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Cases

£25,000 recovered after new innovative hip surgery results in foot drop

At the age of 16, Paul damaged his hip in a rock climbing accident. In January 1998, he met with a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, who advised conservative treatment unless his condition deterior...

Negligent failure to refer patient for CT scan in A&E leads to death

James, a 50 year old man, was seen in the Accident and Emergency Department of Newham General Hospital on 30 June 2000. He had woken up that morning with very sharp continuous pain going down f...

Blunder in private intensive care unit causes death after cancer surgery

Sir Michael Caine was diagnosed with cancer of the bowel. He was advised to undergo surgery to remove the cancer. He did not do well after the operation and he required artificial ventilation. ...

£1 million for child who had 75 operations before fourth birthday

Adrian 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, Adrian was off ...

£78,000 for invasive treatment as breast cancer undiagnosed for years

Samantha Critchley acted for Dana in a cancer diagnosis claim for a delay in diagnosing cancer in her right breast. In July 1997, Dana was referred to the One Stop Breast Clinic at St Mary&...

Award for death of baby following obstretric negligence

Diana became pregnant for the first time in July 1999 with a delivery date in April 2000. On 30 March, Diana’s waters broke and contractions began. She was advised to go to the Petersfield ...

Interim payment of £700,000 for cerebral palsy from birth negligence

Paul McNeil acted for Stephen in a cerebral palsy claim arising out of his birth and delivery at the North Middlesex Hospital on 20 November 1995. Stephen has significant developmental delay,...

Over £300,000 for family of cervical cancer patient who died due to delayed diagnosis of cervical cancer

Farrah had routine cervical smears undertaken at the Trust in 1986, 1990, 1993 and 1995. She had two daughters in 1994 and 1996. Following the birth of her second child, she was examined by a c...

Woman suffers seven miscarriages and unnecessary stillbirth

Debby suffered a series of seven miscarriages between 1993 and 1999. She had one successful pregnancy ending in the birth of her son in 1992. The present case concerned the pregnancy and stillb...

£185,000 for future rugby star for career ending steroid injections

Harry was a member of the England School Boys Rugby Team, which toured Australia in the summer of 1997. This team included many present day internationals such as Jonny Wilkinson. Before the to...


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