Case studies

We agreed the settlement of a claim against Basildon Hospital for a number of alleged failings in the management of our client’s wrist fracture, which resulted in a significant delay in surgery and in turn, caused our client to suffer with many avoidable long-term problems.

We acted for a client who was the victim of clinical negligence while on a cruise. Her claim was governed by the Athens Convention. The defendant cruise liner was also the supplier of a package holiday within the meaning of the Package Tours, Package Holidays and Package Travel Regulations.

We represented a 12-year-old child who sustained injury while travelling on a flight from England to Turkey. During the journey, a crew member spilt boiling water on our client’s right arm causing significant burns.

We are acting for a client who was injured on her return journey to the UK. She was travelling from Palma Airport and had passed through passport control. However, on her way to the departure gate, she slipped on some liquid that had been spilt on the floor.

Our client requires wheelchair assistance when travelling by air. On arrival at Manchester Airport, she was transferred into a vehicle used to transport passengers with limited mobility from the tarmac in front of the aircraft to the arrivals lounge. There was one driver and one person providing assistance.

Our client, a keen jogger, was out running along a local route in high visibility clothing when she was hit by an oncoming vehicle while crossing the road. She was knocked down and sustained a fracture to the left humerus and to the left fibula.

We have recently settled a claim for a client who suffered an injury to her lower eyelids from dermal filler injections. Our client was not warned that such an injury could occur and would not have proceeded with the procedure if she had been aware of this.

We were instructed to investigate the delayed diagnosis and treatment of wet macular degeneration in an extremely sprightly 81 year old lady who was very active in the community and was still working part time. Due to an administrative error, her referral for investigations for suspected wet macular degeneration was delayed and she was not seen within the mandatory two week period.

We have recovered £25,000 from London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust for the avoidable pain and suffering of our client’s late mother, Mrs B, after she developed pressure sores while under the care of the district nurses employed by Ealing Hospital NHS Trust (now London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust).

We acted for a client whose ectopic pregnancy should have been diagnosed before she suffered a burst fallopian tube which required life-saving treatment. At five weeks pregnant, she experienced light bleeding and her GP found that her hCG levels had not doubled as would be expected with a healthy pregnancy. She was referred to an Early Pregnancy Unit at Wycombe Hospital and her GP raised the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy. After an ultrasound scan found no evidence of an intrauterine or extrauterine pregnancy, she was told that she had had a complete miscarriage but that there was a possibility of a pregnancy of unknown location.

We recently represented a client in a claim against Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust following a delay in diagnosing her breast cancer.

We settled a claim for an accident at work where our client sustained serious upper limb fractures due to a fall. Our client was walking across the entrance hall of her place of employment when she slipped and fell heavily on her arm.