Case studies

Our specialist medical negligence team has achieved over £1 million in compensation for a young man due to the negligent management of acute ischaemia, which led to him sustaining an avoidable left above-knee amputation.

Our specialist medical negligence team has obtained an apology, and settled a claim for a young woman who suffered a delay in diagnosis of her bowel obstruction whilst pregnant.

We recently settled a claim for an elderly gentleman who suffered a delay in diagnosis of an Achillies injury after medical professionals in A&E at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust negligently advised that no serious injury had been sustained.

We have recently settled a claim brought by the wife of a man in his 60s killed in a road traffic accident.

Penningtons Manches Cooper’s medical negligence team has recently settled a claim for the family of a baby who sadly died when he was three months old.

We have recently settled a claim for a woman who experienced a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of her severe bone infection.

We recovered a seven-figure settlement for the mother of a child who was born with an inherited chromosomal disorder: an insertion translocation between chromosomes 2 and 9.

We settled a claim for a client who had unnecessary surgery due to incorrect advice about her risks of developing cancer, compounded by significant post operative issues.

Our clinical negligence team has acted on a significant case involving a couple whose repeated concerns about their child’s breathing and swallowing difficulties were persistently disregarded by the defendants. 

Penningtons Manches Cooper’s medical negligence team has recently settled a claim for a man who underwent an epididymectomy without providing his informed consent and understanding the implications to his fertility.

We acted in the case of Challis v Bradpiece [2024] EWHC 1124 (SCCO) (13 May 2024) on behalf of the claimant, in relation to a clinical negligence claim that was settled.

We were instructed by the defendant in the matter of Willis v Harthills (2024) EWHC 409 (SCCO) to recover costs that had arisen from an Employment Tribunal claim.