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.
Labourer exposed to asbestos at work is compensated
Our client, Mr F, worked as a labourer and was negligently exposed to large amounts of asbestos by his employers. Sadly he later developed mesothelioma as a result of the exposure.
Our client, Mr P, suffered a multiplicity of serious, life changing injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident
Our client, Mr P, suffered a multiplicity of serious, life changing injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident.
Family suffer psychiatric injuries after faulty dishwasher fire
We acted for a family of three who suffered psychiatric injuries after their faulty dishwasher caused a house fire whilst they slept.
Unsafe working practices lead to amputation of fingers
Our client, Mr R, was injured when attaching a trailer to his work van. As he did so, the jockey wheel that holds the tow-arm collapsed, causing his right hand to become trapped between the components and causing a traumatic amputation of the middle and ring fingers on his right hand.
Achilles injury as a result of failure to maintain walkway
Our client, Mr Y, suffered injury to his Achilles after the management company in charge of maintaining his housing development failed to adequately maintain a walkway outside his property.
Damages recovered via Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
We acted for the widow and estate of Mr W who suffered mesothelioma having been exposed to asbestos dust whilst employed by ID System Heating Limited between about 1979 and 1981.
Motorway accident leaves driver with multiple injuries and post traumatic stress disorder
Our client, Mr V, suffered multiple physical injuries as well as developing post traumatic stress disorder and depression following a collision with a lorry driver convicted of driving without due care and attention.
Lack of safety on building site leads to shoulder injury
Our Client, Mr P suffered a dislocated shoulder and fracture following inadequate safety precautions on a building site he was working at. Our specialist personal injury lawyers at Thomson Snell & Passmore was able to secure a £60,000 settlement for Mr P.
Orthopaedic injuries after head-on collision between lorry and van
Our client, Mr K, sustained a fractured left arm, sternum and developed PTSD and depression after a Ford Transit van crossed over the solid white lane and into the path of his lorry.
Client develops mesothelioma from inhaling asbestos dust
Thomson Snell & Passmore have secured compensation for the estate of a gentleman who died after developing mesothelioma as a result of inhaling asbestos dust throughout his working life. The gentleman worked in various roles, including work as a mechanic, a vehicle maintenance worker and a quarry worker.
Spinal fracture following rear end shunt by lorry
Our client, Mr K suffered a spinal fracture after his car was struck in the rear by a large lorry causing it to spin, crash into a road sign and veer off the road.
Laser hair removal treatment leaves client with facial burns
Laser hair removal treatment leaves client with facial burns
Managing a personal injury settlement on behalf of a child
Our client was a child who had been injured at birth and recovered £3 million as a result of a personal injury claim. It was important to look after this properly, while ensuring that the parents, who were responsible for care, were fully involved. We established a trust which could be managed by us but run jointly with the child’s parents
Passenger suffers personal injury in car accident
Our specialist personal injury lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells office, successfully negotiated a £12,000 settlement for a client who suffered a recurring injury as a result of a road traffic accident when travelling as a passenger.
Customer suffers injury after fall in a shop in Sevenoaks
Our specialist Personal Injury lawyers at Thomson Snell & Passmore has secured a £24,000 settlement for a lady who tripped and fell over a wooden plank at a garden centre in Sevenoaks, injuring her chest and later suffered from trochanteric bursitis.
Employee has debris blasted into his face by fire hydrant
Our client, Mr J, was employed to commercially clean railway tracks and platform edges. He was injured when the fire hydrant he was using to obtain water for cleaning blasted air with fragments of rust, metal and debris into his face. He sustained injures to his face, eye and psychological trauma.
Labourer exposed to asbestos dust dies from mesothelioma
Our client, Mr S, was exposed to asbestos and asbestos dust during his employment with British Uralite Limited causing him to later develop and die from mesothelioma cancer.
Pianist’s legs crushed by an articulated lorry
Our client, Mr O, received a significant six figure settlement after he sustained serious leg fractures and major ligament damage to both legs.
Employee suffers corneal abrasion after eye injury at work
Our client, Mr R, suffered a corneal abrasion when he was struck in the eye by the upper rim of a drawer which became loose as he opened it at work.
Wet hospital floor causes slip and fractured elbow
Our client, Mrs A, suffered a fractured elbow when she slipped on a puddle of water whilst at work at the Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital. A warning cone had been erected, but apparently placed at the side of the corridor where it could not be seen.
Knee fracture following pedestrian knock-down
Our client, Mrs G, suffered a tibial plateau fracture of her right knee when she was struck by a BMW whilst crossing the road. The driver emerged through a gap in stationary traffic and accelerated into the claimant.
Meniscal tear after welder trips over scaffolding board
Our client, Mr P, sustained a meniscal tear to his knee after he tripped over a scaffolding board which had been left obstructing a walkway for staff on a building site where he was working.
Teenager brain damaged after being struck by car on rural road
If you’ve been injured and you think someone else was to blame, our specialist personal injury lawyers can help you make a compensation claim on a no win no fee basis.
How the consistency of a professional deputy can help someone with a brain injury
P was 14 years old when, in 1998, he was involved in a road traffic accident. He made good progress in hospital as a result of intensive neurorehabilitation, but the cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences of his acquired brain injury were considerable.
Woman in minimally conscious state after trailer accident
Our client, Miss G, suffered profound, life changing brain injuries after another driver’s trailer became detached from his car, colliding with her vehicle, leaving her in a minimally conscious state. Our personal injury lawyers have obtained a multimillion pound award to compensate her for her injuries and to pay for her on-going care.
Multiple fractures after slip on Iceland supermarket floor
Our client, Mrs R, sustained fractures to her right shoulder and hip, as well as wedge compression fractures to her spine after she slipped on the remains of a sweet which had been left on the floor at an Iceland supermarket.
An inspiring story of a young woman living with a brain injury
Personal injury lawyers specialising in cases involving brain injury, based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, have secured a six figure sum for a young woman who suffered brain damage after being struck by a car.
Chef sustains painful back injury at work
Our specialist Personal Injury lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £40,000 for a claimant chef who sustained a back injury at work after his employer introduced a new system of delivering food to students.
College fails to grit path after snow causing injury
Jonathan Herbert, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured compensation for a college employee who suffered an exacerbation of her back problems after she slipped on black ice.
Passenger’s foot & ankle crushed as taxi pulls away
Our specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £10,500 for a woman whose foot and ankle where crushed by a taxi.
Plasterer sustains wrist injury after fall from ladder
Our specialist personal injury lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £9,000 for a plasterer who was injured when he fell off an unsuitable ladder, whilst plastering a ceiling.
Orthopaedic injuries after trip in supermarket car park
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells office, has secured £10,000 for a claimant who suffered a fractured nose, ankle and tear in her right knee when she tripped in a car park at the Co-Op supermarket.
Fractured elbow after slip at supermarket
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, secured a settlement for a claimant who was injured when she slipped at Sainsbury’s supermarket and suffered a fractured elbow.
Whiplash and other injuries suffered in RTA
Lorna Buckwell, specialist PI lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured a settlement for a claimant who was injured in a road traffic accident and suffered whiplash and other soft tissues injuries.
Brain injury & me
This is the story, in his own words, of Mr A who was involved in a serious accident some years ago. On 15th July 2003 I was involved a road traffic accident that left me with a brain injury, lost, confused and unable to decipher what had happened to me.
Experienced cyclist injured in collision with car
Lorna Buckwell, specialist Personal Injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £10,800 for a cyclist who was injured in a road traffic accident.
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.
Motorcyclist claims compensation after a brain injury
James Cahan, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured over £130,000 for a motorcyclist who suffered multiple injuries (including brain damage) after a car turned across his path.
Woman injured when lorry forces car off the road
Our team of specialist personal injury lawyers based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £24,000 for a woman who suffered from PTSD and soft tissue injuries after lorry strikes the car she was traveling in.
Multiple injuries for railway worker struck by train at 60mph
Our specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured a six figure settlement for a railway worker who suffered multiple injuries, including brain damage, when he was struck by a train when the rail lines were re-opened negligently.
Compensation recovered for injury caused by dog
Oliver Chapman and Lorna Buckwell, specialist personal injury lawyers, based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, have secured £17,000 for a dog walker who was injured when another person’s dog knocked her to the floor.
Compensation for fractured arm following trip
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £9,500 for a claimant who suffered a fractured arm when she tripped on a footpath.
Working with headway
Thomson Snell & Passmore helps a client of Headway in West Kent following a road traffic accident - Barry.
Award for fractured femur after slip on uneven road
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured nearly £50,000 for a pedestrian who fractured her left neck of femur when she slipped on the poor road surface outside her house.
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.
Over £100,000 compensation for a client with a broken shoulder after falling over in book store
James Cahan, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells Office, has secured over £100,000 for a consumer who suffered with a broken shoulder after she fell over in a Waterstones book store.
£20,000 compensation recovered after Defendant charged with “driving without due care and attention”
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who recently secured a settlement for a driver who suffered a fracture to his spine, after colliding with a car on an A-Road.
Compensation for revolving door installer
Revolving door installer obtains compensation from employer for back injuries and the subsequent development of chronic pain syndrome.
Employer’s Liability – work or play?
Six figure compensation award for claimant injured at a work 'day out'
Mesothelioma compensation for plumbing and heating engineer following asbestos exposure
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Chemical Poisoning & Asbestos team who recently settled a compensation claim for a former plumbing and heating engineer who developed mesothelioma after five years' exposure to asbestos when working on the construction of various buildings in Croydon.
Another high speed mesothelioma compensation claim success
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Chemical Poisoning & Asbestos team who recently negotiated within 58 days a full value compensation settlement for a former rivet boy who developed mesothelioma after four years' exposure to asbestos when working at Chatham Dockyard.
Security officer obtains compensation from employer for injuries sustained restraining shoplifter
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who acted for an undercover security officer, in a claim for damages against his former employer, for injury sustained at work. He was awarded a six figure sum in compensation.
Referee awarded compensation for brain injury sustained during rugby match
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who represented a client in an unusual case involving a rugby match.
Personal injury claim following slipping accident at work
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who recently recovered £25,000 in compensation for a client who was injured in an accident at work when she slipped on a greasy spillage on the floor which had not been cleaned up.
£7,500 for pedestrian injured in road traffic accident
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who recently recovered £7,500 in a personal injury claim for Mrs X who was a pedestrian hit by a car.
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.
A provisional settlement of a pleural thickening claim
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Chemical Poisoning & Asbestos team who recently recovered a provisional settlement for a client with pleural thickening. The provisional settlement allows him to seek further compensation if he later develops mesothelioma, asbestosis or lung cancer.
Thomson Snell & Passmore recovers damages for exposure to asbestos in early 1940s
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Chemical Poisoning & Asbestos team who recently recovered damages for a client suffering from mesothelioma within six months of his diagnosis, despite exposure being more than 20 years before the Sunday Times article that publicised knowledge about asbestos hazards.
Undercover security officer recovers damages for injuries following an assault at work
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who recently recovered a six figured sum for an undercover security officer who was assaulted by a suspected shop lifter.
Thomson Snell & Passmore secures settlement for cyclist in Tunbridge Wells who fractured both his wrists
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who recently secured a settlement for a cyclist who fractured both of his wrists when he was knocked off his bicycle by a car.
Kent man sustains brain injury in bizarre tractor accident
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who recently secured compensation of a six figured sum for a client from Sevenoaks, Kent for traumatic brain injuries sustained in a bizarre road traffic accident.
£100,000 recovered for man hit by a forklift truck at work in Paddock Wood
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who recently recovered £100,000 in compensation for Mr B who was injured in an accident at work when he was hit by a forklift truck.
Damages recovered following adverse outcome to spinal surgery
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered £145,000 for a client who suffered frequent falls, pain and depression as a result of an inappropriate surgical procedure, leaving him with significant care and equipment needs.
Slips & trips
This case demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team and their ability to succeed, where others have failed. The team listen closely to clients, enabling them to advise clients properly about the steps that need to be taken to conclude their claim for the right amount of compensation.
Injuries caused by defective products
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who ensure that a client's prognosis is clear before advising them to settle their claim. The settlement recovered in this case included the cost of necessary ongoing treatment.
