Case studies

We have secured a considerable financial settlement for our client who pursued a claim on behalf of her late husband, after a negligent delay in diagnosing his prostate cancer caused his premature death.

We have recently settled a claim against Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust relating to the management of the claimant’s pregnancy and the stillbirth of her daughter.

Our clinical negligence team has achieved a settlement for the pain and suffering a client experienced, which was caused by a negligent delay in performing an appendicectomy.

We have recently achieved a settlement for unnecessary pain suffered by our client, as a result of physiotherapy manipulation causing a soft tissue injury to the lumbar spine.

We have successfully settled a claim for a client who suffered injury to her left ureter during a caesarean section. Our client had undergone a category two caesarean section due to obstructed labour.

This was a complicated claim on liability against both the deceased’s GP and the hepatology team at his local hospital. The claimants’ case was that the defendants had twice failed to arrange a hepatitis C blood test, leading to a failure to treat for hepatitis C and prevent the development of liver cancer.

Our claimant’s case was that a large piece of retained placenta was negligently missed during her daughter’s birth by caesarean section. The failure to detect and remove it resulted in continuing bleeding and pain over the next few days, an emergency return to theatre, a delayed discharge home from hospital, a very distressing readmission to hospital, and significant psychological symptoms.

We recently concluded a birth injury case following a very complex investigation considering care dating back several decades.

Our clinical negligence team has reached a six-figure settlement for the family of a man in his 70s, who died following heart surgery after doctors failed to treat a life-threatening condition which caused a build-up of fluid in the tissue surrounding his heart. While the man’s family may never fully recover from his death, the money secured will help support them with the financial losses and expenses they have incurred, and will continue to incur, as a result of his loss.

We have settled a claim for a man in his fifties who suffered avoidable neurological injuries following a delay in diagnosis and treatment of Cauda Equina Syndrome in 2019. The claim settled for a six figure sum.

This claim related to a hospital’s failure to manage a significant seizure, to identify and act upon serious neurological deterioration, including respiratory distress and decreased level of consciousness, to intubate in a timely fashion, and to avoid the hypoxic brain injury a young child claimant suffered. 

We have obtained significant compensation for our client in her negligence claim against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust after surgery to remove a cataract from her left eye.