We acted for a client after a catalogue of errors and failure to recognise the signs of raised lithium levels resulted in chronic lithium toxicity and irreversible brain injuries. Mr W suffered significant neurological damage as a result of the failu...

URL: https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/case-study/compensation-for-dispensing-error/ PAGE: we Case Study Page 5 TITLE: Compensation for Dispensing Error CONTENT: A high street pharmacy gave the wrong medication to our client on two separate occasio...

A client who was given the wrong medication by a pharmacist had his side effects exaggerated when he doubled his dose on the advice of his GP. Our client 58-year-old Mr. He collects his medication from Lloyds Pharmacy in 2 monthly stocks. H did as r...

When our client was given medication meant for another patient by her local pharmacist it led to a wide range of worrying side effects and had an impact on her ability to run her own business. The client suffers from multiple sclerosis and takes a mo...

Personal Injury Case Mr Jones, a 68 year old gentleman sustained serious fracture of his left tibia and fibula which was internally fixed in surgery using a locking nail. Lisa Anderson explains, “So, in addition to a loss of earnings and care and ass...

A 59 year-old man who was misdiagnosed and sent home from hospital died only hours after doctors failed to spot he had a perforated duodenum. The family of the much-loved father and grandfather said they wanted lessons to be learned from his tragic a...

Our client is one of the top five pharmaceutical wholesalers in the world, operating in most of the major European markets. The group’s wholesale activities cover many market segments of the healthcare system, including pharmacies, GPs and hospitals....

The Solution Recovery of debt Court proceedings issued against the debtor Successfully obtained a Judgment against the debtor which the debtor then paid in full The Result The Debtor paid the debt once we started court proceedings. The payment was th...

GTD Healthcare Case Study to our Please note that the information and opinions contained in this article are not intended to be comprehensive, nor to provide legal advice. No responsibility for its accuracy or correctness is assumed by Pearson Solici...

My client had a number of workers working four days a week and had previously been calculating holiday entitlement with regards to Bank Holidays based on if the employee worked on the Bank Holiday. Our client wanted to treat all its employees fairly ...

If the employer had dismissed them both could have issued a claim for unfair dismissal. They would both have had reasonable prospects of success for claiming compensation for unfair dismissal because no procedure had been followed and a dismissal on ...

An application was made to the Court of Protection for a Deputy to be appointed to act on Mr A’s behalf in respect of financial matters, to include authority to sell the house. The procedure for applying to the Court of Protection is lengthy and expe...

Mr C died in 2013, without leaving a Will. He was unmarried and had no children, but was survived by his father who was entitled under the intestacy rules to his estate. Mr C’s father had also failed to make a Will and had no close relatives. Relati...

died in 2013 leaving an estate worth about £200,000. The trustees used part of the funds for hospital treatment for her daughter and then later used the rest of the money to buy a house for her.

Our client suffered minor whiplash injuries in a road traffic accident. However five weeks later she woke up one morning and had lost all feeling down her right side and was advised she had suffered a stroke. Upon discharge from hospital she sought a...

We were able to recover compensation for an asbestos victim recently long after the company he worked for had ceased to operate. Our client, Mr M, was exposed to asbestos between 1969 and 1977 at a company called Cape Universal Cladding Limited, base...

We represented a client who worked for a textile firm whose hand was crushed in a carding machine when trying to remove a blockage. Here’s what our client had to say: “Mr Talbot did sterling work on my behalf, he was someone who understood the nature...

Our client worked in a busy hotel and suffered burns to her legs when hot water from an urn splashed her causing burns and blistering to her legs, as well as mental anguish.

Our Personal Injury team acted recently on behalf of a residential carer who was injured at work. The carer worked at a bungalow looking after adults with learning difficulties where the claimant said there was an issue with the flooring in both the ...

Whilst crossing a road in Stalybridge in winter, our client was hit by a passing car and required hospital treatment to a damaged shoulder. Eventually after a 3 year fight and after presenting photographic evidence to undermine the driver’s case, the...