
Abigail Ringer
Senior Associate
Birth Injury | Injury | Medical negligence
Abigail graduated in medicine from Cambridge University in 2005 and completed her Legal Practice Certificate with CILEx Law School thereafter. With a solid background in both medicine and law, Abigail brings valuable insights to handling medical negligence claims. She specialises in cases on behalf of children affected by cerebral palsy.
About Abigail
Abigail joined our Medical Negligence team in Spring 2015, having previously worked in medical negligence at a law firm in Cambridge.
She is passionate about enhancing the quality of life of differently-abled children and wrote our Cerebral Palsy Guide as a practical guide for families. She also set up the Little Champions page on Instagram which celebrates the courage of children living with a brain injury. Abigail manages all new birth injury cases which have resulted in a brain injury to the baby.
With a solid background in both medicine and law, Abigail brings valuable insights to handling medical negligence claims. She specialises in complex and high value birth injury claims and works closely with partner Kerstin Scheel.
Memberships
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
AXZ v Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (2022) Settlement of over £9 million on behalf of a little girl affected by quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy because of a shortage of oxygen when she was born. Senior Associate to Kerstin Scheel, Partner.
RXW v St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2021). Settlement of over £24 million on behalf of a young boy affected by cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties as a result of sustaining hypoxic ischaemic brain damage at birth. Associate to Kerstin Scheel, Partner.
LXJ v University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (2021). Settlement of over £10 million on behalf of a little boy affected by quadriplegic cerebral palsy and severe learning difficulties following a shortage of oxygen at birth. Associate to Kerstin Scheel, Partner.
Settlement of over $40 million on behalf of a little girl born in England but who now resides in the US, with quadriplegic cerebral palsy as a result of a failure to identify fetal growth restriction. Senior Associate to Kerstin Scheel, Partner.
Settlement of over £13.7m on behalf of a 10 year old girl affected by developmental delay, truncal hypotonia and bilateral hearing loss due to a shortage of oxygen when she was born. Senior Associate to Kerstin Scheel, Partner.
Settlement of over £12 million on behalf of a 12 year old boy who suffered hypoxic ischaemic brain damage and consequently from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy (GMFCS 5), epilepsy, visual impairment and severe learning difficulties. Senior Associate to Simon Elliman, Partner.
"Abigail Ringer is not only a fine lawyer, but her work rate is prodigious, she has incredible attention to detail and a calm, reassuring and supportive manner with clients." King's Counsel
“Abigail Ringer is not only a fine lawyer, but her work rate is prodigious, she has incredible attention to detail and a calm, reassuring and supportive manner with clients. A real gem”.
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