Case studies

We have settled a medical negligence claim against East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust after our client’s baby daughter was tragically stillborn, following negligent management of her pregnancy.

We have recently settled a claim against the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a client who suffered pain and emotional distress following a delay in performing an appendectomy (the removal of an appendix).

We have recently settled a claim against the Rochdale Infirmary for a client who was not properly informed of the risks associated with the use of transvaginal tapes.

We have secured settlement for a client who pursued a clinical negligence claim against Royal Surrey County Hospital. The claim arose following a negligent delay in diagnosing and removing an object retained within our client’s left eye, which caused our client to suffer a severe infection and led to complete loss of sight from his left eye.

We have settled a claim against Spire Healthcare Ltd for a client who suffered an anastomotic leak following gastric bypass revision surgery, leading to the need for further surgery and causing her a problematic recovery.

We have represented a young girl in her clinical negligence claim, which arose from a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of her dislocated hips at birth. We investigated her early paediatric care and evidenced the failure to make a timely diagnosis of hip dysplasia.

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 have secured settlement for a client who pursued a clinical negligence claim against her private maxillofacial surgeon and The London Clinic (the hospital). The claim arose following her wisdom tooth extraction surgery in March 2017, during which she suffered a burn to her lower lip and cheek.

Our medical negligence team in London has secured a settlement for a 56-year-old mother of four whose diagnosis of ovarian cancer was delayed for seven months. She had presented to her GP complaining of abdominal symptoms.

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.

The claimant was born by ventouse delivery at 41 weeks gestation. His condition was poor on delivery, with grunting, jitteriness and some bleeding from the umbilical cord.

We have settled a claim on behalf of our client, whose ruptured right distal biceps tendon was misdiagnosed when he attended Russells Hall Hospital A&E.