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Case Studies

Two week old baby dies because of GP negligence

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...

£350,000 awarded to patient after 6 month delay in diagnosing illness

Marion attended her GP complaining of back pain, weight loss, night sweats, tiredness, heart palpitations, severe headaches and aching limbs. Sacro-iliac joint strain was diagnosed. About a mon...

£550,000 to family shocked by sudden death of law professor

Paul McNeil , Medical Negligence partner, represented the family of an academic after he committed suicide five days after he was entrusted into the care of a psychiatric unit in Surr...

Family of electrician diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma recover damages

Brian Cox worked for a large electrical company, Lighting Maintenance Ltd, between 1969 to tax year 1971/2 and cut asbestos panelling to trace electrical cabling during re-fits to Mothercare stores. ...

Compensation worth over half a million pounds, including periodical payments, awarded to blind widow

Our mesothelioma claims team acted on behalf of a widow whose husband died from mesothelioma on March 2009 after being exposed to asbestos whilst working for Halsen Insulation & Enginee...

Speedy interim payment for Mr Whitehead

Peter Whitehead was exposed to asbestos in his employment with the Central Electricity Generating Board between about 1961 and about 1980. He developed asbestos-related pleural plaques and ma...

Claim won by mesothelioma widow after she changes lawyers

Christopher Robin Clifton (“Robin”) was employed by Randolph Harper Limited from 1961 until about 1988. Up until the early 1980’s, when Asbestolux was banned, he used to have ...

Factory worker’s claim settled within three months

Our mesothelioma claims team acted on behalf of Mrs Joyce Holley who worked at the British Uralite asbestos factory in Higham from 1943 to 1949. Initially she worked in the women’s pipe sho...