Case studies

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.

Members of the Civil Nuclear Police Federation (CNPF) are police officers who guard the UK’s nuclear power stations from threat of attack. They wear body armour, protective clothing and carry large firearms.

We have recently settled yet another claim against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust for a client who received negligent treatment from consultant gynaecologist, Miss Jayne Cockburn.

We are advising a woman who experienced delays in the diagnosis and treatment of her appendicitis in April 2016.

We have recently settled a claim for damages for a client in relation to a failure to remove his entire appendix during a laparoscopic appendicectomy in February 2014.

We have settled a claim on behalf of our client who, following negligently performed hip surgery, was left with leg length discrepancy and a painful hip and back, which caused her to require revision total hip replacement surgery within two years of the initial operation.

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.

We have represented a client in a claim against her partner’s GP, which despite being defended on a number of grounds, was settled successfully.

We have successfully settled a claim for injuries resulting from negligently performed surgery to correct the chest deformity ‘pectus excavatum’ which is colloquially known as 'funnel chest'.

Our specialist orthopaedic claims subteam has settled a case involving negligent surgical treatment for patellofemoral arthritis.

We have settled a claim for a client who suffered a neurological injury as a result of withdrawal of her usual morphine dose.

We have recently settled a claim on behalf of a client against a private consultant gastroenterologist at the BUPA Cromwell Hospital in London for alleged failings in the management of a gallstone.