Case studies

Our client had a history of non-invasive bladder cancer which was first diagnosed in 1996. Following regular treatment for this non-invasive disease, a bladder scan in June 2011 revealed a large abdominal aortic aneurysm.

We were instructed to advise on a case where a motorcyclist’s arm was amputated. The accident involved a car overtaking at a point where a single carriageway road split into a dual carriageway.

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.

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.

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 secured damages for a cyclist badly injured, suffering multiple fractures, as a result of another cyclist’s negligence.

We settled a claim against Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust following the alleged negligent mismanagement of our client’s orthopaedic treatment for a wrist fracture in 2002, when our client was nine years old.

Our clinical negligence specialists acted on behalf of a patient in relation to a failure to inform him appropriately of the options for treating his appendicitis. Our client was only offered open surgery and his treating surgeon did not explain that he had the option for laparoscopic surgery (keyhole), which is far less invasive. Open surgery carries increased risks of wound infections, herniation and adhesions.

We are acting on behalf of a client for the alleged failings in the care and treatment she received during her laparoscopic appendicectomy in July 2012. The day after her surgery, she experienced severe pain and discomfort and an emergency CT scan was performed, which revealed sepsis within the peritoneal cavity.

We settled a claim against the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for its failure to counsel a patient about the risks of sustaining further perineal trauma after developing a third degree anal sphincter tear during her first delivery which required surgical repair, following which she had a number of complications.

We recovered compensation for our client, a keen cyclist who was training for a competitive triathlon when hit by a car, sustaining serious injuries.

We have acted for a client who was involved in an incident where he was ‘doored’ by a car driver as he cycled past. His bike was extensively damaged and was taken to a cycle shop where he asked for it to be made roadworthy and safe to use. Two weeks afterwards, he had a second cycling accident when the carbon forks collapsed causing him to hit his head and fracture his cheekbone.