Cases involving children need specialists and often take a long time because we have to see how the child is going to develop before we can reach a settlement.

Alison Parker recently negotiated a settlement of £9million for a teenager severely brain injured in a road accident as a baby. His life expectancy was only just less than the average. The eventual settlement was approved by the court.

Whilst the whole case took about 10 years (which is not unusual in cases involving young children), substantial interim payments were made while the child was growing up.