Case studies

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 achieved a settlement for a young woman left seriously disabled by failures in her care at Hull Royal Infirmary, which led to a delay in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome.

Our client underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (the removal of her gallbladder) as she was suffering from pain due to gallstones. The operation was performed negligently and her bile duct was severed during surgery.

Our client was training to be a medical doctor when he was diagnosed with an abdominal tumour.

A claim was made in relation to injuries sustained shortly after our client’s birth. Our client developed pneumococcal meningitis, which would have been avoided with appropriate treatment. Hearing loss was subsequently identified as a result of the infection.

A claim was made on behalf of our client in relation to brain damage sustained at birth. Her mother suffered a ruptured uterus and required an emergency caesarean.

We have settled a claim for a 27 year old female client whose appendix was not completely removed during surgery for appendicitis. Unfortunately, her abdominal symptoms continued and this affected her ability to work and socialise.

We have recently secured damages of £2.5 million in a claim for negligence against a private consultant ophthalmic surgeon, relating to laser eye surgery performed on our client at Optegra, an eye clinic in Guildford, Surrey.

We have settled a claim on behalf of the estate and dependants of an elderly gentleman who attended St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey with a myocardial infarction, but was sent home following a failure to check his troponin levels.

We settled a claim for a client in her forties who developed a significant pain in her left knee, and after a number of investigations was advised to have a high tibial osteotomy.

We have secured settlement for our client, who pursued a clinical negligence claim in relation to her treatment for knee pain against her former private orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Sait. This summary is one in a series of case studies concerning similar claims.

We have secured settlement for our client who pursued a clinical negligence claim against her former private orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Sait. This is one in a series of cases in which we are advising patients treated by Mr Sait.