Rebecca suffered from sickle cell anaemia, which required
frequent admissions to hospital. One such admission was to St
Thomas’ Hospital in January 1996 and Rebecca remained an
inpatient fo...
Patricia and Neil instructed Paul
McNeil in connection with the birth of their son, Gareth, on 26
April 1999.
Patricia became pregnant with Gareth in July 1998 and
attended a routine anomaly ...
Andrea suffered from gallstones. On 6 July,
she underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The operation
appeared to proceed without complication.
After the procedure Andrea suffered from abdomi...
Oliver was born at the Horton General Hospital on 9 February
1995. His mother had been admitted to hospital the previous day
expecting twins. She was then 34 weeks pregnant.
At about 4.48am, Wi...
Paul McNeil acted for Maria
in a wrongful birth
claim arising out of the treatment Maria received at
hospital during the pregnancy ending with the birth of Andrew
on 5 July 1999.
Andrew suf...
Nathan was born in February 1978. He was diagnosed with
Alstrom Syndrome, which caused blindness, diabetes and excessive
weight gain.
In October 1991, Nathan was a pupil at the RNIB College in
...
Proportionate Liability
In the House of Lords hearing, Leading Counsel for both sides
accepted that, if a defendant had materially contributed to a
mesothelioma , it would be liable to pay...
We recovered compensation for Cynthia's family in an accident and emergency negligence claim
against Walsgrave Hospital.
Cynthia, then aged 76, was admitted to the accident and
emergency depa...
We recovered compensation for volunteers who were left
permanently disfigured following a drug trial at Charterhouse
Clinical Research Unit.
On 18 June 1999, about 14 volunteers took part in ...