Laser hair removal treatment leaves client with facial burns
Laser hair removal treatment leaves client with facial burns
Customer suffers injury after fall in a shop in Sevenoaks
Dominique Parker, a specialist Personal Injury lawyer 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.
South East Coast Ambulance Service
Over the weekend, The Daily Telegraph reported that South East Coast Ambulance Service is under investigation following a scandal which saw ambulances deliberately delayed due to its internal policy of downgrading all 111 calls. The deaths of 25 patients are now being investigated.
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.
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.
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.
Shopper trips on mat in supermarket injuring wrist and thumb
Dominique Parker, specialist Personal Injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured a figure close to £40,000 for consumer who fell over on a mat at a supermarket, resulting in the restricted use of his right hand and deterioration of existing medical conditions.
Carer ruptures disc in spine during manual handling
James Cahan, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured compensation for a carer to who required a discectomy surgery after rupturing a disc in her spine when transferring a patient.
Injury caused by overfilled wheeled bin in hospital
Jonathan Herbert, specialist clinical negligence and personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured compensation for an elderly claimant who was injured when he was knocked to the ground by a wheeled refuse bin which had been overfilled.
Injuries at gym due to unqualified instructor
Dominique Parker, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £11,000 for a woman who suffered injuries to her wrists and psychological damage following a Boxercise class at the gym which was run by an unqualified instructor.
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.
School girl hit by school bus is awarded £34,000
Dominique Parker, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £34,000 for a school girl who was hit by a school bus which mounted the pavement where she was walking.
Rusty manhole cover collapses causing foot fracture
Dominique Parker, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £22,000 for a gentleman who sustained a foot fracture after stepping on a rusty manhole cover which collapsed.
Compensation for laceration of lip following trip.
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £2,000 for a child who suffered a laceration to his philtrum following a tripping accident at Chessington World of Adventure.
Award for ruptured hamstring after slip in store
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £7,000 for a claimant who suffered a ruptured hamstring when she slipped on a spillage at B&Q.
Wrist and ankle injuries after pot hole caused trip
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured a settlement for a claimant who was injured when she tripped over a large defect in the road and suffered soft tissue injuries to her wrist and ankle.
Award for fractured wrist after trip in forecourt
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £8,000 for a claimant who fractured her wrist when she tripped at a service station in St Leonards on Sea.
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.
Award for partially amputated finger crushed at school
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £2,000 for a child who suffered a partial crush amputation of her right middle finger when a toilet door slammed shut.
Award for hospital patient who slipped on snow
Oliver Chapman, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has recovered compensation for a claimant who, whilst an impatient in hospital, slipped on melted snow and injured her wrist.
Employer’s Liability – work or play?
Six figure compensation award for claimant injured at a work 'day out'
Inquests
This case demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team and how they can ease the strain on families who have just lost a loved one and are faced with going through an inquest. The team were able to allow the family to grieve whilst we looked objectively at the evidence and assisted the coroner in reaching their decision.
Accidents at school
This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team who have recently advised clients on claims resulting from accidents occurring at school, including future loss of earnings.
