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£9.5 million damages for severe injuries caused during birth

30 November 2009

Paul McNeil , medical negligence partner, secured almost £10 million compensation for Abdullahi, who sustained severe injuries during his birth. Abdullahi's story Abdullahi’s mothe...

Two week old baby dies due to GP’s mistake

22 October 2009

Baby Liam was born in November 2004, healthy and in good condition. Two weeks later he became unwell and vomited what appeared to be blood on his clothes. Liam’s parents took him (and the soi...

Meningitis kills baby after Casualty ignores illness

14 November 2008

Mark Bowman was instructed by the parents of eight month old infant after a hospital had failed to recognise and treat symptoms of meningitis. The family were Christmas shopping in Oxford Street wh...

Substantial damages recovered for brain-damaged youth

30 June 2008

Richard Earle has recovered a substantial sum in compensation on behalf of Matthew Ellerbeck, who sustained serious brain damage after contracting herpes at the age of six. In 1997, Matthew...

Child suffers brain damage at birth due to negligent paediatricians

19 December 2007

B was born on Saturday 2 June 1990 at midnight at gestation 37 weeks. His mother was an insulin dependent diabetic and the obstetric team had recognised that B was at risk of suffering hypoglycaem...

Parents awarded damages after negligence leads to the death of their child

15 November 2007

On 22 October 1997, D a child born on 24 April 1985, was seen at Kent & Canterbury Hospital. He was known to have a Grade 2-36 apical pan systolic murmur and a ventricular septal defect. D was pl...

Autistic child recovers damages after negligence at birth

12 December 2006

S was born at the Ipswich General Hospital on 24 April 2001 when her parents were on holiday in Suffolk. She was born at 29 weeks gestation and was transferred to the Lister Hospital, in Stevenage ...

Settlement reached for parents after child dies from injuries

19 December 2005

On 30 January 1997, W was admitted to the hospital as an acute emergency. He had been diagnosed at his local hospital as suffering from a diaphragmatic hernia which had caused him considerable dif...

£1million awarded to child who had 75 operations before fourth birthday

29 November 2004

A was born on the 19 April 1987 at Guy’s Hospital. On the 22 April at about 15:00 hours, his mother found blood, mucus and grainy material in his nappy. By this time A was off his feeds, and...

£200,000 awarded to child after negligence results in facial disability

01 May 2002

Paul McNeil was instructed by the mother of M in connection with a claim arising out of development and management of a necrotising tissue infection of his face including nose and forehead. At t...


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