Case Studies

Frances tripped over a broken paving stone in a street in London and she fractured her right femur. The council accepted liability but argued over the level of care required by Frances from her husband and other family members. The case was finally settled...

Tanya, aged 37 years, was on holiday with her children in Turkey when she suffered salmonella poisoning as result of consuming a mushroom omelette. She had to go to hospital for the removal of her gallbladder and has suffered continuing problems with her...

Lara was shopping in a department store. She was looking at a shoulder height rail of clothes by a wall when she tripped on a glass panel that had been left on the floor. She then caught the side of the rail hurting her foot....

Kitty was cycling when she was hit by a car. She fell to the ground and suffered injuries to her knees, hands, toes and shoulder....

Margaret aged 64 years was visiting a coffee shop in Kingston upon Thames when she tripped up on two loose strips of rubber and fell suffering injuries to her back. Initially the coffee company offered £1,500 in settlement. On our advice Margaret...

Donald was employed at a London Mail Centre. He picked up a bag of post to put it on to the weighing scales but as he did so he injured his neck and pelvis. The maximum weight that employees may carry is 11 kilograms however this particular bag weighed over...

William who is 90 years old was knocked down by a car reversing out of an obscured driveway. Liability was admitted.  William suffered a fracture to his left hip which would affect him for the rest of his life.  It affected his confidence and...

Harry was employed to deliver and install photocopiers. He and three of his colleagues drove to a business in Bristol to deliver a photocopier and set it up. This involved transporting the photocopier to an upstairs room via a spiral staircase.  As...

Peter was working in a supermarket and was in the process of trying to place a price label on the plastic strip on a bottom shelf.  Suddenly a bag of dog food weighing 800g fell from the top shelf and landed on his lower back causing a back injury....

Anne who is a 15 year old school girl was involved in a road traffic accident when she was knocked down by a car whilst walking to school and sustained life threatening injuries including multiple soft tissue injuries in the pelvis and rectal area requiring...