Case studies

We have successfully settled a claim for a client who suffered injury to her left ureter during a caesarean section. Our client had undergone a category two caesarean section due to obstructed labour.

We have recently achieved a settlement for unnecessary pain suffered by our client, as a result of physiotherapy manipulation causing a soft tissue injury to the lumbar spine.

Our clinical negligence team has achieved a settlement for the pain and suffering a client experienced, which was caused by a negligent delay in performing an appendicectomy.

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.

We have secured a considerable financial settlement for our clients who pursued a claim on behalf of their late mother relating to a delay in diagnosing and treating her ankle infection which caused her premature death.

We have recently settled a claim against Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for a client who endured avoidable pain and suffering, and an unnecessary second operation under general anaesthetic, following a substandard appendectomy (removal of the appendix).

A young woman has been awarded damages following the failure of an NHS trust to appropriately manage her miscarriage, which saw her suffer a traumatic incident involving severe vaginal haemorrhaging and extreme abdominal pain, resulting in a psychiatric injury.

We recently settled a clinical negligence claim for our client who works as an investigative training officer for the police. She suffered what we alleged to be a negligent shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), causing significant ongoing pain and functional restriction.

Our aviation insurance specialists are providing coverage advice to a major insurer in relation to multiple billion-pound claims for alleged loss of aircraft and engines currently operating or being stored in Russia. The alleged losses arise from the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on 24th February 2022, and the subsequent imposition of sanctions on Russia.

Our clinical negligence team has settled a compensation claim for a young woman who experienced a ruptured aneurysm which caused her to suffer a brain haemorrhage four years later. It was our client’s case that if the NHS trust responsible for her care had followed up her intracranial aneurysm, which was detected incidentally on a CT scan, it would have been monitored and treated with endovascular surgery, and would not have ruptured.

We have obtained significant compensation for our client in her negligence claim against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust after surgery to remove a cataract from her left eye.

This claim related to a hospital’s failure to manage a significant seizure, to identify and act upon serious neurological deterioration, including respiratory distress and decreased level of consciousness, to intubate in a timely fashion, and to avoid the hypoxic brain injury a young child claimant suffered.