Brachial Plexus Injury
Claim Compensation for a Brachial Plexus Injury
At Osbornes Law, our specialist brachial plexus injury solicitors advise clients nationwide on claiming compensation.
“Fielding a first class, very well resourced team of litigators, the personal injury department at Osbornes is rated for its diverse workload of complex, high-value injury claims.”
“Osbornes is a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims.”
Specialist solicitors for brachial plexus injury claims and compensation
Brachial plexus injuries are life-changing. They can leave you with ongoing pain, weakness, or even permanent paralysis in your arm. If your injury was caused by an accident or medical negligence, you may be entitled to claim compensation.
What is a brachial plexus injury?
The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that runs from the neck through the shoulder and into the arm. In adults the commonest cause of injury is stretching of the brachial plexus usually sustained during a road traffic accident, mainly in motorcyclists. Damage to these nerves can cause:
- Severe pain
- Loss of sensation
- Muscle weakness
- Partial or total paralysis in the arm
Can I claim compensation for a brachial plexus injury?
Yes. If your injury was caused by someone else’s negligence, you can bring a compensation claim. Examples include:
- Road traffic accidents – collisions involving cars, motorbikes or cyclists.
- Workplace accidents – falls, faulty equipment, or unsafe practices.
- Slips, trips and falls – where poor maintenance or negligence caused your injury.
- Medical negligence – mistakes during surgery, delayed diagnosis, or errors during childbirth.
How much compensation can I get for a brachial plexus injury?
Compensation depends on the severity of your injury and its impact on your life.
- Moderate injuries (pain, limited movement): awards can reach £15,000–£60,000.
- Severe injuries (permanent weakness or paralysis): settlements can exceed £100,000.
- Catastrophic cases (such as combined spinal or amputation injuries): awards can run into the millions, especially where lifelong care or loss of earnings is involved.
Our solicitors will carefully calculate your claim to include:
- Pain and suffering
- Lost earnings (past and future)
- Rehabilitation and physiotherapy
- Specialist equipment and care needs
- Home or vehicle adaptations
Why choose Osbornes Law?
At Osbornes Law, our team of experienced and dedicated personal injury solicitors have been successfully representing clients for over 50 years. Our specialist knowledge and expertise in handling brachial plexus injury claims means we can provide you with the best possible legal advice and representation.
- Recognised experts: Ranked in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK for serious injury claims.
- Proven results: We have secured multi-million-pound settlements for clients with catastrophic nerve and amputation injuries.
- Specialist team: Lawyers with in-depth expertise in nerve injury claims.
- Client-first approach: Clear, jargon-free advice and a commitment to maximising your compensation.
- No win, no fee: You don’t pay us unless we win your case.
Our experience in brachial plexus injury claims
Secured £5 million for a client who suffered a below-knee amputation and brachial plexus damage in a motorcycle accident.
- Rob Aylott achieved a £5m settlement for a 54-year-old man following a motorbike accident. As a result of the accident, our client sustained a serious injury that required below-knee amputation and a damaged brachial plexus. Find out more here
- Kate Milton, settled a claim for a 27-year-old motorcyclist who was involved in a motorbike accident, in excess of £3 million. Find out more here.
- Kate Milton and Diana Magyar achieved a substantial financial payout for our client, who was riding his motorbike in London when a lorry turned across a junction and hit him. The accident left him with a severe brachial plexus injury. Find out more here.
How do I make a brachial plexus injury claim?
We understand the devastating impact of brachial plexus injuries. Our team has helped countless motorcyclists navigate the complexities of these claims. The claims process involves:
- Free consultation – we discuss your case and advise on whether you can claim.
- Investigation – gathering medical records, accident evidence, and expert reports.
- Compensation assessment – valuing your claim based on injury severity and financial loss.
- Negotiation or litigation – securing settlement or representing you in court if needed.
How long do I have to claim?
In most cases, you will need to make your claim within three years of the accident or when the injury was diagnosed.
There are exceptions for claims involving children and vulnerable people. Please get in touch with our team as soon as possible to find out if you are within the statutory time limit for making a claim.
Can I get interim payments?
Yes, in serious cases we often secure early payments to cover rehabilitation, private treatment, or living expenses.
What other types of injuries can I claim for?
We have helped clients claim compensation for a wide range of injuries including:
- Ankle Injury Claims
- Back Injury Claims
- Elbow Injury Claims
- Finger Injury Claims
- Foot Injury Claims
- Hand Injury Claims
- Hip Injury Claims
- Knee Injury Claims
- Leg Injury Claims
- Neck Injury Claims
- Shoulder Injury Claims
- Spinal Injury Claims
- Wrist Injury Claims
Contact us today
To speak with one of our personal injury solicitors:
- Fill in our online enquiry form; or
- Call us on 020 7485 8811
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Osbornes fields a solid team of high quality practitioners, active in a range of catastrophic injury claims.
Osbornes prepares cases well; the whole team is good and lawyers there know their stuff.
They deal with people compassionately and take on the right amount of detail. The firm has some really brilliant key solicitors.
The personal injury team is responsive and its level of service towards clients and other professionals is exceptional and high quality
The team offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims and regularly acts for foreign nationals.
It has considerable experience in cases arising from motor accidents and accidents at work
Osbornes is a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims.
Their team includes bright, hard-working solicitors dedicated to achieving successful outcomes for their clients from partner level to paralegal. Their client care is exceptional.
They are a team who are highly respected in the PI sector.
This is an excellent PI team doing a broad range of PI work.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims, with notable strength in acting for European clients for whom English is not a first language.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims.
"Osbornes always provides work of excellent quality and the advice is sound."
"The firm has the ability to handle the most sophisticated and complex matters."
"Osbornes is always client-focused and works tirelessly to obtain the best outcomes."
'The team deals with multi-million pound, often multifaceted claims, involving such factors as severe brain, psychiatric, gynaecological and spinal injury, major trauma, amputation and fatality.'
"They are a boutique firm with highly experienced partners who are well-respected in the industry."
"The team at Osbornes deals with catastrophic injury claims with the same professionalism as the largest firms, but provides a much more client-focused experience."
"A really first-rate team, well capable of dealing with the most serious and complex injuries."
"This team has carved out an exceptional reputation in catastrophic injury work."
"Osbornes has impressed me with their personal touch for clients whilst offering a first-class handling of catastrophic injury claims. The partners all have vast experience and are highly respected in their field."
"This is a really excellent personal injury team that can be regarded as one of the major players in the London claimant personal injury market."
"Osbornes have managed to recruit a team of outstanding catastrophic injury lawyers who are at the top of the game."
"They punch well above their weight. The quality of service they provide equals that of any of the larger top-name firms in this area"
Ben Posford is fiercely bright, with an unrivalled passion for his clients’ cases. His encyclopaedic knowledge of all things PI is second to none. His foresight and commercial nous have propelled Osbornes into the highest echelons of the market where they rightly belong.
The firm has an excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants, managed by recruiting paralegals with multi-language skills – an impressive route for expansion of the caseload.
Great expanding team with expertise and respect in the sector. Led by a commercially savvy and business minded team.
A really excellent group of PI solicitors, notable for their individual quality.’
A niche firm that punches well above its weight in the catastrophic injury sector, borne out by the quality of work they obtain.
This combination of experience and diligence reaps massive rewards for clients, Osbornes being well known in the industry as a fantastic firm.
The Osbornes personal injury team now comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business.
Ben Posford is one of London’s best catastrophic injury lawyers, in my view. He is a real brain injury specialist.
Excellent coverage of personal injury, and traumatic brain injury. There is a real specialism in claimants who do not speak English as a first language.
The group is noted for its expertise in matters relating to cycling injuries, and is the official legal partner of the London Cycling Campaign charity.
To complement its strong reputation for high-value and complex personal injury work, the firm continues to develop its 'excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants'
"Osbornes comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business"
"A small but high-powered team, dealing with cases of significant value and complexity."
"An excellent firm which achieves fantastic outcomes for clients."
"Osbornes Law have captured the magic of keeping the customer service levels of a smaller firm whilst having all the expertise and power of the biggest firms."
"A superb boutique catastrophic injury firm."
"Really good at dealing with people who have suffered a serious injury."
"Affable and charming with very good client-handling skills."
"superb firm with consummate professionals and a human touch."
Osbornes now has a team of highly experienced personal injury lawyers; particularly strong on high-value quantum cases, workplace accidents and claims involving foreign workers injured in the UK.
The team provides fantastic strength-in-depth for personal injury claims. It is also particularly well placed to service clients from Eastern Europe with specialist native language speakers. From the smallest case to a multimillion-pound spinal injury case, Osbornes has the right staff to manage every claim.
Ben Posford remains pre-eminent in his field with expert understanding of litigating cases of the upmost severity. His experience builds on Stuart Kightley’s running of the firm with recent partner additions of Rob Aylott making a fantastic addition.
A firm going from strength-to strength-which retains its client care whilst being able to offer a full personal injury service.
Beneath Ben Posford’s calm and reassuring presence, which clients love, lies a formidable tactical and legal brain. His experience tells and he gets it right at every stage of the process from arranging the best possible rehabilitation, to ensuring, so far as possible, a polite relationship with those acting for the defendant in order to ensure best and early resolution of the claim.
"Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team."
"They have an expanding profile in personal injury and clinical negligence and offer a superb, broad service in accidents abroad, enabled by their recruitment of bilingual legal executives who can guide non-English speakers through complex litigation."
"Solid personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims arising from fatalities and severe head and spinal injuries."
"Offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims."
"Offers specialist expertise in cauda equina syndrome cases."
"An exceptional outfit. They take on difficult cases, fight hard and win."
"Stuart Kightley is an incredibly empathetic solicitor who is very knowledgeable about traumatic brain injury."
"They are an outstanding firm to work with. They are consistently impressive in their work."
"Osbornes often handles claims valued at over £1m, particularly relating to severe brain and spinal cord injuries and niche areas such as cauda equina syndrome and cycling accidents."
"The hard-working, thorough and committed Robert Aylott, who brings significant heavyweight personal injury experience."
"Key team members include the energetic and personable Stuart Kightley who is head of the personal injury department."
"Osbornes has a growing influence and impressive work load and is gaining a reputation for handling complex catastrophic work."
"Catastrophic injury cases head Ben Posford is an excellent practical litigator who offers exceptional service."
"Stuart is also very experienced in advising on fatal accidents and workplace accidents."
Thank you for the hard work and patience and for being so patient with my constant questions.
"I have found Osbornes to be thorough, clear and understanding from the initial call. They do exactly what they say they will and with passion! I would recommend them to anyone".
Very good efficient service. Would not hesitate to use again.
I will use Osbornes for any future needs.
I don't think I could have asked for anything more. One of the best dealings I've had with the legal profession.
Sam was excellent and very professional in dealing with our claim.
Head of the personal injury department, Stuart Kightley is a first-rate practitioner, wholly focused on getting his client the best outcome in a pragmatic, sensible and consensual manner.
As a real specialist in spinal cord injuries, Ben Posford is always looking at new angles on how to maximise his cases.
Ben Posford is one of the best catastrophic injury lawyers around.
They provide exceptional service, great knowledge and understanding of the law, excellent client care and tactical nous
Stuart Kightley is praised for his expertise in catastrophic and fatal claims. Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team.
My claim was dealt with efficiently and professionally. Communication was excellent, and timely. Shrewd and sound advice was provided at every stage of the claim from beginning through to completion. On the basis of my personal experience I would strongly recommend Osbornes.
I just wish to thank you for your hard work and successful outcome. I am pleased with the result and would recommend you and your firm to anyone in the future.
Ben Posford … is ‘tactically astute’ and ‘one of the best personal injury solicitors around’.
Ben Posford ‘knows how to maximise the value of the claim for his clients’.
