Case studies

We acted for the claimant in this clinical negligence claim for unnecessary gynaecological surgery against an NHS trust. Our client had a history of painful and heavy periods and she was advised to have a hysterectomy. While this was correct advice, she was also advised to undergo a sacrocolpopexy procedure with insertion of vaginal mesh which was inappropriate and wrong.

We have recently represented the parents of a baby who tragically died at Kettering General Hospital when he was eight days old.

We acted for a claimant who underwent unnecessary surgery for a primary prolapse repair that left her with ongoing problems including chronic pain and requiring further major surgery.

We have secured substantial damages of £200,000 for a young man injured in a road traffic accident on a bend in a country lane in Dorset.

We recently acted for a young woman who suffered life-changing injuries following the unnecessary surgical insertion of mesh to treat stress incontinence. The trust admitted liability after the claimant developed mesh erosion leading to the removal of the eroded part of the mesh and urinary problems including frequency, urgency and nocturia. She subsequently required future treatment including bladder physiotherapy and Botox.

Our clinical negligence team has settled a claim on behalf of the estate of a woman who died following the negligent failure to provide critical and life-saving treatment during an admission to Bedford Hospital.

Our clinical negligence specialists have represented a patient who lost the sight in his right eye after a hospital failed to organise proper follow-up care for his retinal detachment surgery. The case was reported, before its successful conclusion, by the Daily Telegraph in April 2019, as part of a feature about systemic problems within the NHS.

We have represented a young man who suffered multiple injuries when he fell some 25 feet from a bridge. Our client was extremely lucky to survive the fall but sustained head, chest and pelvic injuries. He was taken to hospital where a subcutaneous pelvic fixator ‘INFIX’ device was attached to his pelvis. Unfortunately, this trapped his femoral nerve.

We have settled a claim against Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for a client who suffered from blistering to her left foot resulting from the negligent use of compression bandaging after knee replacement surgery.

We have secured settlement for a client whose ruptured Achilles tendon was misdiagnosed by A&E practitioners when she attended the emergency department at Epsom Hospital in August 2016. As a result of the misdiagnosis, our client’s injury was not managed and she mobilised on her injured Achilles tendon, causing her significant pain. Her injury was only diagnosed when she saw a private orthopaedic surgeon six months later.

We were instructed to pursue a claim for unnecessary urogynaecology surgery by a client who was wrongly advised that she needed an operation for mild stress incontinence when conservative treatment would have been successful.

We have settled a claim against Spire Healthcare Ltd for a client who suffered an anastomotic leak following gastric bypass revision surgery, leading to the need for further surgery and causing her a problematic recovery.