Case studies

Our clinical negligence team in London has recently obtained a settlement for a client who was a patient of the breast surgeon Ian Patterson.

Our medical negligence team has recently settled a claim for over £27 million on behalf of a 10 year old child who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of negligent care at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.

We have settled a case for delayed diagnosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome against Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Our client, a new mother, attended A&E complaining of numbness and a burning sensation from the waist down. She was also suffering from increased urinary frequency, with an altered sensation when she passed urine.

We obtained approval for a settlement on liability in a claim brought on behalf of a child against Watford General Hospital in relation to an alleged negligent delay in diagnosis of meningococcal septicaemia. As a result of this delay, the child’s leg had to be amputated.

We settled a claim for our client, whose wife died after two GPs failed to investigate her ongoing cough which transpired to be due to the presence of a lung tumour.

We have settled a claim against Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (Queen Alexandra Hospital) for failing to diagnose our client’s bile leak following a routine cholecystectomy (surgery to remove the gall bladder). This failure led to him suffering an avoidable period of extreme pain and suffering, resulting in a prolonged hospital stay.

We settled a claim for a client who had undergone knee surgery due to ongoing pain in her knees. Subsequent investigations suggested that, in fact, the pain was not caused by a problem in her knees but actually stemmed from osteoarthritis in her hips. Following subsequent hip surgery, our client recovered well.

Our client attended his GP surgery after suffering a degree of pain and swelling following an insect bite on his shin which had occurred a few days earlier.

We settled a claim for a client who had longstanding sinus difficulties which were attributed to polyps. As conservative management did not improve his symptoms, he underwent surgery to remove the polyps at a private hospital.

Our client, who underwent breast reduction surgery following weight loss, asked her surgeon for a reduction in her cup size from H to DD/E/F. She took photographs with her to the consultation as examples of how she wanted her breasts to look.

Our clinical negligence team has recently settled a claim for a capitalised sum of £17 million on behalf of a nine year old child who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of negligent treatment during her birth at a London hospital.

We have settled a claim against a plastic surgeon who failed to obtain adequate consent from our client regarding the placement of her breast implants. Breast augmentation surgery involves the creation of a pocket that allows for the breast implant to be placed above or below the chest muscle. The pocket can be made in one of two places: either under the breast itself, known as sub-glandular or sub-mammary; or under both the breast and chest muscle, known as sub-muscular or sub-pectoral placement.