one eye.

Case studies

Our client was involved in a head-on collision while travelling as a front seat passenger in a friend’s car when she was an 18 year old student. She suffered a severe traumatic brain injury as well as various physical injuries.

Our personal injury specialists are acting for a young architect who was driving his car when it was hit head-on by a motorist who was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. As a result of his accident, he suffered multiple injuries.

Our client was involved in a head-on collision in which she sustained a very severe traumatic brain injury and spent several months in a coma. After the accident, a defect was discovered in the rear brakes of our client’s vehicle.

The impact from the defendant’s vehicle caused our client’s vehicle to move forward and collide with the car in front, meaning she suffered two impacts to the head.

We successfully recovered damages for a brain injured foreign national, working in a senior role for an international charity, who was hit by a car when returning home from Peckham Rye train station.