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Negligent spinal surgery
We have recently settled a claim against a private spinal surgeon for negligent surgery to correct scoliosis which left our client suffering significant neurological damage. She has long-term severely impaired bladder function.
Negligent surgery on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
Our client underwent ACL reconstruction to repair damage to the ligament but the surgery ended up causing significant further damage to the knee leading to revision surgery.
Negligent surgery to correct rotated thigh bone
Our client underwent surgery to correct a rotation of his thigh bone that resulted from a road accident several years earlier.
Negligent surgery to fix tibial fracture
Our medical negligence solicitors are pursuing a claim for a professional footballer who fractured his right distal tibial shaft and was admitted to hospital for surgery to fix the fracture by intra medullary nail insertion.
Negligent treatment of diabetic foot ulcer
In this case our client sadly ended up requiring a below knee amputation with reduced life expectancy of between one and two years.
Negligently performed rhinoplasty
Our client underwent a rhinoplasty that was negligently performed as too much bone was excised, resulting in a nose graft that should not have been needed.
Negotiating a settlement for private hospital dispute
The owners of a private hospital asked us to advise on disputes relating to the design and installation of a specialist metal roof as part of a new build construction.
Negotiation and restructuring to avoid administration
Our specialist lawyers advised tenants and guarantors of various properties in different funds on negotiations with a group of Regus companies over applications to assign and re-gear leases.
No time to waste
We are regularly instructed on claims for prolongation and extensions of time and related costs claims.
North East housing association group restructure
Members of our housing corporate and governance team completed the restructure of one of the largest housing association groups in the North East. The project was key to the housing association group achieving financial savings to mitigate the impact of rent cuts to the social housing sector.
Novated contract
Our team advised the developer of a residential scheme which was requested by its contractor to ‘novate’ the building contract to a new company (owned by the same shareholders) due to the first contractor’s potential insolvency.
Obtaining validation order
Our dispute resolution team obtained a validation order for a company client which had inadvertently overlooked service of a winding-up petition by a creditor. Not only had the petition been served, but it had also been advertised, which meant that the client could not make any payments from its bank account to discharge the debt.
Optical MBO acquisition
London Bridge Optical is a successful importer and exporter of spectacle frames.
Orthopaedic infection claim
Our client suffered an ankle fracture that required surgical repair, but during which it was not recognised that he demonstrated early signs of infection.
Out of court settlement for a substandard appendectomy
We have recently settled a claim against Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for a client who endured avoidable pain and suffering following a substandard appendectomy (removal of the appendix).
Out-of-court settlement for client who lost thumb tip due to delay in treatment
We recently secured £10,000 in an out-of-court settlement for a client who suffered a delay in surgical treatment to remove a blackthorn from his hand which resulted in the amputation of the tip of his thumb.
Overcoming limitation problems in industrial building dispute
We acted for the owner of an industrial building in bringing claims under collateral warranties against the main contractor, structural engineer, ground compaction subcontractor and others for structural defects to the building which had been constructed on made up land with negligently designed foundations.
Overturning of entry clearance refusal
Our client, an Indian doctor, had had his entry clearance application as a work permit holder refused. The entry clearance officer also imposed a 10 year re-entry ban.
Paediatric claim for a child left brain-injured after seizures
Our clinical negligence team is currently looking into how a young child was so severely brain-injured after being transferred to hospital due to seizures.
Panel warns registrant following failure to refer patient for further investigation
Mr F had been treating a patient when he failed to notice a potentially life-threatening condition. He appeared before the fitness to practise panel of his regulatory body which found that he ought to have made urgent arrangements to refer the patient for further investigation and had not done so.
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