Stage environment
Case studies
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IP audits
Many companies are preparing for future investment or grooming themselves for sale when the market is more opportune. We have worked with several clients to ensure they are prepared for potential investors or acquisitions.
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Italian sightseeing incident leads to claim against local authority
We have recovered just over £19,000 for our client, plus an additional £2,500 for his travel insurer, following an accident in Italy. He was in Castro Villari when he fell whilst looking around a medieval square which was still under construction.
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Italian waiter awarded €2.65 million after hospital misdiagnosed bacterial meningitis
Our client, Mr Napoli, suffered severe brain damage with weakness down his right side, paralysis and cognitive difficulties as a result of inadequately treated meningitis. He had no option but to return home to live with his parents in Italy.
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Jeep crash mars Indian tiger trek
Our team was recently instructed by a woman who had been on a package holiday in India with Great Rail Journeys.
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Joint legal advisers for merger of North West housing associations
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.
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Last minute consultation leads to unsuccessful breast implant surgery
We are investigating a claim concerning a failed breast augmentation procedure. Our client sought advice about changing the shape and size of her breasts after being unhappy with them for some time.
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Late diagnosis of polyhydramnios results in traumatic birth
We are currently investigating the circumstances in which a first time mother had an extremely difficult pregnancy, becoming very large and quite unwell in her last trimester.
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Law Society Intervention Panel appointment
We were delighted to be reappointed to the Law Society's Intervention Panel to act as its agents.
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Legal action for cyclist injured while not wearing a helmet
We are currently acting for a 40 year old woman knocked off her bicycle at speed. She sustained multiple bleeds to the brain and remained off work for some six months.
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Liability admitted by hospital for negligent delay in diagnosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome
We have secured an admission of liability from North Middlesex Hospital that it failed to properly assess a patient on two occasions.
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Liability finally admitted for failure of ACL reconstruction surgery
We settled a claim against Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for our client relating to the avoidable failure of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
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Life after settlement: one year on from settling a £10.96 million claim for a child with cerebral palsy
A year ago, the clinical negligence team at Penningtons Manches Cooper achieved a successful settlement for an 11 year old boy who suffered brain damage arising from his mother’s antenatal care at St George’s Hospital in London.
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Lights out at cinema exit lead to compensation for injuries
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.
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Long-standing service to the Tata Group draws on cross-practice resources
The Indian-owned Tata Group comprises over 100 operating companies exporting products and services to 85 countries across six continents.
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Loss of an eye following delayed diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy
We recently settled a case where a client with diabetes had been attending his GP with early evidence of diabetic retinopathy that went undiagnosed.
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Lost wills and conspiracy to suppress a will
Our contentious private client team successfully defended a highly unusual case where the claimant alleged that our clients had deliberately suppressed a will made by their father in favour of the claimant.
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Making the break - overcoming distribution warehouse dispute
We acted for the landlord on a contested break notice for a lease of a vacant distribution warehouse.
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Making the connection between cross-border technology companies
We advised u-blox AG, a fabless provider of positioning and wireless semiconductors, on its acquisition of 4M Wireless Limited, a private company headquartered in the UK. U-blox is a subsidiary of Swiss-listed company, u-blox Holding AG.
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Man receives settlement for head injuries sustained in accident on pedestrian crossing
Penningtons' personal injury team recently secured damages for a claimant who suffered a head injury and various fractures when he was knocked over by a motorcyclist at a pedestrian crossing.
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Managing changing requirements in schools PFI project
Our team advised an infrastructure equity provider and project company on variations made to the project agreement and construction contracts used for a grouped schools PFI project in Exeter which resulted in additional construction work and design issues.
