We have been acting for a client (now aged 70) who was involved in a road traffic accident during November 2015. Briefly, whilst she was driving her car along a road in Gloucestershire, another vehicle travelling in the opposite direction along the same road, attempted to overtake a lorry and then c [...]
Following an Inquest held on 14 June 2017, the Coroner concluded that Mr George: “died from severe gallstone pancreatitis without a date having been set for a necessary gallstone surgery within the recommended timescale (2 weeks) following a previous pancreatitis episode on the 9th August 2015. The [...]
We have been acting for a client (aged 48) who sustained an accident at work in December 2016 causing him a severe hip injury. Briefly, at the material time, he was employed as a manager for a recycling company. In December 2016, he went to move a waste bailer, when it overbalanced, fell and landed [...]
In this very sad case, we acted for a client who was unhappy with medical treatment which her late husband received from the out of hours GP service, known as SEQOL, based at Great Western Hospital in Swindon. Briefly, at the material time, the deceased (who was aged 72) suffered from chronic obstru [...]
This was one of our clinical negligence claims. The background to this case is as follows: Our client, the Claimant, was serving with the RAF as an aircraft engineer during 2010. At the material time, he was posted in Afghanistan. In November 2010, whilst playing rugby, he sustained a blunt trauma i [...]
Terrence (‘Terry’) George, a 72-year-old father and grandfather from Polgooth, St Austell, died on 7 January 2016 at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, after suffering from an attack of pancreatitis caused by gallstones. His condition should have been straightforward to treat. Due to a plethora of [...]
We acted for a client who wished to bring a claim for damages against Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Briefly, she had an accident whilst on holiday abroad during May 2015. At the material time, she was aged 72. Unfortunately, she fractured the middle and ring fingers on her right hand and a [...]
We have been acting for a client, an employee at a car factory in Swindon, in connection with an injury which he sustained to his right dominant thumb in an accident at work in December 2012. Briefly, our client (who was aged 50 at the time of his accident) was required in the course of his duties t [...]
In November 2014, our client (who was aged 54) was cycling to work when she was involved in a collision with a car, which pulled across her path. The accident was the fault of the car driver. She was thrown across the bonnet and her left knee suffered a nasty injury, having been trapped. She was tak [...]
We acted for a scaffolder in his 50’s, who sustained a knee injury when a temporary ‘step’, made using scaffolding planks, gave way causing him to fall. Our client was forced to use site materials to make his own step, as his employer had not provided him with the correct equipment. The employer arg [...]
