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Case studies
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£9 million in damages secured for road accident victim with life-changing spinal injury
We have recently achieved a negotiated settlement for a client in his early thirties, who was catastrophically injured while out cycling with his fiancée.
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£9,000 claim settlement for yoga student following negligent instruction
Penningtons personal injury team recently recovered damages in the sum of £9,000 for a young female client who sustained a back injury as a result of negligent instruction by a teacher in a yoga class.
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€1.5 million settlement for pedestrian hit by car in Belgium
We achieved an overall settlement figure of approximately €1.5 million plus costs for our client who was hit on a pedestrian crossing in Belgium by a driver who jumped a red light.
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007 partwork magazine
Our longstanding client GE Fabbri is a partwork magazine publisher. A partwork is a collectable magazine series on a particular theme, usually published fortnightly.
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£140,000 claim settled for unnecessary surgery to insert vaginal mesh
We acted for the claimant in this clinical negligence claim for unnecessary gynaecological surgery against an NHS trust. Our client had a history of painful and heavy periods and she was advised to have a hysterectomy.
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£17 million settlement for child with cerebral palsy caused by negligent care at birth
Our clinical negligence team has recently settled a claim for a capitalised sum of £17 million on behalf of a nine year old child who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of negligent treatment during her birth at a London hospital.
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£2 million award achieved for hospital’s failure to identify ankle fracture
We have recently settled a claim on behalf of a client arising from the consequences of her local hospital’s failure to identify a left ankle fracture.
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£4 million clinical negligence settlement following above-knee amputation
We recently settled a clinical negligence claim for a client who had served in the Metropolitan Police service since 2005. This was a complex claim which was settled for £4 million in damages at a joint settlement meeting.
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£7.75 million award for cerebral palsy caused by delay in diagnosis of meningitis following Group B strep infection
The claimant was born by ventouse delivery at 41 weeks gestation. His condition was poor on delivery, with grunting, jitteriness and some bleeding from the umbilical cord. He was initially transferred to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) for monitoring but was returned 45 minutes later.
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A good return for tennis court injury
We helped a female teaching assistant to recover £250,000 in damages for injuries sustained at work while helping in a PE lesson. The lesson took place on a disused tennis court which was made of a concrete-like material and had a very hard and slippery surface.
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A rare grant of discretionary leave
Penningtons' immigration team recently secured discretionary leave for a client whose circumstances meant that she did not qualify for long term leave to remain under any of the Immigration Rules.
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A&E misses scaphoid fracture of wrist
We settled a claim against Darent Valley Hospital for negligently failing to diagnose and treat a fractured scaphoid. Our client was aged 21 when he was playing football and fell forward during a tackle, landing on his outstretched arm and bending his wrist backwards.
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Achieving a substantial oversailing bonus from hotel developers
We advised landlords of Central London offices concerning encroachment from a neighbouring hotel development.
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ACL reconstruction surgery leads to £85,000 compensation for injured client
We have settled a claim against Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for negligence by an orthopaedic surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital in London.
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Acquisition of international luxury travel operator
We advised international tour operator Australian Pacific Touring (UK) Limited on its purchase of a majority share in GW Travel Limited, the market-leader in long-distance luxury rail tours. GW Travel's flagship holidays are trips on the world-famous Trans-Siberian Express.
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Acting decisively in personal injury claims and regulatory and criminal investigations
After a fatality during a mooring operation in a UK port, we mobilised rapidly to represent crew members at police, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) interviews.
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Acting for an offshore trust
We acted for an offshore trust which invests in UK real estate. In the past 12 months we have purchased one office block in the City and sold another office block in the West End. The combined transactional values equate to approximately £60 million.
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Acting for both housing associations in Midlands 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.
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Acting for Royal Air Forces Association trustees on scheme closure project
We advise the trustees of the Royal Air Forces Association Pension and Assurance Scheme, which is a defined benefit pension scheme.
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Actor gets permission to work in the UK on short notice
Our immigration team was instructed by a film production company which needed a renowned international actor to travel to the UK in less than five working days. The company had just filed their online sponsor licence application.
