Case studies

We have recently settled a claim for substantial damages against East Kent University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust following a knee replacement that left our client with significant pain and reduced function.

We secured six figure damages for a patient who was left with permanent urinary, bowel and sexual dysfunction and mobility issues after spinal surgery.

We recently settled a substantial claim for damages for a client who was not given appropriate options when consenting for surgery for removal of his appendix.

We have recently settled a case against East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust involving an incorrectly performed catheterisation which had serious consequences.

We have recently settled one of several cases against Frimley Park Hospital in relation to care provided by consultant gynaecologist Jayne Cockburn, who over a period of many years recommended and performed unnecessary surgery on a number of patients.

We have recently settled a claim for damages of more than £1 million for the family of a man who died in a road traffic accident while driving to work one morning.

This case involved a significant breach of duty when a private ophthalmic surgeon performed surgery that our client had explicitly told him she did not want.

We have recently settled a modest, but complicated claim for a client who suffered an injury to her foot while out with friends on a day’s sailing experience. They were packing away at the end of the day when she stumbled and fell backwards into the cockpit of the boat, a distance of two to three feet. She twisted and landed awkwardly on her left heel, which was immediately painful and quickly became swollen and discoloured.

We have settled a claim against Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for negligence by an orthopaedic surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital in London. The claim concerned our client’s anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The ACL is important for stability in the knee.

Our client, a woman in her late seventies, suffered a serious injury to her tibia resulting in prolonged non-union after being injured in a car collision caused by her husband.

Our clinical negligence team in Cambridge acted on a claim against an NHS trust for a delay in diagnosing gallbladder cancer.

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.