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Case studies
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Perineal repair following childbirth
Our medical negligence solicitors are investigating a claim for a client who successfully delivered her baby, but during childbirth sustained a second degree tear
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Permanent symptoms following failure to diagnose an obvious infection in the shoulder post-operatively
Our client, who was a keen golfer and fisherman, had what was intended to be a straightforward arthroscopy procedure to his right shoulder following the onset of pain.
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Permission to remain
An Indian IT professional was shocked to receive a Home Office letter cancelling his permission to remain here.
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Personal injury claim settled against Admiral for cyclist injured in road traffic collision
We have settled a claim for a male cyclist who was seriously injured after a collision in May 2022. The collision arose from a failure by the defendant’s insured driver to stop her vehicle at a junction.
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Piecing together evidence on Asian Chorus car carrier fire
This case involved a fire on a car carrier, Asian Chorus, as it was passing through the Malacca Straits. Spanish cargo underwriters instructed our Madrid office over the loss and damage of 114 cars..
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Pipeline mediation
Our team recently acted for the UK subsidiary of a large US pipe manufacturer in connection with a multi-party dispute in the Technology and Construction Court.
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Pivotal role in recovery of multi-million euro grounding and repair claim
Following the grounding of one of the world’s largest megayachts in the Eastern Mediterranean, our Piraeus office was instructed to assist the assured megayacht owners with recovery of the costs of one the most expensive megayacht repair claims under their policy of insurance.
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Plans to expand dairy business approved at public inquiry
We provide ongoing advice including successful representation at public inquiries to the UK’s largest privately owned dairy business, which has a turnover of over £250 million.
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Poorly performed evisceration surgery
We investigated and resolved a claim arising from poorly performed evisceration surgery (eyeball removal) under local anaesthetic.
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Potentially overzealous laser treatment for narrow angles
We are advising on a case relating to the standard of ophthalmic treatment our client received during an iridotomy, performed to correct ‘narrow angles’, which left her vulnerable to developing glaucoma and possible eyesight loss.
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Praise from the Traffic Commissioner for our client’s model transport operation
We successfully represented one of the country’s largest plant hire and haulage companies at a public inquiry. The client had a prior history of poor vehicle maintenance and regulatory action against its licence stretching back over a number of years resulting in adverse regulatory action.
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Precedent setting group litigation order
We acted for a major European motor manufacturer involved in a Group Litigation Order (GLO) against the Inland Revenue in a claim known as the ACT Group Litigation. This was the first GLO made by the Chancery Division of the High Court.
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Prescribing overdose
Our medical negligence solicitors have acted in a number of cases involving prescribing errors, whether arising from the prescription of inappropriate drugs or the wrong dose.
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Preventing dishonest solicitor from being restored to the roll
We recently acted for the SRA in its appeal against the decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to restore a solicitor who had been struck off some years before for dishonesty.
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Prioritising security in student accommodation contract
We advised lenders on the construction documentation for a £40 million development of student accommodation for a leading London university.
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Prohibited names order
We obtained an order under section 216(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 which enabled our client to be a director of a new limited company with a similar name to one that had been dissolved.
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Protecting a coach company from misrepresentation by a competitor
We represented Epsom Coaches in a successful case to prevent a competitor from representing itself as being part of Epsom’s business by using a confusingly similar name.
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Protecting a private college from foreign students' non-compliance with visa requirements
Our client, a private college offering professional studies, was aware that several of its students were not complying with their visa requirements and called in Penningtons to advise on its contractual agreements and tighten up the terms and conditions for future student contracts.
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Pub customer awarded compensation for injuries caused by fall on icy car park
Our personal injury team acted on behalf of a young man who sustained injuries as a result of slipping on an untreated icy car park when leaving a public house late one evening.
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Pub waitress injured by falling gas canister
Our client was working as a waitress in a public house when she sustained injury to her foot.
