Case studies

We settled a claim against Princess Royal University Hospital in Kent for a radiologist’s failure to investigate a lesion identified on our client’s chest X-ray, which resulted in him losing the likely prospect of curative surgery. He was faced with a terminal illness by the time of his actual diagnosis.

We are representing a young boy who has athetoid cerebral palsy and hearing loss, with learning difficulties, enamel dysplasia and impaired vertical eye movements, due to his form of brain damage called kernicterus.

We have settled a case on behalf of our client, a man in his 30s, who was left with long-term neurological damage from developing cauda equina syndrome.

We have recently settled a claim for a GP client who suffered loss of vision and visual disturbance because of negligent anaesthetic management during spinal surgery.

Our clinical negligence team achieved a settlement for a client who developed an aggressive form of gum disease, chronic periodontitis, which went untreated by her private dentist for over a decade. Our client reported progressive bleeding to her gums and tooth mobility on her successive visits to her dentist. However, he failed to examine her properly and record his clinical findings in an appropriate way so as to monitor the deterioration of her condition. She was not advised of her condition or referred to an appropriate specialist when this became mandatory.

We have recently settled a claim against Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust for alleged damage caused to our 82 year old client’s left phrenic nerve during the course of aortic valve replacement surgery.

We have settled a claim for our client, Mr P, a man in his fifties who had experienced a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of cauda equina syndrome with serious consequences.

We have settled a claim for a cyclist who was badly injured when he was hit by a car while riding around Clapham Common in London. The motorist hit our client from behind before driving over him and away from the scene.

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 secured a substantial settlement for an elderly woman who was hit by a car as she crossed the road and sustained serious injuries, including a head injury, fractures to the right fibula and tibia, a fractured pelvis and cracked ribs.

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 recently obtained a settlement for a 90 year old client who sustained a fall at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, fracturing her right hip and requiring a hemi-arthroplasty.