In June 1997 Diana attended her GP complaining of backache and
right sided sciatica. She was prescribed pain killers and four
weeks later still in the same condition was referred to
hospital.
...
Tanya suffered from a degenerative left hip following the
development of avascular necrosis. In January 2000, she underwent a
total left hip replacement.
The prosthesis was not correctly insert...
Grace was referred to the defendant, an orthopaedic
surgeon, as she had been experiencing pain in her
left foot for three months.
Grace had a significant history of injury and surgery
to her le...
Paul McNeil acted for Portia Gumbs
in a birth injury claim
against the Frimley Park Hospital following her birth on 30
March 1992.
Portia suffered from dyskinetic cerebral palsy complicated...
Vincent, now aged 79, suffered from a cyst in his middle ear. On
6 April 1998, he had a mastoid exploration during which the surgeon
transected the facial nerve.
This left Vincent with left-sid...
Paul McNeil acted in a case
concerning the misdiagnosis of breast cancer on and after February
1997.
Candice, aged 53 attended her GP with a lump in her left breast.
She was referred to the d...
Raheem was born in Iraq on 3 January 1978. When he was six
months old he was diagnosed with a cardiac murmur and was
referred to the Harefield Hospital for investigation and possible
correction o...
In December 2001, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in the cases
of Mrs Fairchild and Mrs Fox, widows of mesothelioma victims, and of Mr Matthews, who was
dying of mesothelioma.
The Court held th...
On 11 December 2001, the Court of Appeal gave its decision in
Fairchild and five other related cases. The consequences
of these decisions have been widely reported. Mesothelioma claimants who hav...
Gareth attended his GP’s surgery because he had been
experiencing pain around the jaw and temple with flashing lights
and intermittent blindness for a period of at least two weeks in
Januar...