Case studies
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$235,000 damages awarded for lost earnings following a fall on a rental property
We acted on behalf of a 41 year-old woman following a fall at a holiday rental in Florida. Our client fell as she descended a flight of wooden steps in front of the property. It had been raining before she left the property and the steps were slippery.
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$300,000 settlement for injured holidaymaker
Our travel group negotiated a settlement worth over $300,000 for a British woman injured while visiting friends in Florida. By bringing the claim in the USA, we secured substantially more damages than if the case had been pursued in this country
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£100,000 settlement for client who suffered complete loss of functional vision in left eye following surgery
We have achieved significant compensation for our client who underwent privately performed eye surgery at the Shelburne Hospital (previously run and administered by BMI Healthcare, now Circle Health Group), and suffered a retinal detachment and complete loss of functional vision from her dominant left eye.
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£14.1 million birth injury award achieved following failure to offer an earlier caesarean section
We have recently achieved a settlement for a capitalised sum of £14.1 million for our client, now aged six, who has cerebral palsy after sustaining a significant brain injury at birth.
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£14.5 million High Court settlement after French road accident
We have recently achieved a settlement of £14.5 million that was approved in the High Court on behalf of our client, an anonymous protected party, for catastrophic injuries caused by a road accident in France.
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£170,000 in compensation from NHS trust for unwarranted vaginal mesh surgery
We acted for the claimant in this clinical negligence claim for unnecessary gynaecological surgery against Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
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£170,000 in damages for young man deprived of his videography career following motorcycling accident
We secured £170,000 in damages for our client after he was struck by a car and thrown from his motorcycle, suffering significant injuries.
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£225,000 in damages for failure to investigate breast cancer and obtain informed consent on treatment options
Partner Stephanie Code and associate Elizabeth Maloney have successfully settled a claim for a client whose breast cancer was not properly investigated and who suffered serious complications from a double mastectomy she did not need to have.
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£25k damages recovered for avoidable pressure sores
We have recovered £25,000 from London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust for the avoidable pain and suffering of our client’s late mother, Mrs B, after she developed pressure sores while under the care of the district nurses.
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£27 million settlement for cerebral palsy caused by birth injury at London hospital
Our clinical negligence team has recently settled a claim for over £27 million on behalf of a 10 year old child who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of negligent care at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. This is the highest settlement the team has achieved to date.
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£30 million supermarket acquisition for Aviva Investors
Our London based property investors team acted for Aviva Investors Pensions Limited (AIPL) in relation to its acquisition of a recently completed development in Welling, Kent.
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£30,000 secured for pedestrian hit by car in garage forecourt
We have secured an out of court settlement of £30,000 for injuries sustained by our client who was a pedestrian involved in a road traffic accident.
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£35,000 settlement following failure to release subclavian artery during surgery
Our client was 18 years old when she first saw her GP in 2009 with problems with her right arm circulation and pain in her right shoulder. She was diagnosed with Raynaud’s phenomenon, a common condition that affects the blood supply to some parts of the body.
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£350,000 settlement for delayed diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip
We have recently settled for £350,000 a long-running claim on behalf of a client whose developmental dysplasia of the hip was missed by a health visitor during routine baby checks.
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£48,000 plus legal costs for holidaymaker struck by falling ladder at Mauritius hotel
Our team advised a client who was struck by a falling ladder while relaxing in a hammock in the grounds of her five-diamond deluxe-rated hotel on a package holiday in Mauritius.
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£600,000 claim settled against Royal Surrey County Hospital for failure to diagnose shoulder fracture
Our clinical negligence team has settled a substantial claim against the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford for the failure to diagnose a shoulder fracture, resulting in lifelong injuries for our client.
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£650,000 damages won for injuries arising from Endologix stent clinical trial
Our client had a history of non-invasive bladder cancer which was first diagnosed in 1996. Following regular treatment for this non-invasive disease, a bladder scan in June 2011 revealed a large abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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£75,000 settlement for claim against negligent private orthopaedic surgeon
We have recently settled a case against a private orthopaedic surgeon for inappropriate and technically unacceptable knee surgery.
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£80,000 settlement secured for three unnecessary keyhole knee operations and negligent total knee replacement surgery
We have secured settlement for our client, who pursued a clinical negligence claim in relation to her treatment for knee pain against her former private orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Sait.
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£9 million birth injury award arising out of failure to respond to CTG monitoring after reduced fetal movements
We recently concluded a birth injury case following a very complex investigation considering care dating back several decades.
