Case studies

We have recently settled a claim against the Rochdale Infirmary for a client who was not properly informed of the risks associated with the use of transvaginal tapes.

We have represented a client with a claim arising from poor midwifery care following delivery of her child. It was our client’s case that a large piece of retained placenta was negligently missed during her daughter’s birth which took place by caesarean section.

We have negotiated the settlement of a claim for a client in his 70s who suffered a below knee amputation as a result of a road traffic accident. He was riding his moped along a main road when a car pulled out of a side junction.

We have represented a young girl in her clinical negligence claim, which arose from a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of her dislocated hips at birth. We investigated her early paediatric care and evidenced the failure to make a timely diagnosis of hip dysplasia.

We have secured settlement for a client who pursued a clinical negligence claim against Royal Surrey County Hospital. The claim arose following a negligent delay in diagnosing and removing an object retained within our client’s left eye, which caused our client to suffer a severe infection and led to complete loss of sight from his left eye.

We have settled a medical negligence claim against East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust after our client’s baby daughter was tragically stillborn, following negligent management of her pregnancy.

We have recently settled a claim against the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a client who suffered pain and emotional distress following a delay in performing an appendectomy (the removal of an appendix).

Members of our housing corporate and governance team were instructed by a housing association on the formation of an affordable housing delivery vehicle (D&BCo), a market sales vehicle (PropCo), a non-charitable services vehicle including a lettings agency (a commercial vehicle), and a non-registered charitable housing vehicle (ChariCo).

We acted as corporate and governance advisers to a housing association group based in the Midlands following engagement with the Regulator of Social Housing.

Following engagement with the Regulator of Social Housing, our team acted as corporate and governance legal advisers to a housing association based in the North West and its wider group, which included a registered charity and various commercial entities, on a full group restructure.

Members of our housing corporate and governance team acted as joint legal advisers to a large North West housing association and a smaller housing association on their merger.

Members of our housing corporate and governance team acted as jointly appointed legal advisers on the merger of two housing associations with a combined total of 18,000 homes across the Midlands.