29th February 2024 – Ms Z died aged just 42 as a result of injuries sustained whilst being transported by Thanet Community Transport Association (“TCTA”) in November 2017.
£75,000 for Wheelchair Accident Leading To Untimely Death
Category Archives: Personal injury
£150,000 damages for strangulated hernia dismissed as “winter vomiting bug”.
23rd January 2024 – Our client, a 55 year old teacher from Whitstable, presented to her GP practice, Whitstable Medical Centre in Harbour Street, Whitstable, in October 2020 with a large swelling in her right groin. She was seen and examined by her GP who attributed the swelling to heavy lifting at work.
Nick Fairweather appears on Jeremy Vine show to discuss CQC’s findings on inspecting East Kent Maternity Units
26th May 2023 – Nick was one of the guests on the Jeremy Vine show today invited to comment on the findings of the Care Quality Commission when they inspected the East Kent Maternity Department in January of this year, finding appalling hygiene, equipment and clinical practices in place, to the point where closing the William Harvey Unit was a real possibility.Continue reading this article
£75,000 in Damages for Head and Neck Cancer Fatality
8th February 2023 – Our client Mr J instructed this firm as Executor of the Estate of the deceased who sadly died from head and neck cancer in 2019.
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£100,000 awarded for failure to prevent fall in St Thomas’ Hospital, London causing femur and humerus fractures.
6th January 2023 – Mrs T, a 73 year old woman from Margate, was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy following a collapse. Prior to this she had been fit and well, was completely independent and was a full time carer for her elderly father.Continue reading this article
£113,000 in damages for delayed diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma
6th December 2022 – Our client Mr D from mid-Kent came to us because of his delayed diagnosis of malignant melanoma whilst under the care of West Malling Group Practice, specifically Dr Carter and Nurse Witmond.
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Trust admits that negligent failure to prevent deterioration of a sacral pressure sore led to death of 71 year old man
4th May 2022 – Our Client, Mrs S, from Canterbury, Kent came to us following the sad loss of her father, Mr C, in August 2019. Mr C had reduced mobility following a discectomy in 2017 and he was therefore largely wheelchair bound. As a result of this had a heightened risk of pressure ulcers which was suitably managed by his community healthcare team whilst he was living at home.Continue reading this article
£115,000 recovered for re-opened Provisional Damages claim
28th March 2022 – Our client, a 21-year-old woman from Ashford, had previously brought a claim (via her mother as litigation friend) arising out of a failure to diagnose congenital hip dysplasia shortly after her birth. Continue reading this article
Inquest into death of baby Archie Batten starts in Maidstone
14th March 2022 – Archie Batten was born late in the evening at the QEQM Hospital Margate on Sunday 1 st September 2019 and died shortly afterward at just 27 minutes of age. He was the first child of parents Rachel Higgs and Andrew Batten.Continue reading this article
£14,000,000 Cerebral Palsy claim settlement approved by High Court
10th December 2021 – Our client suffered cerebral palsy due to a hospital in Kent mismanaging his mother’s labour and his delivery.Continue reading this article