Case studies

This tragic case involved a failure by a gastroenterology team to appreciate the significance of and to act upon the findings of abdominal imaging that indicated an increased risk of gallbladder cancer for our client, the claimant.

Our specialists settled a claim shortly before trial for a man who attended St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey soon after developing signs of Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES). He presented with back pain, right leg weakness, numbness in his saddle area and difficulty passing urine – all red flag signs of developing CES.

We acted for the claimant in this clinical negligence claim for unnecessary gynaecological surgery against an NHS trust. Our client had a history of painful and heavy periods and she was advised to have a hysterectomy. While this was correct advice, she was also advised to undergo a sacrocolpopexy procedure with insertion of vaginal mesh which was inappropriate and wrong.

We acted for a claimant who underwent unnecessary surgery for a primary prolapse repair that left her with ongoing problems including chronic pain and requiring further major surgery.

We recently acted for a young woman who suffered life-changing injuries following the unnecessary surgical insertion of mesh to treat stress incontinence. The trust admitted liability after the claimant developed mesh erosion leading to the removal of the eroded part of the mesh and urinary problems including frequency, urgency and nocturia. She subsequently required future treatment including bladder physiotherapy and Botox.

We have secured substantial damages of £200,000 for a young man injured in a road traffic accident on a bend in a country lane in Dorset.

We have negotiated the settlement of a claim for a client in his 70s who suffered a below knee amputation as a result of a road traffic accident. He was riding his moped along a main road when a car pulled out of a side junction.

Our medical negligence team has settled a substantial claim against the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford for the failure to diagnose a shoulder fracture, resulting in lifelong injuries for our client.

We were instructed to pursue a claim for unnecessary urogynaecology surgery by a client who was wrongly advised that she needed an operation for mild stress incontinence when conservative treatment would have been successful.

We have recently secured damages of £2.5 million in a claim for negligence against a private consultant ophthalmic surgeon, relating to laser eye surgery performed on our client at Optegra, an eye clinic in Guildford, Surrey.

We have recently achieved a negotiated settlement for a client in his early thirties, who was catastrophically injured while out cycling with his fiancée.

The claimant in this case received £60,000 for a private gynaecologist’s failure to amend her consent form and discuss with her the change in surgical procedure to a subtotal hysterectomy rather than a total hysterectomy.