Articles in ‘Medical negligence’ Category

The sudden death of a loved one can have far reaching consequences, profoundly affecting the lives of those closest to them. In many cases, individuals rely on one another for financial support and for…

In this article, Hannah Blackwell, Clinical Negligence Partner, explores the growing call for a public inquiry into sepsis care in the UK. Drawing on her experience supporting families affected by fatal and life changing…

Insulin management is essential for those living with diabetes, but what happens when hospital patients need to handover responsibility for managing their condition to medical practitioners? And when does poor management become negligence? A…

Monika Krzysztopolska describes the aims of Hillsborough Law and how it ought to improve transparency, fairness and equality of arms for bereaved families. 

Joachim Stanley and Simon Elliman recently settled an Erb’s palsy case for £1,450.000.  Settlement was reached about 2 months before Trial, the Defendant having fought the case ferociously at every step of the way. …

The Claimant, a six-year-old girl at the time of settlement, received £10,000.00 for the failures of the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to identify and remove a foreign object from her larynx.

Simon Elliman secured a settlement for a 16-year-old girl, for the extra week of pain and suffering she sustained following a failure to diagnose a Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE) fracture in July 2019.