Case studies

We are acting for individuals who invested in a scheme set up by a company called Zen Gold ATM Limited. They were persuaded to invest in the alleged Ponzi scheme which was to acquire ATM vending machines from which to dispense 24-carat gold coins and bars within shopping centres.

We have been acting for 21 victims of a Ponzi fraud scheme in which a fraudulent mortgage broker arranged that two firms of solicitors acting for the victims pay the balances of the clients’ mortgage loans secured by the fraudulent broker into an account under the broker’s control.

We have advised clients in relation to the recovery of substantial damages for money lost in another off-plan holiday home fraud.

We are currently acting for almost 100 clients to recover multi-million pound damages from their former London-based solicitors, Giambrone Law, for professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of trust.

Our client underwent a hip resurfacing procedure under the care of orthopaedic surgeon, Sarah Muirhead-Allwood, on a private basis in October 2012.

Penningtons Manches LLP’s clinical negligence team has settled a claim against the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust for a client whose elderly husband suffered a fractured humerus following a fall from a hospital bed at East Surrey Hospital

We recovered substantial damages for a client who suffered a head injury when hit by a car in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He was lifted onto the bonnet before his head hit the windscreen and A-frame of the car.

Penningtons Manches’ specialist clinical negligence solicitors have secured substantial compensation from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust for a client who suffered nerve damage following a delay in adequately treating a dislocated elbow.

Our clinical negligence team settled a claim against Kingston University Hospital NHS Trust for an alleged negligent failure to diagnose retained products of conception when the claimant presented to A&E with severe post-partum haemorrhage.

Our client, a normally fit and active 40-year-old man, had difficulty walking and developed severe back pain after knee surgery at Wexham Park Hospital. We settled a claim against Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust relating to the avoidable failure of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, where part of a ligament from his leg was used as a graft to reconstruct the damaged knee ligament.

We advised on a claim against Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust after our client’s father had developed pressure sores while in hospital following a fall. There were various issues concerning the nursing care that he received.

We settled a claim against Nottingham University Hospitals for a client who underwent spinal surgery in 2009. Our client was a high-achieving elite athlete who was one of the top 10 fastest female cyclists ever in the UK over 10 and 25 miles. She had Olympic ambitions but began experiencing pain in her lower back and was concerned this might interfere with her training.