Failure to diagnose pre-eclampsia during labour causes fit
Our client, Miss F, suffered with pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome during her labour which went un-diagnosed despite her observations and blood results being positive indicators of the conditions, leading her to suffer a fitting episode and psychiatric injury.
Head injury and stroke following trip in hospital
Our client, Mrs K, required multiple surgeries after suffering post-operative anastomotic leaks and a ureteric injury during surgery for bowel obstruction. Unfortunately, Mrs K then suffered a head injury and stroke when she tripped over a raised area in the hospital corridor. At that time it was also found that a JJ stent had been left in place for 9 months after her previous surgery, causing urosepsis and other urological problems.
Obstetrician misses rectal tear causing recto-vaginal fistula
Our client, Ms Q, suffered a rectal tear at the time of her forceps delivery, which was subsequently missed by the obstetrician and not repaired, leading her to develop a recto-vaginal fistula. She required multiple surgeries including a colostomy and suffered with faecal incontinence and psychiatric harm.
A&E and radiologist fail to diagnose Lisfranc injury to foot
Our client, Mr W, injured his right foot and attended A&E where he was wrongly diagnosed with a soft tissue injury. It took three months for his Lisfranc injury to be diagnosed, requiring him to undergo invasive fusion surgery which was unsuccessful, requiring further surgery in the future.
Failure to treat wrist fracture accelerates arthritis
Our client, Mr P sustained a fracture to his wrist, after a fall, for which he received substandard treatment resulting in more complex surgery being required involving; ulnar shortening, a bone graft, prolonged recovery period and an acceleration of post-traumatic arthritis, which affected his future earning capacity.
Dental patient suffers severe burn to mouth during extraction
Our client, Ms W, sustained severe burns and facial scarring to the side of her mouth and lips whilst undergoing extraction of her wisdom teeth under anaesthetic.
Elderly patient suffers hip fracture as a result of hospital fall
Our client, Mrs F, suffered a peri-prosthetic fracture to her hip after falling in hospital when nursing staff left her alone in the bathroom for 40 minutes.
Patient requires dental implant after bodged root canal
Our client, Miss K, suffered with pain and infection following her dentists failure to perform root canal treatment correctly, leading to the tooth requiring extraction and replacement with a dental implant.
Toes misaligned during hammertoe and bunion surgery
Our client, Mrs E, underwent surgery for hammertoe and bunion correction on her left foot and suffered severe misalignment of her big and 2nd toes due to misplacement of the screws and K-wires by the surgeon.
Carer negligence causes pressure sores to ankles
Our client, Mr P, who is tetraplegic, suffered with bimalleolar pressure sores on the outside of each ankle which live-in carers failed to protect against, or identify and treat at an early stage.
Delayed diagnosis and treatment of urosepsis leads to peri-arrest
Our client, Miss D, suffered a peri-arrest due to a lack of input from appropriate doctors or the Critical Care team, despite having a high ‘Patient at Risk’ score and observations on admission and an early suspicion of urosepsis.
Infant dies after lack of treatment for airway narrowing
Our client, Miss J, suffered a cardiac arrest, brain damage and subsequently death after a hospital failed to investigate and treat her airway narrowing despite several signs and a previous life threatening event where Miss J had turned blue and choked on secretions.
Inferior vena cava vein damaged during laparoscopy surgery
GP fails to refer patient with chest pains to A&E
Our client, Mrs P, suffered a heart attack and cardiac arrest after her GP failed to refer her to A&E when she attended with chest pains.
Burns to gums and face during root canal treatment
Our client, Mrs D, was injured when her dentist incorrectly applied chemicals to her tooth, causing the chemicals to pour onto and burn her gum-line and the inside of her face during root canal treatment.
Wrong surgery performed as a result of administration error
Our client, Mrs L was due to undergo an ulnar nerve release operation on her elbow. Due to an administration error, the surgeon incorrectly performed a tennis elbow release surgery instead. Mrs L then waited 6 months to undergo the correct surgery and had an additional 6-12 month recovery time.
Three months delay in diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Our client, Mrs F, suffered a three month delay in diagnosis of her non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer after attending her dentist with pain in her lower right jaw followed by the development of a lump in her right jaw. The lump expanded from 2.5cm to 9cm and caused unnecessary pain and distress.
Broken femur took over a year to unite after negligent surgery
Mr E was 40 years old when he was involved in a road traffic accident. Following the accident he was taken to the Conquest Hospital, Hastings, with multiple injuries including a closed fracture to the right femoral shaft.
Failed hernia repair and removal of lax skin surgery
Failed hernia repair and removal of lax skin surgery
Hospital catheter negligence causes permanent bladder problems
Hospital catheter negligence causes permanent bladder problems
Child’s lip scarred after being burned by dentist
Our client, Mr C, suffered permanent injury to the corner of his mouth on the right hand side, caused by the negligent actions of a surgeon, who during a procedure to extract Mr C’s teeth, caused an overheated drill to come into contact with his mouth.
Patient wrongfully treated for recurrence of bowel cancer
Our client, Mr H, was told he would need to undergo chemotherapy, chemo-radiotherapy and surgery for what was assumed, by his consultants, to be a recurrence of his bowel cancer. He suffered a bowel perforation as a result of the chemotherapy and was then told he did not in fact have a recurrence of the tumour.
Fall in hospital causes femur fracture, hernia & surgeries
Our client, Mr A, sustained a fracture to his femur requiring surgery and a post-operative hernia which also required surgery following a fall from his hospital bed. He had a history of falling and worsening cognitive impairment, but despite this nursing staff failed to ensure his safety and a faulty bedrail was used.
Negligent prostatectomy and Argus sling surgeries
Our client, Mr K, suffered from incontinence, infections, severe pain and psychiatric harm after a number of failures by his urology consultant including the performance of a procedure which had been unauthorised and not licenced by the PCT.
Young woman has facial scarring after wisdom tooth extraction
Our client, Miss V, was shocked after she came round from her anaesthetic during a routine wisdom tooth extraction, to find the maxillofacial surgeon had burnt her lip causing a disfigurement at the corner of her mouth.
Poor haemorrhoid surgery causes multiple problems
Our client, Mr B, suffered with pain and faecal leakage, a feeling of incomplete evacuation and problems with frequency following a botched haemorrhoid anopexy surgery, where the surgeon stapled the surgery site incorrectly.
Mother suffers PTSD due to poor management of birth
Our client, Mrs F, suffered post traumatic stress disorder after doctors poorly managed the birth of her daughter, who was born in the breech position instead of via a caesarean section, and required resuscitation at birth.
Severe brain damage following ectopic pregnancy surgery
Our client, Miss J, was admitted to hospital after an ectopic pregnancy ruptured her fallopian tube. She was taken to theatre to have the ruptured tube and pregnancy removed, but during the surgery her aorta artery was severed. The hospital failed to recognise this, and Miss J haemorrhaged so severely that she suffered a cardiac arrest, and suffered significant brain damage as a result.
Dental pain & unnecessary tooth extraction
Our client, Ms L, sought treatment from her dentist for tooth pain. The dentist failed to note problems with one tooth on an x-ray, leaving the tooth in place, and causing Ms L to have ongoing pain for a further two months. He also misdiagnosed a second tooth as having a root fracture leading to an unnecessary extraction.
Hospital's delay in diagnosis of colon cancer leaves claimant with permanent urostomy and colostomy
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently secured compensation of £140,000 when a hospital failed to follow up a missed routine colonoscopy in a patient who was at high risk of developing colon cancer.
Failure by GP to send mole for testing leads to missed cancer diagnosis
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently settled a claim for £1 million for a claimant after his GP misdiagnosed a cancerous mole for a wart, leading to a delay in diagnosis.
Delayed diagnosis of connective tissue disease & pneumonia
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured a six-figure sum for a lady after a delay in diagnosing undifferentiated connective tissue disorder and interstitial pneumonia led to a serious avoidable deterioration in her health.
Index finger amputated following negligent treatment
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £33,000 for a client who ended up having an index finger amputated following a failure to prescribe antibiotics in accordance with the hospital’s own guidelines combined with failures to diagnose infection.
Death following inadequate hernia repair surgery
Our specialist clinical negligence lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £90,000 for the widow of a woman who died following a hernia repair operation undertaken with inappropriate equipment.
Surgeon blocks artery during coronary artery bypass surgery
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £23,000 for a woman who suffered from severe angina, haemathorax and requiring a second coronary heart bypass after negligence during her first surgery.
GP failed to attend home of mother who died from pneumonia
Specialist clinical negligence lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured a six figure sum the husband and children of a mother who died from necrotising streptococcal pneumonia and multi-organ failure, after GP failed to attend her at home.
Patient suffers severe anoxic brain injury due to bronchoscopy
Specialist Clinical Negligence lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £400,000 plus annual payments for a claimant who suffered a severe anoxic brain injury after going into cardiac arrest whilst undergoing a bronchoscopy.
Failure to locate site of hernia during laparoscopic repair
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £7,000 for a woman who required additional corrective incisional hernia repair due to insufficient examination in theatre during the first repair.
Undiagnosed testicular torsion leads to testicle removal
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £13,750 for a school boy who underwent an urgent orchiectomy (removal of testicle) and subsequent prosthesis insertion due to undiagnosed testicular torsion following his attendance at A&E, Eastbourne District General Hospital 3 weeks previously.
8 month delay in hip replacement revision surgery
Jennifer Waight, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £25,000 for a woman who suffered pain and infection in her right hip after an eight month delay in undertaking a right hip replacement revision surgery.
GP failure to diagnose slipped upper femoral epiphysis
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £145,000 compensation for a young man whose GP failed to properly examine him when he presented with the classic symptoms of a slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE) leading to a more significant slip of the fracture and the necessity of having hip replacement surgery at age 22 and every 12 -15 years thereafter.
GP failure to report abnormal smear result
Our team of specialist clinical negligence lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £112,000 for a woman whose GP failed to report her abnormal smear test results, resulting in a two and a half year delay and more invasive treatment.
5 month old baby suffers extravasation injury to hand
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £20,000 for a child who suffered necrosis of the tissue on the back his hand, requiring plastic surgery, after an extravasation injury.
Failure to drain haematoma from breast causes necrosis
Jennifer Waight, specialist clinical negeligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £15,000 for a woman who developed necrosis of the breast following a mastopexy surgery.
Delayed diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured compensation for a woman whose diagnosis and treatment or cervical cancer was delayed for 5 ½ years after her GP and consultant failed to act on a positive smear test.
Ear operation and infection leads to brain injury
Fiona Mills, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £700,000 for claimant who sustained a brain injury following a substandard tympanoplasty surgery on his ear and mismanagement of his post-operative infection.
Urinary incontinence following bowel cancer surgery
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £130,000 for patient who developed a perineal fistula and subsequent urinary incontinence after his urethra was damaged during bowel cancer surgery.
Negligent misprescription causes Cushings Syndrome
Graham Bell and Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells & Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, have secured £185,000 for a claimant who developed Cushings Syndrome after a clinic prescribed medication which reacted with his asthma drug.
Prescription error causes distressing symptoms
Jenny Waight, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured compensation for a client who suffered distressing symptoms requiring invasive and painful investigations after a pharmacist negligently prescribed the wrong medication to her.
Negligent cosmetic gastric bypass surgery causes leak
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured compensation for a client who required life saving treatment and intensive care after a negligently performed cosmetic gastric bypass surgery, performed by a private surgeon.
Delay in diagnosing brain tumour (meningioma)
Our specialist clinical negligence lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £600,000 for a man who suffered a negligent delay in diagnosing a meningioma (a benign brain tumour) which left him incapacitated by headaches, hormonal problems, extreme lethargy and depression.
Hair removal treatment inflicts permanent scars
Our team of specialist personal injury lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured compensation for a woman who was permanently scarred by pulsed light treatment to remove hair from her body.
Six month delay in diagnosing bowel cancer
Jennifer Waight, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £5,000 for a patient after her hospital failed to inform her of abnormalities on her CT scan, causing six month delay of diagnosis of bowel cancer.
Femoral artery punctured during pacemaker surgery
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £50,000 for a claimant who developed a large haematoma near her spine, as a result of negligent pacemaker surgery, causing her on-going back pain.
Compensation for severely negligent dental treatment
Jonathan Herbert, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £22,500 for a client who suffered pain and discomfort when their dentist failed to provide treatment to a reasonable standard.
Death after meningitis contracted during brain surgery
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured over £70,000 for the widow of a man who died after he contracted meningitis following surgery to remove a brain tumour.
Failure to diagnose fracture leads to knee replacement
Jennifer Waight, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £10,000 compensation for a women who required a total knee replacement after the fracture to her tibia, which had been undiagnosed, displaced.
Epidural needle causes paraplegia and spinal damage
Fiona Mills, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £350,000 for a claimant who suffered paraplegia and had to re-learn to walk after an anaesthetist damaged his spine with an epidural needle.
Permanent deterioration after negligent discharge
Oliver Chapman, specialist clinical negligence lawyer, based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices has secured compensation for the estate of an elderly patient who suffered a permanent deterioration in health after she was discharged from hospital prematurely.
Award for failure to act swiftly during stroke
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured an undisclosed six figure sum for a patient after the hospital failed to act properly in the early stages of a stroke.
Lack of informed consent for spinal fusion surgery
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £75,000 for a patient after Medway Hospital failed to fully inform him of the risks and benefits of spinal fusion surgery leading to severe disability.
Compensation for delayed diagnosis of aneurysm
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices has secured compensation for a claimant who developed double vision following the delayed diagnosis of an aneurysm.
Award for fractured ankle following fall in hospital
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £11,800 for a claimant who suffered a bimalleolar fracture of her right ankle, having fallen in hospital.
£67,500 award after failure to diagnose kidney cancer
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £67,500 for a patient who required extensive open surgery after her kidney cancer remained undiagnosed for 13 months.
Delayed diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis causes death
Fiona Mills, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured over £340,000 for the family of a women who died following a delay in the diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis and cerebral oedema.
Incontinence following delayed diagnosis of a fistula
Oliver Chapman, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells office, has secured £12,000 for a claimant who suffered a period of incontinence when a hospital failed to identify a fistula.
Beautician tears client’s labia during Brazilian wax
Our team of specialist road traffic accident lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured compensation for the a women who had her skin and labia torn whilst undergoing waxing treatment.
Death after intestinal obstruction & peritonitis
Fiona Mills, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured over £80,000 for the family of a woman who died following a failure by Bedford Hospital to recognise her symptoms of intestinal obstruction and peritonitis following surgery for a bowel strangulation.
Claimant awarded £2m after requiring leg amputation following negligent knee replacement surgery
Fiona Mills, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells Office, has secured over £2 million for a client who required an above the knee leg amputation following negligence during her total knee replacement surgery.
£50,000 awarded in clinical negligence case following a failure to listen to the patients wishes
James Cahan, specialist clinical negligence lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells Office, has secured £50,000 for a client who had expressly wished for ‘no foreign materials’ to be left in his body following surgery.
Damages recovered following delay in diagnosis of lung cancer
The clinical negligence team demonstrated their expertise when they recently recovered damages for a gentleman who suffered a delay in treatment of lung cancer following a hospital failing to follow up a suspicious chest ray. The case settled for an undisclosed award plus legal costs.
Compensation recovered following a failure to diagnose a broken leg
The clinical negligence team demonstrated their expertise when they recently recovered compensation for a lady who required a knee replacement operation following a failure to diagnose a broken leg after being admitted to the accident and emergency department of Worthing Hospital. The case settled for an undisclosed award plus legal costs.
Compensation recovered for the oldest ever patient to sue to the NHS
The clinical negligence team demonstrated their expertise when they recently recovered damages for the oldest ever patient to sue to the NHS; a lady who suffered a variety of complications following a failure by a hospital A&E department to assess her properly or to advise her residential home properly prior to discharging her back to her residential home with a fractured pubic ramus after a fall.
Out of hours GP’s failure to refer patient to hospital leads to death
We have recovered £14,000 for the widower of a patient who died after an out of hours GP failed to appreciate that her significant medical history and immunosuppressant medication left her vulnerable when fighting an infection.
Medical negligence & kidney damage, renal damage and a kidney transplant
Peter Cooper won an undisclosed seven figure sum for permanent damage to his kidneys, which eventually led to a transplant.
Compensation for loss of wife following failure to diagnose and treat fractured ribs
The clinical negligence team demonstrated their expertise when they recently recovered damages for the surviving husband of a lady who died after cardiac arrest following the development of a haemothorax due to fractured ribs. The case settled for an undisclosed award plus legal costs.
Patient recovered £565,000 when hospital delayed diagnosis of a heart condition causing heart attack
The clinical negligence team demonstrated their expertise when they recently recovered a substantial sum and a formal apology for a patient who suffered permanent damage to her heart as a result of a hospital’s failure to diagnose acute coronary syndrome and later myocardial infarction and provide treatment with anticoagulants.
Compensation for malaria medication overdose causing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
The clinical negligence team demonstrated their expertise when they recently recovered damages for a patient who suffered post traumatic stress disorder after receiving a malaria medication overdose due to a prescription error. The case settled for a six-figure award plus legal costs.
Patient dies after absconding from psychiatric ward
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who negotiated a settlement of £85,000 for the wife and daughter of a man who died after being allowed to wander out of a psychiatric ward.
Damages recovered following a delayed diagnosis of a fractured neck
This case study of J v Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust [2011] demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered an undisclosed sum for a lady who suffered extended pain and suffering and anxiety as a result of a failure to diagnose a fractured neck.
Patient receives compensation for unnecessary haemorrhoidectomy surgery
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently acted for a patient who underwent haemorrhoidectomy surgery in 2008. Following surgery she went into urinary retention and has since suffered such extreme constipation that she will require laxatives for life and possibly a colostomy in the future.
Failure by doctors to diagnose knee injury causes muscle wastage injury
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently negotiated a settlement of £15,000 for a woman who suffered a muscle wastage injury as a result of a failure by doctors at Bedford Hospital to diagnose and treat significant lesion of the knee.
Misdiagnosis of cardiac condition causes brain injury to 22 year old girl
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently acted for a girl in her late teens who suffered serious hypoxic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest.
Compensation obtained for leg injury caused by nurse
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recovered £7,500 in compensation for an elderly lady who suffered injury as a result of a nurse stepping on her leg with the heel of her shoe.
Accident and emergency department fails to diagnose severed hand tendon
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who successfully settled a case involving a failure to diagnose rupture of the deep flexor tendons of the right little and ring fingers, obtaining £27,500 compensation.
Damages recovered following a failure to treat a broken leg properly
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £275,000 for a patient who suffered permanent injury as a result of a negligently performed intra-medullary nailing of the right tibia.
Patient suffers progression of kidney cancer when hospital loses scan
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who obtained £60,000 compensation in a claim where the results of a CT scan remained undiscovered for 12 months by which time the tumour had increased in size having an adverse effect on her prognosis, which was then very poor.
Patient suffers acute heart failure following negligent management of post operative complications
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who obtained £15,000 compensation for a woman when her husband died from post operative complications following a right total hip replacement.
Compensation following a failing to communicate
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team. In this pair of connected cases, the team recovered £22,500 for the Estate of a deceased cancer patient and £7,000 and £8,000 respectively her husband and daughter as secondary victims.
Compensation recovered for burns suffered during wisdom teeth extraction
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £10,500 for a 25 year old man who suffered a full thickness burn to the corner of his mouth due to equipment being used for wisdom teeth extraction overheating.
Compensation for facial injuries caused by instrumental delivery
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £11,150 for a young boy who suffered facial injuries during instrumental delivery at his birth despite the hospital not admitting negligence.
Damages recovered following a failure to diagnose and treat infection
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £26,000 for a young man who suffered injury to his knee after a failure to manage an infection.
Kent hospital fails to prevent elderly lady's pressure ulcers leading to a painful death
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who represented the family of an elderly Kent lady at the inquest into her death caused by pressure ulcers.
Hospital's failure to treat brain aneurysm causes barrister's death
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently settled the claim of a widow whose barrister husband died following his transfer from Kent to a London hospital with a suspected brain aneurysm.
Hospital negligence leads to death of wife and mother from asthma attack
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who acted for the husband and sons of a 45 year old woman who died within a few days of her admission to a Surrey hospital as a result of her first ever asthma attack.
A patient's dislocated elbow is left undiagnosed for nine weeks
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently worked with a client suffering from a significant elbow dislocation which was not spotted despite several consultations with an orthopaedic specialist as well as weekly physiotherapy sessions which were unsurprisingly extremely painful.
Compensation recovered for delayed diagnosis of Achilles tendon injury
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recovered £15,000 for a lady who suffered avoidable pain and suffering following a failure to diagnose and treat a partially ruptured Achilles tendon.
Damages recovered for delayed diagnosis of severe spinal fracture
This recent case, in which we recovered £350,000 for our client, shows that it is not always easy for a claimant to prove that a breach of duty led to an adverse outcome.
Undiagnosed torsion of the testicle
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently acted for a man suffering from a torsion of the testicle. He was misdiagnosed during three separate hospital attendances despite the GP repeatedly diagnosing the condition correctly.
Negligence by out of hours GP
Over the last 18 months numerous cases have been reported in the media where problems have arisen due to treatment by out of hours GPs. This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £1.9 million for a man given a three-fold overdose of diamorphine by an out of hours GP.
Patient disbelieved
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £9,000 for a patient who received abusive comments from hospital staff who believed that she was fabricating her symptoms.
Record damages awarded for blindness
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £2.25 million for a client blinded as a result of retinopathy of prematurity, a disease of the retina which can affect premature babies.
