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Hospitals are inevitably the scene of frequent tragic events but, if patients suffer as a result of clinical negligence, it is only right that they should be compensated. In one case, a teenager who was two days old when he was accidentally smothered by his...
Patience and persistence are amongst the primary qualities required of any personal injury lawyer. That was certainly so in the case of a man in his 20s who, following an epic campaign by his legal team, received seven-figure compensation for the...
Proving that a patient's death or injury was caused by clinical negligence can be an extremely demanding task, involving minute analysis of technical expert evidence. However, a High Court case concerning a young mother's death from meningitis showed the...
Childbirth should always be a happy event but, if things go wrong, specialist lawyers are always there to ensure that fair compensation is paid. In one case, a teenager who suffered catastrophic brain damage as a baby because he was not getting enough milk...
If you have suffered psychiatric injury due to witnessing a loved one's shocking injury or death, you may be entitled to compensation and should contact a solicitor straight away. A case on point concerned a couple whose beloved daughter collapsed and died...
The bad old days of childbirth posing a grave risk to both mothers and babies are happily gone. However, as a High Court case showed, medical staff remain fallible and helping victims to cope with the often dire consequences of clinical negligence is what...
Lives depend on the diagnostic skills of hard-working GPs and they would be the first to agree that, where negligent errors are made, it is only right that fair compensation is paid. In a case on point, the High Court found that a caring, compassionate and...
Clinical negligence can become harder and harder to prove as the years go by and that is why it makes sense to consult a solicitor as soon as possible. However, as a High Court case showed, expert personal injury lawyers are still capable of taking effective...
Patients have little choice but to put their faith in doctors but, if their trust turns out to be misplaced, lawyers will step in to ensure they are properly compensated. A worrying case on point concerned an elderly woman who was warned neither of the risks...
Elderly victims of clinical negligence who are approaching the end of their lives may feel there is little point seeking justice. However, they also have their loved ones to think about and a High Court case in which a woman in her 80s received six-figure...
Doctors are obliged to inform their patients of all available treatment options and, if you feel you have been kept in the dark, you should consult a solicitor without delay. In one case, a soldier who was not told that his hearing problems might be...
For clinical negligence and personal injury lawyers, hard-nosed negotiating skills can be just as important as advocacy. In a case on point, a seven-figure settlement was negotiated on behalf of a profoundly disabled 12-year-old boy. The boy was alleged to...
Everyone has a right to expect that public services will function efficiently and, if you have been let down and suffered injury as a result, you should see a solicitor without delay. In a case on point, a woman who was traumatised by the late arrival of an...
The vast majority of births occur without a hitch but, when things go wrong, personal injury lawyers are there to ensure that injured children are properly compensated. A case on point concerned the delivery of a baby boy, which was so traumatic that it...
As any experienced clinical negligence lawyer will tell you, obtaining the best results for victims in terms of compensation requires careful risk assessment and a process of give and take. Precisely that approach was taken in the case of a teenage boy who...
Death following childbirth is nowadays thankfully rare but, when it occurs as a result of negligence, expert lawyers are there to ensure that bereaved loved ones are justly compensated. In one case, the NHS paid seven-figure damages to the widower and two...
Judges and lawyers never cease to be amazed by the way victims and their families cope with the consequences of clinical negligence. That was certainly so in the case of a charming and determined five-year-old boy who was born facing a lifetime of acute...
Giving birth is a lot safer than it used to be, but hazards sadly remain. As one case showed, however, children who suffer brain injuries at or around the time of their delivery are often entitled to compensation running into millions of pounds. The case...
Clinical negligence claims can be finely balanced, with the prospect of compensation in full on the one hand and receiving nothing at all on the other. However, as a High Court case showed, lawyers are adept at steering a middle course between those two...
Unborn children can sadly pay a terrible price if accidents befall their mothers during pregnancy. In one case, however, seven-figure compensation was obtained for a woman who had yet to draw her first breath when a road crash condemned her to a lifetime of...
