One of our clients (aged 63) had a nasty accident just outside his home in Priory Vale, Swindon. In April 2009, he was walking in the communal garden when he stepped on manhole cover which collapsed beneath him, causing him to fall into it and suffer lacerations to both his legs. Fortunately, he mad [...]
Another client (aged 50) was working as an agency worker for a gardening/landscape company. In June 2008, he and some of his colleagues were weeding and tidying up a flower bed at a local school. At one point, he stood on a manhole cover beside the flower bed which gave way under his weight. As a co [...]
One of our clients (who was aged 63 at the time) was admitted to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon during August 2007 with a complaint of progressive abdominal swelling caused by his underlying heart condition. Various investigations were carried out by the hospital which included a rectal biops [...]
We acted for a young man (now aged 16) who was involved in a particularly nasty accident back in June 2006. At the time, he was only aged 13 and was riding his new bicycle home. As he left the pavement and came down on the road, the front part of his bike collapsed underneath him, causing him to fal [...]
In a very sad case, we acted for the widow of a young man (aged only 39) who died at home during October 2004 following a ruptured aortic aneurysm. He had attended both Cheltenham General Hospital and Cirencester Hospital during the weeks before his death, complaining of chest pain. This was a diffi [...]
One of our clients (who was aged 54 at the time) was unhappy with treatment which he received at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon during October 2005. Briefly, on 12th and 16th October 2005, he attended their A & E department with symptoms suggestive of a condition called septic arthritis i [...]
One of our clients (who was aged 30 at the time) had twins delivered by a Caesarean section in the maternity unit of Great Western Hospital during October 2005. Unfortunately, her bladder was cut during this procedure, which our expert said was an unacceptable complication constituting sub-standard [...]
We have been acting for a client (who is now aged 64) who was unhappy with treatment which she received in 2005 for her alcohol dependency, from a specialist drug & alcohol service run by her local NHS Trust. One of their nurses offered to provide her with a fast-track detoxification programme a [...]
Our client (who is now aged 61) was unhappy with treatment which he received at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. On 10th May 2006, he had an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted at the Heart hospital in London. On 22nd May 2006, he was admitted to the RUH complaining of an acute stabbi [...]
We acted for a young man (aged 25) who, during June 2005, suffered an injury to the middle finger of his right dominant hand. He attended A & E at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon; unfortunately, there was a delay in him being prescribed antibiotics and he later went on to develop an infect [...]
