"Subtle" Brain Injury Claims - Pankaj Madan, Exchange Chambers & 12 King's Bench Walk
22/06/15. This article will give a brief overview, of “Subtle” Traumatic Brain Injury (“STBI”), what it is and how to recognise it and what causes it. We will look at whether this is a Psychiatric or Organic injury or even real. We will then turn to the management of a case involving Subtle Brain Injury and what lawyers can do practically to ensure the best outcome in such a case.
Understanding the Brain
As an area of medicine perhaps less than 5% of all there is to be known is in fact, known about the brain, how it operates and how it controls us and how it can deteriorate. Without this understanding this is one of the most difficult areas of personal injury law. Diagnosing brain injury is fraught with difficulty not helped by the adversarial process. Damages can be sizeable but damages in themselves are not enough without rehabilitation and structure to a claimant’s life.
The human brain is a complex structure with 10 the power of 11 neurons. There are more neurons in the human brain than there are stars that have been observed in the sky
What can cause injury to the brain?
Injury to the brain can occur as a result of a number of conditions including...
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