Medical or clinical negligence

We have dealt with Medical or Clinical Negligence claims for many years. We are members of the Action for Victims of Medical Accidents (AVMA) panel and the Law Society panel. We have a legal aid franchise in Clinical Negligence which means the Legal Services Commission has approved our expertise and systems.

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Why choose John Pickering and Partners?

This practice has a franchise from the Legal Services Commission. This means we can apply for legal aid for you. Most firms are not allowed to ask for legal aid for medical accident cases.

We only act for victims of medical accidents, unlike other firms who also represent doctors and Health Authorities.

We are a specialist firm and only deal with personal injury, industrial disease and medical accident cases.

How much will the case cost?

It is important to ask how much your case will cost and whether legal aid will be available.

You need to find out how much an insurance policy might cost and who will pay for it. If you win your case the premium should be paid by the other side. As we are a specialist firm we are able to negotiate cheaper insurance than non-specialist firms.

If you win your case most of the charges are usually paid by your opponents. If the case was lost you would have to pay your opponents legal charges but your solicitor may be able to take out an insurance policy for you to protect you in case this happens.

How much will you get if you win your case?

It is important to ask your solicitor whether s/he thinks you have a good case. If you get a positive reply then you need to ask how much compensation you could receive.

If you win your case you will receive compensation for your pain and suffering. The amount the judge will give you depends on how serious your injury is and what sort of recovery you are likely to make.

On top of this you receive interest on the money the judge awards you from when the case papers are sent to your opponents.

What else can I claim for?

If you suffer a loss of wages and have other expenses, for example, prescription charges, travel etc. you are entitled to be paid for these. You get interest on this money from the date of the expense.

If you are going to lose wages in the future you will receive compensation for this. If someone has to look after you because of the medical accident, you can put in a claim for the help you are given. This applies to the past and future.

If you have to buy any special aids or have to carry out alterations to your home you can claim the cost of this.

About John Pickering and Partners

Our clients are people who have suffered injury as a result of a medical or other type of accident in this country or who suffer from industrial disease. We act for people in this country and in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Malta, South Africa, and other countries.

We guarantee that all our clients will have the case dealt with by a specialist solicitor who has chosen a career in compensation work for injured people. We do not do any other sort of work. Most cases we take on are won or settled with compensation for our clients. When this happens the other side pays all or most of the cost of bringing the claim.

We are committed to legal aid and have a Franchise from the Community Legal Services Commission. This means they have looked at the firm carefully and they approve of the way we work. They trust us to handle medical negligence claims properly.

We have good links with medical and non-medical experts and we work together to investigate your case.

Below are a few examples of the type of case we have won for our clients who have suffered as a result of a medical accident:-

One of our clients received just under one million pounds after a surgeon operated four times eventually leaving our client paralysed.

We have recovered compensation for a client who was suffering from septicaemia and this was not discovered in time. This client received £250,000.00.

One of our clients received an award now worth almost £300,000.00. He went blind because his doctor did not take his blood pressure often enough to realise that he needed medication to protect his eyes.

In one case there was an award now worth £90,000.00 where a GP had failed to act in time which meant a breast cancer diagnosis was delayed.

One of our clients underwent back surgery which was unsuccessful. The award he received is now worth £320,000.00.

One of our clients (a psychiatric patient) jumped out of a window and suffered injuries. This client received an award now worth £400,000.00.

Your first interview with us is free, either over the telephone or in our office or at your home. At the end of this interview we will tell you what work we need to do and how it can be paid for.

Claimant suffered injury to her hepatic ductal system following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy causing leakage of bile.  When this was eventually recognised a further operation was performed to insert a T tube to allow the duct to heal.  The tube however was removed too early causing a further bile leak and further surgery was required.

See also Claimant was taken to the A&E at Calderdale Royal Infirmary after being knocked down by a car and was diagnosed as having an unstable short spiral fracture of the right femur.

See also car accident victim claims more than £28,000 compensation in clinical negligence action

See also HGV driver wins more than £1,000,000.00 compensation in clinical negligence action.

See also Case Report.

See also Russell Horsefield -v- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

See also Darren Banham -v- The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Trauma; witnessing death caused by clinical negligence

The solicitor who will handle your claim.

Claire Horton qualified in 1990 and has worked almost exclusively pursuing clinical negligence claims since then. She has been a member of the Law Society and AvMA (Action against Clinical Accidents) panels for many years.

She specialises in higher value cases and has successfully pursued a number where damages in excess of £1 million have been obtained.

Many of her cases are about injuries which have occurred to children in hospital. Damages have been obtained by Claire in a wide variety of such matters including those relating to mismanaged births where the injuries sustained can be very severe.

Claire is based at the Manchester office but represents people throughout the region.