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£345,000 recovered for substandard treatment of brain haemorrhage.

Mr F, a 53 year old man, from Ashford, Kent, collapsed at his home in March 2007. He found himself lying on the floor with an agonising pain at the back of his head and neck, radiating to his forehead. The cause was a rupture of an aneurysm (ACA) resulting in a small sub-arachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Mr F presented at Kent and Canterbury’s A&E where he underwent neurological examinations and X rays. He was admitted to a ward where further investigations were planned to exclude SAH as the cause of the symptoms. The results of these subsequent investigations were suggestive of SAH in the posterior sulci.Continue reading this article

Tunbridge Wells doctors face pregnancy death charge

Two doctors have been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of a Kent primary school teacher during childbirth and the NHS Trust has become the first in the country to be charged with corporate manslaughter.Continue reading this article

Nick joins Legal Panel at Young Legal Aid Lawyers’ discussions

Nick was one of four local lawyers invited by the Young Legal Aid Lawyers Group to a discussion this evening, at the University of Kent, on the recent legal aid changes and the future for legal aid.Continue reading this article

£45,000 recovered for DVT and PE

Our client, a 54 year old man from Crawley, developed a spontaneous DVT in November 2007. He attended on his GP on a couple of a occasions but was (non-negligently) not diagnosed.Continue reading this article

First Tranche of College Practice (Maidstone) Data Protection Breach Cases Settle

In February last year we reported that we had received instructions from more than 50 patients at the College Practice, Maidstone, whose medical records had been unlawfully accessed by Steven Tennison, a Business Manager employed by the Practice.Continue reading this article

Nick features in list of UK’s top rated solicitors

Today the Sunday Telegraph carries an extensive supplement featuring top rated professionals in the UK covering solicitors, accountants and financial advisors.

We are proud to say that Nick Fairweather features in the UK’s top rated solicitors section for accidents and injuries, one of only three solicitors appearing in this category for the whole of Southern England (excluding London).Continue reading this article

A & E Suicide Fatality case settles for £150,000

In March of last year we reported that two local NHS Trusts had admitted liability for substandard treatment of Simon Willson, who died on 23.01.10, at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, aged just 34, when he took his life by hanging himself with his belt, within the disabled toilet, following admission to hospital having taken an overdose.Continue reading this article

£100,000 compensation for negligent hip replacement operation

Mrs S was treated privately at the Whipps Cross University Hospital on 05.09.09 for a total hip replacement. The operation was carried out negligently due to one of the screws missing the femoral head and therefore only 1 screw was in situ.Continue reading this article

£23,750 recovered for inappropriate squint surgery

Our client, a 46 year old woman from Canterbury, Kent, was born with a left eye squint which was not fully corrected through surgery as a child.

Whilst accompanying her daughter to an ophthalmic appointment, the staff at Kent & Canterbury Hospital suggested that she might benefit from further squint surgery.Continue reading this article

Our client ‘Lisa’ talks to Radio Kent about her £2,000,000+ compensation settlement in the context of her son’s disabilities

This morning our client ‘Lisa’ was featured on Radio Kent. Her claim for damages has just been settled for over £2,000,000. When pregnant with her third child, those treating Lisa, at the QEQM Hospital, Margate, Kent, failed to property heed appearances on her ante-natal scans which were indicative of disability and should have been investigated. Her son, Reece, was born with profound disabilities subsequently.Continue reading this article