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Case studies
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Claim settled for five month delay in diagnosis of osteosarcoma
We have settled a claim after a hospital failed to make a timely diagnosis of osteosarcoma and instead interpreted two sets of X-rays as only showing a minor fracture.
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Claim settled for gardener who died following injuries caused by falling tree
We have settled a claim against a private land owner for the spinal cord injury and subsequent death of a gardener arising from the fall of a decayed horse chestnut tree.
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Claim settled for incorrect pancreatic cancer diagnosis resulting in major abdominal surgery
We have investigated and concluded a claim for a woman who was wrongly informed that she had pancreatic cancer and therefore underwent major emergency surgery to remove her pancreas.
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Claim settled for injury suffered due to slippery floor in the workplace
We settled a claim for an accident at work where our client sustained serious upper limb fractures due to a fall. Our client was walking across the entrance hall of her place of employment when she slipped and fell heavily on her arm.
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Claim settled for lumbar spine injury following physiotherapy manipulation
We have recently achieved a settlement for unnecessary pain suffered by our client, as a result of physiotherapy manipulation causing a soft tissue injury to the lumbar spine.
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Claim settled for missed myocardial infarction
We have settled a claim on behalf of the estate and dependants of an elderly gentleman who attended St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey with a myocardial infarction, but was sent home following a failure to check his troponin levels.
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Claim settled for patient who suffered stressful pregnancy due to delayed diagnosis of polyhydramnios
The standard of care our client received during her last trimester made her pregnancy and labour extremely stressful. During her pregnancy, our client was concerned that she felt so ill with breathlessness, fatigue, swollen feet and ankles that she feared for her own health and that of her unborn baby.
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Claim settled for patient who was not advised of option for surgery that would have avoided her developing terminal cancer
This tragic case involved a failure by a gastroenterology team to appreciate the significance of and to act upon the findings of abdominal imaging that indicated an increased risk of gallbladder cancer for our client, the claimant. The lost opportunity for her to have her gallbladder removed at a stage when the tumour was at an early stage ultimately led to her avoidable death.
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Claim settled for widower of patient with negligent delay in cancer diagnosis
Mrs H received treatment for cervical cancer in 2009 but she subsequently developed diarrhoea, abdominal pain and bloating and was referred for investigations to determine whether there was a recurrence of the cervical tumour.
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Claim won against tour operator who booked excursion for injured guest
We were instructed by a client, who suffered an injury while on a package holiday in Corfu with her daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons. She was injured as she climbed onto a boat during an excursion that had been booked with the tour operator while on the island.
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Claim won for guest shot in his hotel room by an intruder
We acted for a client pursuing a claim, against a hotel in Florida, for personal injury following being shot by an intruder while in his hotel room. Our client and his family were on holiday in Florida and were staying in various hotels as they toured the state.
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Claim won for young woman with life-changing injuries caused by unnecessary use of vaginal mesh
We recently acted for a young woman who suffered life-changing injuries following the unnecessary surgical insertion of mesh to treat stress incontinence.
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Claimant wins damages in Spain after drowning incident in pool
We recovered damages in excess of €547,228 at a trial in Spain and then additional damages of approximately €500,000 on appeal for injuries and losses suffered by a young girl after she nearly drowned in a swimming pool.
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Claims against multiple advisers on opting out of British Steel pension
We are representing a number of steelworkers who have been persuaded by financial or professional advisers to transfer out of their British Steel pension scheme into a self-invested pension plan.
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Claims for victims of fraudulent mortgage broker’s Ponzi scheme
We have been acting for 21 victims of a Ponzi fraud scheme in which a fraudulent mortgage broker arranged that two firms of solicitors acting for the victims pay the balances of the clients’ mortgage loans secured by the fraudulent broker into an account under the broker’s control.
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Clarifying the law on constructive total losses
We have been instructed by the Swedish P&I Club (as the leading hull and machinery underwriters) and the following market in a claim for US$15 million brought by the former owners of MV Renos following an engine room fire that took place near Suez in 2012.
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Client secures settlement for negligent shoulder injury following vaccine administration
We recently settled a clinical negligence claim for our client who suffered what we alleged to be a negligent shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), causing significant ongoing pain and functional restriction.
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Clinical negligence claim settled against Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for cannulation failings resulting in extravasation injury
Our clinical negligence team has settled a claim for a woman who suffered an extravasation injury following alleged negligent failings by medical professionals during cannulation and the administration of contrast dye for a CT scan.
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Co-authoring a briefing paper on licence exemptions relating to generating and selling electricity
We recently worked with leading energy services company Switch2 to produce a briefing paper on licence exemptions for electricity generation, distribution and supply.
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Compensation achieved for delayed diagnosis of ovarian torsion
We have recently settled a claim against an NHS trust for a delay in diagnosing and operating on ovarian torsion. This claim related to care received by the claimant, who was in her twenties, after being admitted to a hospital run by the defendant trust with severe abdominal pain on her left side, vomiting and haematuria.
