Siobhan Genever

Siobhan has represented a number of claimants who have suffered a brain injury at the time of their birth, leading to significant disabilities. She is particularly concerned to ensure that these clients obtain maximum compensation and that their needs for therapies, equipment and accommodation are properly met.

Recent Work

Siobhan has achieved several multi-million pound settlements for her clients. A recent case involved over-use of Syntocinon; a drug used to induce labour. Syntocinon should be carefully monitored when used. In this case the uterus was over-stimulated and this situation was allowed to continue for a long period, leading to distress to the baby who suffered brain damage and was born with significant disabilities as a result of this. The settlement which was achieved in this case allowed the child to have access to lifetime care, aids and equipment and therapies that would not have been available to him through state provision. The family were also able to move out of their very small and unsuitable accommodation to more spacious accommodation allowing for a better quality of life for the child. The child was awarded a lump sum in excess of £2.5 million with ongoing annual payments.

Recent Work

• A. B. – Siobhan settled a birth injury case for £2.25 million.
• C. B. – Death of a young mother from metastatic cervical cancer – misreporting of smear test settled for £500,000.
• O. M. – Wrongful birth spina bifida. The case was settled for £500,000.
• M. S. – Misreporting smear test resulting in spread and recurrence of cervical cancer, settled for £225,000.
• Wrongful birth; failure to diagnose Down’s Syndrome during pregnancy. Settled for £1.2 million.
• Organ Retention Group Litigation; Siobhan represented several bereaved parents in the group litigation arising from the retention of deceased children’s’ organs without consent. This practice was subsequently abolished as a result of these cases.
• Birth injury, excessive use of syntocinon resulting in rupture of the uterus and brain damage to the baby.  Siobhan settled the case for a £2 million lump sum, plus annual periodical payments for life.
• Siobhan has acted on many birth injury cases, due to a delay in proceeding to caesarean section.  These have settled for sums often in excess of excess of several million pounds.