Case studies

We have settled a claim against a private land owner for the spinal cord injury and subsequent death of a gardener arising from the fall of a decayed horse chestnut tree.

Our client, a security guard, fell down an uncovered manhole while patrolling his employer’s premises one evening. He suffered upper limb fractures and soft tissue injuries to his whole body from which he made a protracted recovery.

Our client was at a well known cinema complex one afternoon and, after the screening of the film finished, she began to make her way out of the cinema. However, the screen lighting needed to allow visitors to exit safely failed to come on and the area was very dark.

We successfully recovered substantial damages for an employee mechanic who sustained a serious head injury following an accident at work. He had been asked by his employer to help move heavy metal hydraulic work equipment to new garage premises.

We successfully concluded a claim on behalf of a male motorcyclist who was injured after a van driver reversed into his path and collided with him as he was travelling along a main road. Our client subsequently collided with a lamppost sustaining numerous soft tissue injuries.

Our personal injury team recently recovered damages for a young female client who sustained a back injury as a result of negligent instruction by a teacher in a yoga class. At the time of the accident, our client was a beginner yoga student.

We recently secured damages for a pedestrian who sustained injury while walking past a building site.

We recently obtained £500,000 in compensation for a female client who was seriously injured in a road traffic accident. She suffered complicated orthopaedic and psychological damage, including injuries to her spine.

We recovered substantial damages for a client who suffered a head injury when hit by a car in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He was lifted onto the bonnet before his head hit the windscreen and A-frame of the car.

We recently negotiated a settlement for two clients who suffered multiple bites from an infestation of bed bugs while on a cruise to Iceland and Dublin.

We were retained by the parents of a 17 year old Scottish boy who was injured in a snowboarding accident in Colorado while participating in a training camp for the young athletes hoping to represent Team GB in the Winter Olympics.

Our team represented a 40 year old British woman who suffered a serious spinal cord injury resulting in permanent paralysis after using an alleged defective product while she was staying in the US.