Case studies

We settled a clinical negligence claim against Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust following the negligent mismanagement of our client’s orthopaedic treatment when he was nine years old.

We agreed the settlement of a claim against Basildon Hospital for a number of alleged failings in the management of our client’s wrist fracture, which resulted in a significant delay in surgery and in turn, caused our client to suffer with many avoidable long-term problems.

We settled a claim against Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust following the alleged negligent mismanagement of our client’s orthopaedic treatment for a wrist fracture in 2002, when our client was nine years old.

We have recently settled a claim against Northwick Park Hospital for the alleged failure to appropriately diagnose and treat our client’s shoulder dislocation during his A&E attendance, causing a delay in treatment and avoidable nerve damage.

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 have recently settled for £350,000 a long-running claim on behalf of a client whose developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) was missed by a health visitor during routine baby checks, with profound consequences that will affect our client for the rest of her life.

We settled a claim for a client who suffered severe pain to the back of her calf while taking part in an aerobics class.

Our client, who was a keen golfer and fisherman, had what was intended to be a straightforward arthroscopy procedure to his right shoulder following the onset of pain.

We have settled a claim against Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust following a failure on two occasions to diagnose a patient’s dislocated right shoulder.

We have recently settled a claim against Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust after our client suffered a fractured cheek bone and, due to an administrative error, failed to undergo an emergency CT scan and subsequent surgery to fix the fracture.

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.

We have agreed the settlement of a claim against Royal Berkshire Hospital (part of Royal Berkshire NHS Trust) for an alleged failure to investigate and diagnose our client’s finger fracture appropriately, causing her prolonged and unnecessary pain during the period in which the fracture was undiagnosed, and resulting in the need for more invasive surgery.