Case studies

We settled a claim against Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust for a client whose elderly husband fractured his humerus following a fall from a hospital bed at East Surrey Hospital. Her husband later died, although his death was caused by his underlying medical condition rather than the fall itself.

Our clinical negligence team settled a claim against The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust for a young woman who fell while she was an in-patient following the birth of her daughter. The incident occurred when she was visiting the lavatory unassisted several hours after giving birth. She had suffered serious post-partem bleeding and had complained to nursing staff of feeling lightheaded.

We settled a claim against a former GP for a delayed diagnosis of kidney cancer which led to our client’s death.

We have settled a claim against Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for negligence relating to the treatment received by our client when giving birth to her baby in December 2012.

We have settled a claim against James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a missed diagnosis of skin cancer which led to a client’s premature death.

We settled a claim against a dermatologist for delayed diagnosis of the genetic condition Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) which subsequently led to delayed diagnosis of bowel cancer.

Our clinical negligence team has settled a claim against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust for a client whose wife died following a fall in hospital.

We have settled a claim for a client whose mother died following a fall in a Care UK home in Surrey. In the five days leading up to the incident, she suffered four falls while she was unattended in the home.