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With excellence from top to bottom Chambers provides a first class service in a number of different fields.
Lionel Stride represented the dependants of a deceased patient in a High Court claim arising out of an 18-20 month negligent delay in diagnosing cancer, which tragically resulted in the patient’s premature death. The claim, which included significant claims for…
Lionel Stride successfully defended a claim brought against an ophthalmologist who was alleged to have failed to identify a posterior retinal detachment at two separate examinations, leading to sudden deterioration in vision, emergency surgery and permanent visual defects. Breach of…
Daniel represented the family of Jonathan McCarthy in the inquest into his death. Mr McCarthy died whilst an inpatient at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembridge in October 2018. He was a Type 1 diabetic who had been successfully maintaining…
Simon Browne QC, instructed by Alan Mendham of Gadsby Wicks, represented the Claimant (now aged 10 years) who was injured as a result of negligent procedures during his birth in the Defendant’s hospital. The Claimant is severely disabled by quadriplegic…
Confidential settlement achieved at mediation in a High Court claim on behalf of the dependants of a deceased patient whose Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) had been diagnosed two years late after negligent analysis of a biopsy. He later developed a…
Clinical negligence case that settled for a six-figure sum. The Claimant’s sigmoid colon was injured whilst undergoing a hysterectomy, which the surgeon failed to notice. Consequently, the Claimant developed infection; required three additional surgical procedures; and needed to use a…
Obstetric/gynaecological case that settled at close to seven figures. The claimant sustained a second or third degree tear to her anal sphincter as a result of the failure to perform an episiotomy or an operative delivery during the birth of…
High Court claim that settled for a high six-figure sum. The claim arose out of surgical negligence resulting in a permanent frozen shoulder that had caused significantly impaired function. Causation remained in dispute but the claimant’s medical evidence was that…
High Court case that settled for a six-figure sum. Breach of duty and causation remained in dispute. The claim arose out of the failure of both the London Ambulance Service and the claimant’s local hospital to identify and treat pending…
High Court claim that settled for a six-figure sum. The (retired) claimant suffered a damaged popliteal artery during knee surgery that resulted in permanently reduced mobility and independence. Breach of duty and causation were both in dispute. The case settled…
