Case studies
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Damages for bereaved family following Italian car accident
We acted for the family of a young man tragically killed in Italy. He was a passenger in a vintage sports car which was being driven by his father
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Damages for brain injured international charity worker hit by car in south London
We successfully recovered damages for a brain injured foreign national, working in a senior role for an international charity, who was hit by a car when returning home from Peckham Rye train station.
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Damages for burns caused by IPL hair removal treatment
A 54-year-old woman has received £3,500 for the injuries she sustained as a result of negligent IPL (intense pulsed light) hair removal treatment. She suffered mild superficial burns to her arms, with peeling and dyspigmentation.
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Damages for cyclist’s pelvic and psychological injuries due to actions of another cyclist
We secured damages for a cyclist badly injured as a result of another cyclist’s negligence. The claimant, an experienced cyclist, had been out on his road bike when another cyclist coming in the opposite direction went into a corner on the wrong side of the road.
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Damages for doctor’s negligence during urinary catheterisation procedure
We have recently settled a case against East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust involving an incorrectly performed catheterisation which had serious consequences.
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Damages for elderly woman who sustained a serious leg injury while her husband was driving
Our client, a woman in her late seventies, suffered a serious injury to her tibia resulting in prolonged non-union after being injured in a car collision caused by her husband.
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Damages for family of motorist killed in collision with lorry driver
We have recently settled a claim for damages of more than £1 million for the family of a man who died in a road traffic accident.
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Damages for injuries sustained to radial artery during negligent wrist surgery at East Surrey Hospital
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.
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Damages for new mother injured shortly after giving birth
Our clinical negligence team settled a claim against The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust for a young woman who fell while she was an in-patient following the birth of her daughter.
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Damages for ophthalmic surgery performed without patient consent
This case involved a significant breach of duty when a private ophthalmic surgeon performed surgery that our client had explicitly told him she did not want.
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Damages for patient injured due to negligently performed bowel surgery at St Richard’s Hospital
We settled a claim on behalf of a man from Rustington, Littlehampton against Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust for the injuries he sustained during surgery.
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Damages for patient who lost sight in one eye following retinal detachment surgery
Our clinical negligence specialists have represented a patient who lost the sight in his right eye after a hospital failed to organise proper follow-up care for his retinal detachment surgery.
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Damages for patient’s husband after tragic delay in diagnosing lung cancer
We investigated a case relating to an elderly woman’s delayed diagnosis of lung cancer, from which sadly she died, on behalf of her husband. She attended Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital with a severe and persistent cough.
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Damages for psychiatric injury following mismanagement of young woman’s miscarriage
A young woman has been awarded damages following the failure of an NHS trust to appropriately manage her miscarriage, which saw her suffer a traumatic incident involving severe vaginal haemorrhaging and extreme abdominal pain, resulting in a psychiatric injury.
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Damages for recovery patrolman injured while fixing a vehicle
We successfully recovered £18,500 compensation for a recovery patrolman who suffered a soft tissue injury to his left little finger when attending and working on a broken down member’s vehicle.
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Damages for security guard who fell down an uncovered manhole
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.
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Damages for victim of early morning collision potentially contributed to by farming contractor
We won substantial damages for a driver after he was seriously injured in a fatal road traffic accident in November 2007 which killed one person and seriously injured several others.
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Damages obtained after A&E practitioners fail to diagnose and treat ruptured Achilles tendon
We have secured settlement for a client whose ruptured Achilles tendon was misdiagnosed by A&E practitioners when she attended the emergency department at Epsom Hospital.
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Damages obtained for client who suffered retained swab during caesarean section
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.
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Damages of £1.44 million secured for client with spinal cord injury following trial win
We recently secured judgment at trial for our client, who suffered a permanent neurological injury following penetration of her spinal cord by an anaesthetic needle.
