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Accused of Non-Accidental Injury?

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Has your child been injured accidentally? Explanation not accepted by the hospital? Accused of non-accidental injury (NAI)?

Then you have come to the right firm.

All at Brendan Fleming Solicitors* can give you specialist help in standing up to social services

You will need a legal representative who is able to steer you through the proceedings of a non-accidental injury case and the nightmare you are about to face.

You will need help understanding the complex evidence so that you can present your non-accidental injury case in the best way possible before the Court. 

By visiting this page, rest assured that you have already taken the first step to giving yourself the very best chance of having your child returned to your care.

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Your Situation

If your child has been injured, and that injury is said to be unexplained or the explanation is not accepted, then as a parent, or someone with parental responsibility, you may face court proceedings for alleged Non-Accidental Injury.

If it is considered unsafe, you face being separated from your child until the Court date and they could be placed outside your family with foster carers. Then worst case scenario, once investigations have completed and it is deemed unsafe for you child to remain in your care, they may not be returned to you, and adoption may be the outcome.

Here are Brendan Fleming Solicitors*, we work from the outset to get your child returned to your care and prevent the possibility of adoption. There are of course many alternatives to adoption and our team has great experience dealing with all such scenarios.

Are you an intervenor? If you have been caring for a child within the timeframe of an unexplained injury, you may be invited to be an intervenor in the Court proceedings. We at Brendan Fleming Solicitors* regularly represent intervenors in this position. Contact us now if you are in this position and need to speak to our specialist non-accidental injury team.

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Our non-accidental injury team has national reputation for good reason.

Non-accidental injury claims are some of the most serious allegations that you will face in care proceedings and they can be extremely complex. The Brendan Fleming Solicitors* non-accidental injury team are here to help.

We have a specialised department exclusively dealing with alleged NAI claims.

The Non-Accidental Injury Team at Brendan Fleming

Rebecca Ward

Director, Head of Care & NAI, Children’s Law Accredited

Samantha Gallett

Legal Executive, Head of Private Law, Family Law Advanced Accredited

Steffi Butler

Family Law Caseworker, Associate

Ellie Satterthwaite

Solicitor, Associate

Natasha Satterthwaite

Solicitor, Senior Associate, Family Law Advanced Accredited

This team is headed by Rebecca Ward who has devoted the last 10 years almost exclusively to this area of law. She as been involved in many cutting edge cases, just like the one you are currently facing.

As the area of alleged NAI is ever growing, all legal representatives at Brendan Fleming will be happy to help you. If you would like to read more about our NAI team and the work we have done, click here to read more.

If you are a parent or someone with parental responsibility, legal aid will be non-means, non merits tested when in Court. For anyone else or before Court, please call to discuss the many options available.

Please do not delay in contacting the team as we need to move quickly to ensure we can start representing you with no delay. The quicker we are instructed, the quicker we can start helping you.

If your case has already started, it may not be too late to work with us as there is still chance that we can take over. Contact us to discuss the options that may be available.

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Rebecca Ward

Director, Head of Care & NAI, Children’s Law Accredited

I just wanted to message you and say thank you so much for all your help and everyone you've done along with your colleagues at the firm, you've been amazing and I just wanted to express my gratitude
Thank you for everything you have done to help you and Brendan Fleming have been truly amazing the whole way through
Thank you for all your hard work, thank you for all your support. I couldn’t have a better outcome than this. I’m over the moon.
It's been a hell of a journey, but we our delighted with the happy ending. Thank you so much for all your work and efforts.
Katie has been incredibly supportive during my time of need. Katie always listened and reassured me, and always ensured I understood the process as sometimes the language used in proceedings is confusing. Katie would be very responsive to my calls or emails and would let me know if she was going to be away. I could not have asked for anything better, Katie is a total asset to your company. She is passionate about the work she does and clearly works very hard.
I just wanted to thank you for all of your help, you really have worked so hard on my behalf and I really do thank you for your clear instructions and the ease you have made me feel within this process
Your compassion and generosity of time will never be forgotten by us.
Thank you so much Ellie for your message and for all your time, patience, motivation, understanding and hard work in all the work you have done for me and mine.
We would not hesitate to use Brendon Fleming again should we ever need to and will be certain to recommend them time and again.
Thank you for supporting and representing me through what was the worst time in my life.
I would just like to say a massive thank you to you personally for all you have done for me over recent weeks, all the free advise you gave me even before legal aid was even granted, all the hard work to get the application into court as swiftly as you did despite complications with legal aid at the start, and the statement to go into court. You and your firm have being nothing but good to me and despite yesterday not going the way I would have hoped, the barrister who attended court did an extremely good job defending me in court and was very compassionate towards myself through out. I can't thank you both enough I really can't. If I ever needed a solicitors firm in the future I would look no further and would contact Brendan Flemming without hesitation.
Thank you so much for your help understanding and patience with me and my case I appreciate all your hard work and also Andrew was amazing professional and very kind for attending the last hearing I am forever grateful can't thank you both enough
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We are also honoured to have received high praise from Barrister's over the years.

“Rebecca Ward has a national reputation as a solicitor acting in non-accidental injury cases for parents. She has always impressed me with her ability to strike up a rapport with her clients and the opponents in cases. She is regularly seen in cases as the person who gets things done. Her attention to detail is phenomenal. In my experience Rebecca’s clients can rely on her to give them realistic advice at the outset of their cases and she will ensure that the client’s interests are robustly presented throughout. Rebecca’s immense skill in her chosen sphere ensures that she makes a real difference for her clients.”
Vanessa Meachin KC, 3PB
“As a barrister representing parents in cases in which non-accidental injury is alleged I breathe a sigh of relief when I am instructed by Rebecca Ward and the team at Brendan Fleming. I know that the client will have received sympathetic and sensible advice about their case. I know that the right experts will have been identified to assist in the case and I know that because Rebecca and her team specialise in these types of cases, the experts they approach will be known to them as helpful and objective witnesses. I’ve experience of Rebecca with her clients in conference with me I so I know, first hand, that the clients get straightforward and sensible advice.”
Stephen Abberley , 3PB
“Rebecca Ward’s attention to detail and ability to build a close working relationship with the client and the barristers she instructs makes her an obvious “go to” solicitor for complex Non-Accidental Injury and Fabricated or Induced Illness cases. She works exceptionally hard for her clients, has a forensic approach, and always goes the extra mile in case preparation. The breadth of Rebecca’s specialist knowledge in these cases makes her really stand out.’”
Steven Howard, 3PB
“Rebecca has a hugely successful national practice dealing with allegations of child death, non-accidental injury and all forms of child abuse. She has a well-established reputation for achieving outstanding results for her clients. She takes time to get to know her clients (parents and carers) and to understand how their individual backgrounds and circumstances have contributed to the issues in the case. She has excellent working relationships with world class medical experts and ensures that they are instructed whenever required. In parallel, she briefs specialist barristers who she considers best able to represent her clients throughout the proceedings and at trial. Her clients can expect a truly exceptional standard of care.
Lucy Hendry, 3PB
“I have known Rebecca in my professional capacity as a barrister for well over 10 years. I have worked with many other professional in this field and Rebecca’s expertise and experience is second to none. Rebecca has a fundamental grasp of both the complex medical and legal issues at play in these complex cases and has the ability to relay that to her clients in an understandable and “user friendly” manner. I would have no problem in making it clear that she is quite clearly one of the best, and certainly “go to solicitors”, in practice in the complex area of physical trauma allegedly caused to children by adults.”
Dorian Day, 3PB Barristers
Rebecca is a real expert in non accidental injury cases. She is fully committed to each and every client, she goes the extra mile to ensure that clients are always kept fully informed about their case and understand what is happening at each and every stage. She has a remarkable depth of knowledge about medical issues and is always able to quickly identify the real issues in a case. For a parent accused of injuring a child they could not have better representation.”
Carolyn Jones, St Philips Chambers
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About Brendan Fleming Solicitors*

Established in 1982, at Brendan Fleming Solicitors* we specialise in Family Law, offering our clients expert legal advice in both Public and Private Law matters, including Care Proceedings, Non-Accidental Injury, Divorce and Financial Remedy, Children’s Proceedings and issues with Social Services.

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