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Category: Case Studies
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Baby suffered brain damage during childbirth
Mrs X was admitted to hospital in labour with her first baby just after midnight. She was 10 days past her expected delivery date. A belt was placed on her abdomen so the baby’s heart rate could be monitored. The results showed the baby’s heart rate to be persistently fast. In these circumstances, the monitoring…
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Commercial mediation
In a recent mediation, Mark dealt with the parties to a building dispute A number of complaints had been made by the customers regarding the builder who himself was seeking the balance of his fees. It was evident that in spite of the legal costs, threatening to overtake the amount in dispute, both parties were…
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Poor handling of a case by previous solicitors
The client had instructed a firm of solicitors in respect of a claim for injuries he had sustained in a road traffic accident. Their handling of his case had been of a poor standard particularly in meeting deadlines. Unfortunately missing one such deadline resulted in his case being struck out meaning his case failed and entitled…
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Conveyancing Solicitors failure to report correctly
This was a matter where conveyancing solicitors had erroneously reported that a property had title absolute when in fact it only had possessory title. When the clients then came to sell their property, their prospective buyers (whose solicitors noticed the above) pulled out.
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Assault Brain Injury Case Study
The Claimant, a self-employed worker, sustained extradural haematoma with life-long lasting effects requiring a period of hospitalisation on the neuro-rehabilitation ward at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge.
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Subtle Traumatic Brain Injury Case Study
Colin Cook, Partner at Hatch Brenner Solicitors on Theatre Street in Norwich, recently helped a local woman recover a £5.2M settlement following a catastrophic injury sustained in a road traffic accident on the M11.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Case Study
Colin Cook, Partner and personal injury solicitor at Hatch Brenner on Theatre Street in Norwich, helped a local teacher recover a large six-figure settlement from an injury sustained in an accident at work.
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Subtle Brain Injury Case Study
The Hon. Mr Justice Dingemans, a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, approved a £4.78m settlement for a 26-year-old victim of a motorcycle crash. He suffered a head injury during the incident, which left him with enduring behavioural symptoms.
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Accident at Work Compensation Case Study
The Claimant prison officer was assaulted by an inmate when dealing with a prisoner on ‘suicide netting’. A prisoner on the suicide netting should only be removed by a specialist team, but the Claimant was ordered to respond and physically remove the prisoner.
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Road Traffic Accident Claim Case Study
Trainee engineer secures damages following a road traffic accident Colin […]