Determining the long term impact of a birth related brain injury is rarely straightforward.

For clinical negligence solicitors, understanding how paediatric neurologists assess prognosis, functional outcome and future disability can be critical when evaluating expert evidence, advising clients and preparing complex birth injury claims.

In this practical session, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist Dr Anirban Majumdar will explain how paediatric neurological evidence is applied in clinical negligence litigation, drawing on almost two decades of medico legal experience and more than 20 years in specialist clinical practice.

Using real case experience, Dr Majumdar will explore the assessment of cerebral palsy, epilepsy and wider neurological impairment, how prognosis develops throughout childhood, and the factors that influence long term outcome, life expectancy and future care requirements. The session will also examine where expert opinion most commonly differs and how paediatric neurology evidence fits alongside obstetric, neonatal and neuroradiology opinion when building or challenging a case.

You'll gain insight into:

• how paediatric neurologists assess long term neurological outcome following birth related brain injury
• what influences prognosis beyond the initial neonatal presentation
• the functional assessments used to evaluate disability and future needs
• how neurological evidence contributes to causation, prognosis and quantum
• where paediatric neurology sits alongside other expert disciplines in complex birth injury claims
• the issues most likely to give rise to differing expert opinion

About the Speaker

Dr Anirban Majumdar
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist

Dr Anirban Majumdar is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Bristol Children’s Hospital, with over two decades of experience in paediatrics and paediatric neurology. He has trained in leading centres across the UK and internationally, including Liverpool, London, Barcelona and Melbourne, and has a particular clinical focus on complex neurological and neuromuscular disorders.

He has substantial medico-legal experience, advising on clinical negligence claims involving paediatric neurological injury, including cerebral palsy and complex developmental conditions. He accepts instructions on behalf of both claimants and defendants and has experience giving evidence in the High Court, with a balanced approach to issues of breach, causation and prognosis.

Dr Majumdar’s practice includes assessment of long-term neurological outcomes, developmental trajectories and functional impairment, placing him at the centre of disputes concerning prognosis, life expectancy and future care needs. He also holds an MSc in Ethics and Law, supporting his work at the interface between clinical evidence and legal decision-making.

His combined clinical, research and medico-legal expertise enables him to provide clear, structured and defensible opinion on how early brain injury translates into long-term disability - and how that evidence is interpreted and challenged in litigation.