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If you or a loved one have suffered a brain injury due to negligent treatment of hypoglycaemia, we have the specialist expertise required to help you claim fair compensation. Hypoglycaemia,...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/hypoglycaemic-brain-damage-claims/
If your child has suffered due to medical negligence, we have the specialist expertise required to help you claim the compensation they deserve. The impact of medical negligence during childhood...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/children-medical-negligence/
If you or your child have suffered the misdiagnosis or late diagnosis of a scaphoid fracture due to medical negligence, we have the specialist expertise required to help you claim...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/scaphoid-fracture-compensation-claims/
If your health has been harmed or a loved one has died due to negligent treatment of sepsis, we have the specialist expertise required to help you claim fair compensation....
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/sepsis-compensation-claims/
Parents place a huge amount of trust in doctors and other clinical professionals when their children need medical assistance. Sadly, medical injuries to children are all too common and carry...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/services/medical-injuries-children/
If a person suffers injury due to medical (or clinical) negligence (e.g. in the course of an operation), they may be entitled to claim damages. All doctors owe their patients...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/medical-negligence-two-minute-guide/
For a case of clinical negligence to be proved, there must be a duty of care which is owed by the defendant to the person claiming damages. If such a...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/clinical-negligence-liability-tests/
An upsurge in MRSA cases against hospitals is expected as health and safety legislation is being used by lawyers as a basis for compensation claims. In the past, it has...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/mrsa-claims-on-the-rise/
Human rights law has thrown up some controversial issues over the years, as illustrated by a recent case in which a mother was awarded €25,000 in damages and costs as...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/when-relief-of-pain-breaches-human-rights/
A structured settlement is a type of settlement normally used in accident and medical negligence claims as an alternative to the payment of a lump sum by the defendant to...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/structured-settlements-how-they-work/
A dancer, who suffered severe brain damage whilst a patient in hospital, was awarded a settlement worth an estimated £20million.
Kerstin Parkin, a professional dancer, was awarded the sum by...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/dancer-gains-20m-settlement/
A doctor must warn patients of even slight risks before operating. Failing to do so is negligent. In a recent case, in spite of the fact that the operation itself...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/failure-to-warn-of-slight-risk/
Financial settlements in the most serious personal injury and clinical negligence cases are subject to anxious judicial scrutiny. That was certainly so in the case of a teenage football fan...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/gravely-disabled-football-fan-receives-multi-million-pound-damages/
In an organisation as vast as the NHS mistakes are inevitably made. A judge made that observation in the case of an eight-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic brain injury...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/boy-injured-in-aftermath-of-birth-receives-multi-million-pound-recompense/
The vital services provided by personal injury lawyers to their most severely disabled clients often extend far beyond the successful conclusion of their damages claims. The point was made by...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/winning-your-case-can-be-just-the-start-of-a-personal-injury-lawyers-job/
Many Britons travel abroad for cosmetic surgery blissfully unaware that, if something goes wrong, obtaining just compensation can present a major challenge. In the case of a woman who underwent...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/you-should-think-carefully-before-undergoing-cosmetic-surgery-abroad/
Brave parents of disabled children all too often soldier on with no inkling that a brief phone call to a solicitor may yield much-needed financial recompense. Exactly that happened in...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/caring-for-a-disabled-child-you-could-benefit-from-legal-advice/
Many parents of disabled children face the nagging uncertainty of not knowing what will happen to them after they are no longer able to provide the care they need. As...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/neonatal-jaundice-victim-awarded-17-3-million-damages/
Lightning does, sadly, sometimes strike twice in the same place. That was certainly so in the case of a teenager whose congenital disabilities were greatly worsened by a devastating childhood...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/meningitis-teenager-receives-multi-million-pound-award/
High-value clinical negligence cases can be extremely complex and hard-fought but lawyers who specialise in the field are well able to rise to the challenge. In a case on point,...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/victim-of-avoidable-stroke-wins-right-to-substantial-compensation/
Anyone who claims damages for alleged clinical negligence should understand that they may be required to undergo medical investigations. As a guideline High Court ruling showed, however, that does not...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/judge-refuses-to-order-disabled-boy-and-parents-to-undergo-genetic-testing/
A Sharia law compliant seven-figure settlement has been achieved for an eight-year-old girl who suffered a brain injury at birth. The girl is part of an observant Muslim family and...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/sharia-law-compliant-settlement-of-birth-injury-claim-achieved/
Lawyers and judges never cease to be inspired by the way in which so many clinical negligence victims soldier on in the face of adversity. That was certainly so in...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/negligent-surgery-victim-receives-damages-worth-over-13-million/
Clinical negligence lawyers know only too well that personal injury awards, no matter how large, are incapable of ending the travails of parents struggling to look after disabled children. As...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/parents-of-disabled-teenager-receive-high-courts-utmost-admiration/
If you witness the traumatic death of or another shocking event afflicting a close relative, which in turn results from earlier clinical negligence, are you entitled to compensation for any...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/secondary-victims-and-psychiatric-injury-ruling-may-herald-a-change-in-the-law/
The success or failure of clinical negligence claims often depends on the reliability of a patient’s memory of what was said or done during medical consultations that are many years...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/mothers-reliable-memory-proves-decisive-in-clinical-negligence-case/
Those who undergo cosmetic or other forms of surgery abroad can find it very hard to obtain compensation if things go wrong. However, the case of a nightclub dancer who...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/victim-of-negligent-cosmetic-surgery-overseas-awarded-six-figure-damages/
Long lives and the ever-increasing cost of professional care mean that some of the most gravely injured clinical negligence victims require damages awards that to some may appear eye-watering. In...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/cerebral-palsy-victim-receives-33-million-damages/
Compensation awards to catastrophically injured negligence victims can appear eye-wateringly huge, but they are not a penny more than is needed to pay for a lifetime of care. That was...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/boy-victim-of-neonatal-jaundice-awarded-millions-in-recompense/
Apart from being deprived of their liberty, prisoners have the same rights as anyone else – and that includes an entitlement to competent medical care. The point was powerfully made...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/prisoners-have-the-same-right-as-everyone-else-to-proper-medical-care/
It is only right that fair compensation is paid to those who suffer unnecessarily due to delayed cancer treatment. In a case on point, the NHS agreed to pay seven-figure...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/family-of-ovarian-cancer-victim-receives-justice/
Expert personal injury lawyers are capable of negotiating substantial compensation for their clients, even in the most difficult cases. That was certainly so in the case of an 11-year-old girl...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/hard-negotiations-yield-1-million-award-for-disabled-11-year-old/
Personal injury lawyers fight to see their clients fairly compensated but perhaps their greatest reward is to witness hope and determination triumphing over adversity. That was certainly so in the...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/determination-triumphs-over-adversity-in-case-of-young-meningitis-victim/
Where a life is blighted by medical negligence, it is only right that full compensation is paid. In a case on point, the NHS agreed to pay seven-figure damages to...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/middle-aged-stroke-victim-receives-seven-figure-recompense/
If you suspect that a loved one’s disabilities were caused by clinical negligence, it is never too late to consult a solicitor. A case on point concerned a man in...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/might-clinical-negligence-be-the-cause-of-your-loved-ones-disabilities/
Disabled children bring great joy to their families’ lives but, with an eye to their future care needs, it is always wise to explore the possibility of seeking compensation. In...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/caring-for-a-disabled-child-financial-support-could-be-accessible/
Medical professionals often have to make swift judgment calls on the basis of limited information that sadly do not always turn out to be right. In a case on point,...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/busy-midwifes-momentary-lapse-caused-baby-boys-catastrophic-injuries/
Damages awards to clinical negligence victims who suffer brain injuries during their birth are nowadays commonly measured in tens of millions of pounds. As a High Court case made clear,...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/birth-injuries-girl-aged-nine-receives-30-million-award/
There is no such thing as entirely risk-free surgery and, if things go wrong, payment of compensation to those who suffer is not only just but necessary. In one case,...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/clinical-negligence-seeking-recompense-is-both-just-and-necessary/
Nothing can ever make up for the unexpected death of a loved one, but lawyers can at least see to it that compensation is paid where it is due. In...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/family-receives-justice-following-fathers-sudden-death-during-football-match/
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