Case studies

We settled a claim against King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a client whose wife died following a fall in hospital.

We settled a claim against a GP in Surrey for the failure to appropriately diagnose an Achilles tendon rupture, and for the failure to refer the claimant for urgent treatment.

Our lawyers advised a 27 year old motorcyclist who sustained a spinal cord injury in a road traffic accident.

We achieved a settlement on behalf of a 31 year old motorcyclist who suffered severe leg injuries resulting in an above knee amputation.

Our personal injury specialists concluded a claim on behalf of a 32 year old woman who was knocked off her motorcycle. Although she lived in the South East, her insurance brokers initially appointed so called ‘motorcycle solicitors’ in Cardiff to pursue her claim.

We acted for a motorcyclist who had stopped at the side of the road to assist another biker who had come off his bike having lost control on a corner. Both men were off the roadway but a car came round the corner too tightly and collided with our client.

Our team represented a 21 year old trainee RAF pilot who was knocked off his bike in a high speed collision. He suffered a brain injury and completely and permanently lost his vision, thus ending his career plans.

We were instructed to advise on a case where a motorcyclist’s arm was amputated. The accident involved a car overtaking at a point where a single carriageway road split into a dual carriageway.

Our client had a history of non-invasive bladder cancer which was first diagnosed in 1996. Following regular treatment for this non-invasive disease, a bladder scan in June 2011 revealed a large abdominal aortic aneurysm.

We have settled a claim against Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for negligence relating to the treatment received by our client when giving birth to her baby in December 2012.

We settled a claim against the gynaecology team of a South West hospital for alleged consecutive failings in our client’s management over a three year period.

We recovered £750,000 in damages for a client who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident in France. The settlement was particularly significant since the defendant’s French insurers originally offered him EUR 11,000.