Brain injury

Client who sustained severe brain injury when on holiday in Europe as a child

We act as Deputy for EF, who sustained catastrophic injuries, including a severe brain injury when on holiday in Europe as a child.

Client sustained a brain injury from road traffic accident

Our client, AB, sustained a brain injury when he was involved in a road traffic accident. AB received a final damages award and we were appointed to mange AB’s finances on his behalf.

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.

An inspiring story of a young woman living with a brain injury

Jonathan Clement and Lorna Buckwell, 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.

Car mounts pavement causing pedestrian head injury

Dominique Parker, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) offices, has secured £95,000 for a man who sustained head, spinal and soft tissue injuries when a car mounted the pavement, striking him.

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.

Brain injury suffered in road traffic accident

Jonathan Clement, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £3.9 million for a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury following a road traffic accident.

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.

Multiple injuries for railway worker struck by train at 60mph

Jonathan Clement, 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.

Car crosses motorcyclist’s path causing multiple injuries

Jonathan Herbert, specialist personal injury lawyer based at Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Tunbridge Wells and Dartford (Thames Gateway) Offices, has secured £80,000 for a Claimant who suffered severe neurological and orthopaedic injuries after being thrown from his motorbike in a road traffic accident.

Working with headway

Thomson Snell & Passmore helps a client of Headway in West Kent following a road traffic accident - Barry.

Employer’s Liability – work or play?

Six figure compensation award for claimant injured at a work 'day out'

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.

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.

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.

Injuries caused by violent crime

This claim demonstrates the expertise of our Personal Injury team and their persistence to get the right award for a client injured in a vicious attack by masked raiders whilst working at his father's pet shop.

Brain injury

This case demonstrates the expertise of three members of our Personal Injury team who worked seamlessly together to properly investigate the extent of this client's injuries. Individuals who have suffered a brain injury will look uninjured to the untrained eye, but there is often more that cannot be ignored.

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.

Damages recorded for brain damaged child

This case study demonstrates the expertise of our Clinical Negligence team who recently recovered over £5 million for a child who was severely brain damaged as a result of the mismanagement of her birth. This case illustrates that experience, thoroughness and perseverance are often the key to success.

Managing the Neuroscientific Complications of Concussion of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems

Dr Peter Savundra, Consultant Audiovestibular Physician, provided insight on managing complications caused by damage to the audiovestibular systems after brain injury at our annual brain injury lecture on the 25th May 2017.

Should I settle my medical negligence compensation claim directly with NHS Resolution?

Often when patients are unhappy with the treatment they have received from an NHS hospital they will make a formal complaint to the Trust. Formal complaints are a useful way of getting essential information about the treatment a patient has received and may sometimes result in that Trust apologising to the aggrieved patient.

Brain damage, the hidden cost of acute sepsis?

According to the UK Sepsis Trust, there are about 150,000 cases of sepsis in the UK each year and 44,000 deaths. Another adverse outcome that is being identified in a growing number of our clinical negligence cases, involving long delays in the diagnosis of sepsis, is brain injury and cognitive deficits, causing lifelong symptoms that are sometimes subtle, but often much more profound.

Survey indicates just how complex and subtle the consequences of head injury can be

In a recent survey, eighty five percent of brain injury specialists did not fully appreciate that acceleration or deceleration forces – experienced for example when a car comes to a sudden stop - need last only one fifth of one second to trigger traumatic brain injury. This finding emerged from research conducted by Thomson Snell & Passmore’s leading personal injury team at their annual brain injury lecture.

Frequently asked questions about the Rehabilitation Code

We answer frequently asked questions regarding the Rehabilitation Code including it's purpose along with what the code states and how to code will help someone with a brain injury.

Is your NHS complaint response worth the paper it is written on?

Jessica Hanrahan, a Paralegal in our Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury team shares her views on the news that the NHS Complaints Service has been found it to be most inadequate following a review by the Health Service Ombudsman. 

Making the best of your recovery is easier if you know who to contact for help

By Dominique Parker, Associate in Personal Injury.

Neuropsychiatric aspects of traumatic brain injury: Past, Present & Future

It has been reported that the number of people suffering from brain injuries related long term neuropsychiatric problems, following an accident, is increasing. Recent technological and scientific advances in brain injury science and the patient pathways means more people are surviving more serious brain injuries according to leading Neuropsychiatrist, Dr Niruj Agrawal.