Abigail Ringer
Senior Associate
Birth Injury | Injury | Medical negligence
About Abigail
Abigail joined our Medical Negligence team in Spring 2015, having previously worked in medical negligence at a law firm in Cambridge.
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.
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
Bristol Medico-Legal Society
Bristol Law Society
Society of Doctors in Law
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.
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“I cannot speak more highly of Abigail Ringer, who handled our medical negligence case in the most exceptional way. Despite it being a long and painful process for our family, Abby was incredibly sensitive, patient and understanding. Both her legal knowledge and understanding of complex medical issues that arose were impressive.”
"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."
“Abby was on top of every detail in this hugely complex case and would and could answer any query I had at any time. She worked at pace to extraordinary deadlines with humour and steely resolve. She also thought through some very difficult issues requiring statistical and mathematical thinking that was beyond our experts. Without her input, it would have been really challenging to get this case over the line.”
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