Case studies

We have settled a claim after a hospital failed to make a timely diagnosis of osteosarcoma (a primary bone cancer) and instead interpreted two sets of X-rays as only showing a minor fracture. Our client was put in a knee brace and referred for physiotherapy, which he attended and tried his best to complete, but experienced significant pain and anxiety.

We have advised on a claim against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust for a mother of two teenage daughters who, during her diagnosis for breast cancer, was wrongly told that she did not have the inherited form of the disease.

We have recently settled a claim against two GPs at Thatcham Medical Practice in Berkshire for a client who suffered a delay in diagnosis of her bowel cancer. The delay led to months of unnecessary pain and suffering.

We have secured a settlement for a client who pursued a medical negligence claim on behalf of the estate and dependants of his late wife.

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.

We are representing a young woman in her early 20s with a medical negligence claim arising out of a delayed diagnosis of thyroid cancer. The central allegations relate to a 15 month delay in diagnosis and the implications this has had for her.

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.

Our client was training to be a medical doctor when he was diagnosed with an abdominal tumour.

We concluded a claim for a woman who was informed she had pancreatic cancer and underwent major surgery to remove her pancreas, only to be told her tumour was benign.

We have settled a claim for a client against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust following a delay in diagnosing her anal cancer.

Partner Stephanie Code and associate Elizabeth Maloney have successfully settled a claim for a client whose breast cancer was not properly investigated and who suffered serious complications from a double mastectomy she did not need to have.

We have secured a considerable financial settlement for our client who pursued a claim on behalf of her late husband, after a negligent delay in diagnosing his prostate cancer caused his premature death.