Case studies

We have secured settlement for our client who pursued a clinical negligence claim against his former private orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Sait. This is one in a series of case studies relating to procedures performed by this surgeon at Fawkham Manor Hospital.

We have recently settled a case against an NHS trust for failing to diagnose a fracture of our client’s right foot.

Our clinical negligence team has settled a claim for a man who suffered a perforated bladder and bowel after an error was made during surgery to insert a suprapubic catheter. A suprapubic catheter is a flexible tube inserted through the abdomen that remains in place to collect urine.

We have settled a claim for a woman who suffered a number of errors in her maternity care, while she was a patient of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, tragically leading to the stillbirth of her son.

Our client has been awarded damages for negligent treatment provided to her late father which led to him requiring amputations of his left lower leg and right big toe. He had a known history of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) – a condition which causes reduced blood flow to the extremities (limb ischaemia). Despite characteristic signs of critical limb ischaemia (the most advanced form of PVD), timely treatment was not provided.

We have recently settled a claim for a woman whose consultant breast and oncoplastic surgeon failed to take correct measurements prior to performing breast symmetrisation surgery in 2017.

We have secured settlement for our client, whose cervical smear was misreported in 2013 and who then went on to develop cervical cancer in 2015.

We have secured settlement for our client following the delayed diagnosis of a failed spinal fusion, which resulted in two years of pain and suffering before revision surgery was performed.

The claimant in this case received £60,000 for a private gynaecologist’s failure to amend her consent form and discuss with her the change in surgical procedure to a subtotal hysterectomy rather than a total hysterectomy.

We have achieved a settlement award for our client, who was left disabled and in severe pain for 13 months as a result of the defendant’s failure to diagnose a fracture in his left hip.

We acted for the claimant in this clinical negligence claim for unnecessary gynaecological surgery against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Our client was engaged in a high activity class at her local gymnasium one evening when she jumped and landed on her right foot, experiencing immediate pain and discomfort in her ankle and the back of her calf.