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Case studies
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Student wins compensation from landlord for injuries caused by broken window
We have recently agreed damages on behalf of a young student resident against his landlord following a significant laceration to his wrist resulting from the unsafe state of a broken window.
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Substantial award for blindness caused by failure to assess a foreign body in the eye
Our clinical negligence specialists settled a claim against the Secretary of State for Health relating to treatment provided by the former Surrey Primary Care Trust for an eye injury.
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Substantial claim for delayed breast cancer diagnosis
We recently settled a substantial claim for damages for a client who suffered a delay in diagnosis of her breast cancer due to negligent errors in the interpretation of biopsies performed on a breast lump.
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Substantial compensation achieved for negligent total knee replacement
Our client had suffered from pain in her left knee for a number of years. Following an investigation, she was told she needed to have a total knee replacement (TKR).
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Substantial compensation for Alton Towers crash victim
We have achieved a settlement for one of the victims injured in June 2015 on The Smiler attraction at Alton Towers.
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Substantial compensation for delay in treating serious elbow injury
Penningtons Manches’ specialist clinical negligence solicitors have secured substantial compensation from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust for a client who suffered nerve damage following a delay in adequately treating a dislocated elbow.
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Substantial compensation for motorcyclist after road accident in Germany
We successfully recovered compensation for an English motorcyclist after he was hit by a local resident driving a Volkswagen vehicle in Germany.
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Substantial compensation for young RAF pilot
Our team represented a 21 year old trainee RAF pilot who was knocked off his bike in a high speed collision.
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Substantial damages for negligent management of foot fracture
We have recently settled a claim for substantial damages against Western Sussex Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust following its failure to act on signs and symptoms of fracture to our client's foot.
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Substantial damages for tragic influenza misdiagnosis
We were approached by the family of a woman who died aged 44 in September 2007 due to a misdiagnosis of influenza. She was in fact suffering from pneumonia which had also caused septicaemia.
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Substantial settlement award achieved for delayed diagnosis of hip fracture
We have achieved a settlement award for our client, who was left disabled and in severe pain for 13 months as a result of the defendant’s failure to diagnose a fracture in his left hip.
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Substantial settlement following an osteotomy, corrective surgery and a total knee replacement
We settled a claim for a client in her forties who developed a significant pain in her left knee, and after a number of investigations was advised to have a high tibial osteotomy.
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Substantial settlement for anal cancer patient following negligent surgery and other failings
We have settled a clinical negligence claim for a client against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust following a delay in diagnosing her anal cancer.
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Substantial settlement for family following fatal road traffic accident
We reached a settlement on behalf of the widow and young daughter of a 41 year old man, who was tragically killed in a head-on RTA in 2007.
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Substantial settlement for loss of sight caused during spinal surgery
We have recently settled a claim for a GP client who suffered loss of vision and visual disturbance because of negligent anaesthetic management during spinal surgery.
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Substantial settlement for young man injured in head-on collision
We achieved a substantial settlement for a client who suffered hip and psychological injuries in a traumatic head-on collision which took place in November 2013.
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Substantial settlement for young man severely brain injured after car accident
Our client was 19 years old when he was involved in a road traffic accident in which he was the front seat passenger in a car driven by a friend.
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Substantial settlement in excess of £30 million achieved for brain injury at birth following hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice
This claim was brought on behalf of our client for a brain injury sustained at the time of birth, which was caused by a prolonged period without adequate oxygen or blood flow.
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Substantial seven figure settlement secured for claimant who suffered irreparable bladder injury
A substantial settlement has been awarded to our client, who suffered an irreparable bladder injury following a simple transvaginal tension free vaginal tape-obturator (TVTO) procedure.
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Successful application for indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of long residence, despite excessive absences
Our client first entered the UK as student in 2000, he was ten years old at the time. For 13 years he continued to legally stay in the UK as a student, first to attend boarding school and then to pursue his undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
